The BE Conference
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2021 BE Conference Speaker and Mentor Portraits, From Cynthia Erivo to Janet Mock (Photos)
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Photographed by Diana King for TheWrap
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‘Younger’ Star Molly Bernard on Breaking Into Acting and Making Friends With Rejection (Video)
BE Conference 2021: Bernard stars as Lauren on the Paramount+ series and in the film “Milkwater”
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‘She’s the Boss’ Star Nicole Walters Tells Entrepreneurs: ‘What Authenticity Looks Like Is Imperfection’ (Video)
BE Conference 2021: There are other things you need to do to run your own company, including creating an LLC and business bank account, the Inherit CEO advises
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Padma Lakshmi on the Importance of Taking Time for Yourself: ‘Being Busy Doesn’t Mean You’re Successful’ (Video)
BE Conference 2021: “Being productive and effective means you’re successful,” host says
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Vivica A Fox Calls Directing ‘Next Chapter for My Career’ (Video)
BE Conference 2021: Fox directed the short film “Through Her Eyes,” produced by Tressa Azarel Smallwood
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How ‘Genius: Aretha’ Star Cynthia Erivo Learned Not to Play the Part of the ‘Strong Black Woman’ (Video)
BE Conference 2021: “I had to really come to terms with that because I had been doing the opposite,” Oscar nominee says
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Entrepreneurs Urge Mindset Shift: Make Your ‘Side Hustle’ the Main Event (Video)
BE Conference 2021: Being an entrepreneur is “not what Instagram tells you. It’s not the beach with the laptop,” Endlessly Elated CEO Kathleen Pagan says
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Female Directors and Producers Explain Why Success Is More Dangerous Than Failure (Video)
BE Conference 2021: “It messes with you in a potentially really, really bad way,” says “The Undoing” director Susanne Bier
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Breaking Barriers Means Becoming Your Own Mentor, Industry Pioneers Say (Video)
BE Conference 2021: “I’m never going to shrink myself to fit in where I don’t belong,” says model and body positive activist Tess Holliday
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ICM Partners’ Lorrie Bartlett on LA Times Exposé: ‘We Take All of That Incredibly Seriously’ (Video)
“I think with any large corporation, not everybody behaves well,” the agency’s head of talent says
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How ICM’s Lorrie Bartlett’s Overcame Adversity and Fat-Shaming Early in Her Career
BE Conference 2021: “For me it was really devastating because I thought, ‘Wow, I’m actually doing pretty great work,’” Bartlett tells TheWrap’s Sharon Waxman
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Female Creatives Explain How They Found Inspiration During the Pandemic (Video)
BE Conference 2021: Asia Hall, Dana Scruggs and Natalia Chao share their experiences
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Ariana DeBose, Tiffany Boone, Javicia Leslie and Ashley Park Hope Hollywood’s Diversity Push Isn’t ‘Just a Wave’ (Video)
BE Conference 2021: “It’s part of our job as public figures now to ask, how can we make more spaces for us?” DeBose says
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Welcome to BE Conference 2021!
Mentorship, inspiration and networking are here for three days
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Imagine TV’s Samie Kim Falvey on Women Breaking Into Hollywood: ‘You Have to Swim Outside Your Lane’ (Video)
BE Conference 2020: “You have to acknowledge and commit to the fact that it’s harder and takes longer to build that inclusivity in,” Falvey says