December 18, 2023
At The Hollywood Reporter’s Women in Entertainment breakfast on Dec. 7, three incoming Chapman students were presented with fully supported scholarships thanks to the contributions of The Chuck Lorre Family Foundation; The National Association of Theatre Owners of California/Nevada; and CAA’s Bryan Lourd and his daughter, Billie Lourd, in honor of Carrie Fisher.
It was a horrific way to start a career in Hollywood — until it wasn’t. In 2023, less than a year after landing their first post-graduation jobs in the entertainment industry, Joe Martinez-Weinberger ’22 and Cal State Dominguez Hills graduate David Clark were let go from their positions at Verve Talent Literary Agency. Casualties of
“If you guys can have a low expectation for excellence and a high tolerance for crap, you’re going to be great.” Those were Don Cheadle’s words during his masterclass at the Dodge College of Film and Media Arts on Oct. 27. His expectations for excellence led Cheadle to the Oscar-nominated “Hotel Rwanda,” as he told