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Variety and Gold House’s Inaugural 8 APIs Up Next in Entertainment List for 2024
Young Mazino, Ambika Mod, Sean Wang are among Variety and Gold House's APIs Up Next in Entertainment for 2024.
Kessell is excited to be a founder of the Actors Koha, a nonprofit empowering young Māori and Pacific Islanders to pursue acting: “If I can use the recognition, my tenacity, my hard work in this industry, to show the younger generation, saying, ‘There is more. “Entertainment is so much bigger than it was just five years ago, and with the rapid globalization of cultures and content, there is an even greater need now for passionate representatives from all walks of life to identify and champion great talent,” says Ling. Mazino imagines a more diverse industry with “incredible artists emerging from the AAPI community.” He emphasizes that he doesn’t want to be reduced to his ethnicity; he seeks roles transcendent of race.
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