motion picture industry

When the 2016 Oscar acting nominations all went to whites for the second consecutive year, #OscarsSoWhite became a trending topic. Yet these enduring racial biases afflict not only the Academy Awards, but also Hollywood as a whole. Why do actors of color, despite exhibiting talent and bankability, continue to lag behind white actors in presence and prominence?.

What do people do in Hollywood? Readers pick from eight different scenarios and experience "next best thing to being there yourself" opportunities for interactive career exploration. Sidebars promote additional learning activities and independent research.

What do people do in Hollywood? Readers pick from eight different scenarios and experience "next best thing to being there yourself" opportunities for interactive career exploration. Sidebars promote additional learning activities and independent reaserch Glossary of key words; Index.

Geronimo Stilton travels to India with Hercule Poirat to help protect a valuable ruby that belongs to a famous Bollywood actress.

With the help of his "manager," a thirteen-year-old boy sells a movie idea to a major Hollywood studio.

Thirteen-year-old Sean continues to work on his screenplay while juggling seventh grade, track practice, a dog-walking job, recording his podcasts, and trying to keep his movie idea a secret from his parents and a private detective sent by a Hollywood movie studio.

Fifteen-year-old Anna runs away to Los Angeles where her half-sister takes her in, but after spending days on television and movie sets, she learns LA is not the glamorous escape she imagined.

Ria Parkar has solidified her place as a star in Bollywood. But when a scandal threatens to explode around her, she finds herself back in her hometown of Chicago surrounded by family and friends and an old love whose heart she shattered when she left to pursue her dream. Now she'll need her roots more than ever as she finds the courage to face the secrets she's been hiding for so long.

Geronimo Stilton and company travel to Paris, France, in 1895 to stop Catardone III and his daughter from seizing early control of the movie-making process and, therefore, every movie ever made.