Alan Luna hopes his eye for talent changes the face of Hollywood
CNN
Alan Luna makes his living putting people on the big and small screens, but growing up, he never saw someone who looked like his mother -- a woman of indigenous Mexican descent who is one of the most beautiful and giving people he knows, her son says -- on either.
As a casting director, people like him have the power to change that and open up doors previously closed to Latinx talent. In some cases, they even make sure open doors don't slam shut.President Joe Biden on Sunday delivers his first commencement address of the 2024 season at Morehouse College, where the president may for the first time in months have to confront the angst that’s been percolating on college campuses nationwide toward his administration’s policies on the Israel-Hamas war.
Arab and Palestinian Americans left a meeting with Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday night frustrated they did not have a clear understanding of how the Biden administration might act upon their concerns as the Israel-Hamas war devastates the civilian population in Gaza, participants told CNN.