The nominees have been unveiled for the 2022 Humanitas Prizes. 45 writers have been nominated for their work across nine juried categories, with winners to be announced live at an in-person awards luncheon at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on September 9.
The Humanitas Prizes are awarded to honor film and television writers whose work explores the human condition in a nuanced, meaningful way.
Additional honorees, host, and Web Series nominee announcements are forthcoming.
Here’s a rundown of the Humanitas nominees:
Children’s Teleplay:
- El Deafo: Written by Cece Bell and Will McRobb
- Karma’s World: “Hair Comes Trouble” – Written by Kellie R. Griffin and Halcyon Person
- Snoopy Presents: To Mom (and Dad), with Love: Written by Alex Galatis
- The Babysitters Club: “Claudia and the Sad Goodbye” – Written by Sascha Rothchild
Comedy Feature Film:
- Don’t Look Up: Written by Adam McKay
- Everything Everywhere All At Once: Written by Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert
- Queen Bees: Written by Donald Martin
- tick, tick…BOOM!: Written by Steven Levenson
Comedy Teleplay:
- Abbott Elementary: “Pilot” – Written by Quinta Brunson
- black-ish: “If A Black Man Cries in the Woods…” – Written by Robb Chavis
- Somebody Somewhere: “BFD” – Written by Hannah Bos & Paul Thureen
- The Conners: “Triggered” – Written by Lecy Goranson
Documentary:
- End of the Line: The Women of Standing Rock: Shannon Kring
- Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches: Julia Marchesi
- In the Same Breath: Nanfu Wang
- Through Our Eyes: “Shelter” – Smriti Mundhra
Drama Feature Film:
- A Hero: Written by Asghar Farhadi
- CODA: Written by Siân Heder
- Nine Days: Written by Edson Oda
- The Starling: Written by Matt Harris
Drama Teleplay:
- Chicago P.D.: “Burnside” – Written by Ike Smith
- Pachinko: “Chapter One” – Written by Soo Hugh
- Queen Sugar: “May 27, 2020” – Written by Anthony Sparks
- Swagger: “Radicals” – Written by Reggie Rock Bythewood & George Dohrmann
- This is Us: “The Challenger” – Written by Dan Fogelman
Family Feature Film:
- 8-Bit Christmas: Written by Kevin Jakubowski
- Cinderella: Written by Kay Cannon
- Encanto: Written by Charise Castro Smith & Jared Bush
- Spin: Written by Carley Steiner and Josh A. Cagan
Limited Series, TV Movie, or Special:
- Love Life: “Mia Hines” – Written by Rachelle Williams-BenAry & Sam Boyd
- Maid: “Snaps” – Written by Molly Smith Metzler
- Three Months: Written by Jared Frieder
- Women of the Movement: “Mother and Son” – Written by Marissa Jo Cerar
Short Film:
- Far from the Tree: Written by Natalie Nourigat
- Girls Are Strong Here: Written by Scott Burkhardt
- Leap: Written by Margaret Nagle
- Nona: Written by Louis Gonzales
Lawsuit Alleges That TikTok Was Aware Of Risks Its Platform Posed To Kids and Teens
TikTok was aware that its design features are detrimental to its young users and that publicly touted tools aimed at limiting kids' time on the site were largely ineffective, according to internal documents and communications exposed in a lawsuit filed by the state of Kentucky.
The details are among redacted portions of Kentucky's lawsuit that contains the internal communications and documents unearthed during a more than two year investigation into the company by various states across the country.
Kentucky's lawsuit was filed this week, alongside separate complaints brought forth by attorneys general in a dozen states as well as the District of Columbia. TikTok is also facing another lawsuit from the Department of Justice and is itself suing the Justice Department over a federal law that could ban it in the U.S. by mid-January.
The redacted information — which was inadvertently revealed by Kentucky's attorney general's office and first reported by Kentucky Public Radio — touches on a range of topics, most importantly the extent to which TikTok knew how much time young users were spending on the platform and how sincere it was when rolling out tools aimed at curbing excessive use.
Beyond TikTok use among minors, the complaint alleges the short-form video sharing app has prioritized "beautiful people" on its platform and has noted internally that some of the content-moderation metrics it has publicized are "largely misleading."
The unredacted complaint, which was seen by The Associated Press, was sealed by a Kentucky state judge on Wednesday after state officials filed an emergency motion to seal it.
When reached for comment, TikTok spokesperson Alex Haurek said: "It is highly irresponsible of the Associated Press to... Read More