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Amandla Stenberg is opening up about diversity and getting the chance to represent black girls in her new film Everything, Everything!

“Diversity is something that people desperately want. I’m lucky enough to be here and see what’s happening and take those roles when they do appear,” the 18-year-old actress, who is most notably known for playing Rue in The Hunger Games, recently expressed (via EW).

“I’m very aware of how special it is that I get to have this experience of creating representation while talking about representation at a time where people really, really want to see black girls as leads in movies,” Amandla continued. “I definitely think it’s important to balance creating content that speaks directly on race and content that doesn’t talk about it all, but it speaks for itself. It can be more powerful to create a film like Everything, Everything and then get distributed to kids in the Midwest who maybe don’t live in very diverse communities and get to see this black girl in the lead, you know? In many ways they’ll be able to understand that much more than they’ll be able to understand an article about representation.”

Pictured: Amandla joining her co-stars Anika Noni Rose, Nick Robinson, and Ana dela Reguera at a special VIP screening of their film Everything, Everything held at The Metrograph on Sunday (April 30) in New York City.

Everything, Everything hits theaters on Friday (May 19) – Watch trailer here!

FYI: Amandla is wearing Pucci.

Anika Noni Rose has landed a cool new role in the upcoming movie Assassination Nation!

The 44-year-old The Quad actress is set to star as the mother of the characters played by Abra and Suki Waterhouse, according to Variety. The flick follows four teenage girls in a small suburb who become the focus of unwanted, world-wide media attention after their personal information is leaked by an anonymous hacker. Odessa Young and Hari Nef play the two other teenagers.

Also starring in the flick is Joel McHale, Bella Thorne, Bill Skarsgard, Cody Christian, Lukas Gage and Colman Domingo.

Pictured: Anika joining her co-star Amandla Stenberg at a special screening of their latest film Everything, Everything held at the W Hotel Atlanta Midtown on Sunday (April 23) in Atlanta, Ga.

Emma Stone and Brie Larson were all smiles a the Women in Film Pre-Oscar Cocktail Party!

The 2017 Best Actress nominee and the 2016 Best Actress winner stepped out at the event on Friday night (February 23) at at Nightingale Plaza in Los Angeles.

The duo were also joined at the event by nominees Meryl Streep, Viola Davis, Viggo Mortensen and Ava DuVernay.

Other attendees included Annalise Basso, Anika Noni Rose and Freida Pinto.

During the event, Brie gave a touching speech about being an woman in Hollywood.

“Even though being an actor was really hard, it was even harder to learn to be a woman. And because I loved film so much, that’s where I turned to. That’s how I learned to be who I am today,” she explained.

Brie went on to make a request of fellow attendees saying, “So, let’s talk. Let’s not talk industry talk. Let’s actually talk about what’s really going on with us. What worries us. What scares us. What we’re excited about it. So let’s incubate all of this and make something amazing.”

FYI: Emma is wearing Prada. Brie is wearing an Alexander McQueen dress and Schutz shoes. Annalise is wearing Noon by Noor. Freida is wearing Maria Lucia Hohan.

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Viola Davis poses backstage with Denzel Washington after accepting the Hollywood Legacy Award during BET’s American Black Film Festival Honors on Friday (February 18) in Beverly Hills, Calif.

The actors were joined at the event by their Fences co-stars Jovan Adepo and Saniyya Sidney.

Other stars who attended the event included Viola‘s How to Get Away with Murder mom Cicely Tyson, Queen Latifah, Common, Pitch‘s Kylie Bunbury, Insecure‘s Issa Rae and Jay Ellis, Empire‘s Grace Gealey and Trai Byers, True Blood‘s Rutina Wesley, Famous in Love‘s Keith Powers, The Flash‘s Candice Patton, Grey’s Anatomy‘s Isaiah Washington, Roots‘ Anika Noni Rose, Hidden Figures‘ Aldis Hodge, Beaches‘ Nia Long, Dope‘s Kiersey Clemons, and When the Bough Breaks‘ Regina Hall.

FYI: Viola is wearing a Michael Kors Collection gown. Queen is wearing a Randi Rahm dress. Kylie is wearing a Solace London dress.

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Viola Davis gives her acceptance speech on stage at the 2017 NAACP Image Awards‘ non-televised ceremony on Friday night (February 10) at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Pasedena, Calif.

The Oscar-nominated actress won the award for Outstanding Supporting Actress for her work in the movie Fences.

Other stars who won at the event were The People v. O.J. Simpson‘s Courtney B. Vance, The Daily Show‘s Trevor Noah, Black-ish‘s Marsai Martin, and Power‘s Naturi Naughton.

More celebs who stepped out for the show included Aisha Tyler, Anika Noni Rose, Jussie Smollett, Serayah, and Sterling K. Brown.

Neil Patrick Harris is dapper in a suit while attending The 2016 Walt Disney Family Museum Gala held at Disneyland on Monday (November 1) in Anaheim, Calif.

The 43-year-old A Series of Unfortunate Events actor, who was named Master of Ceremonies at the event, was joined by Anika Noni Rose, Jessica Sanchez, Eden xo and stylist Johnny Wujek.

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“As a massive Disney fan, I am honored to be able to carry on the renowned legacy of the man who made it all possible,” Neil said in a statement. “Walt Disney himself – and support The Walt Disney Family Museum for its second annual gala to help foster the next generation of creative talent while honoring Disney Legend, Marty Sklar for his outstanding achievements.”

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Lena Dunham strikes a pose while attending TheWrap’s Power Women Breakfast held at 10 On The Park on Thursday (June 9) in New York City

The 30-year-old actress was joined by Gabrielle Union, Anika Noni Rose, Katie Couric, Jackie Cruz, and Eclipsed stars Zainab Jah and Pascale Armand.

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At the event, Lena revealed that she isn’t interested in being directed by man at this time in her career.

“I’m not that attracted to that, I don’t have a case of great man syndrome,” Lena expressed. “It sounds so tiring to me to get bossed around by a dude for six months, it’s almost inconceivable but never say never. At this point I would just like to write and direct, I would really like to create opportunities for other women. I really love directing other female actors.”

FYI: Gabrielle is wearing a Calvin Klein Collection dress and carrying an M2MALLETIER bag. Lena is J Brand jeans.

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