Dakota Johnson, Regina Hall & Chase Infiniti Present Scholarships | Women in Entertainment 2025

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Dakota Johnson and 'One Battle After Another' stars Regina Hall and Chase Infiniti present more than $1 million in university scholarships to high school seniors from underserved communities at THR's Women in Entertainment gala.

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00:00It's an honor to celebrate the Hollywood Reporter Women in Entertainment Mentorship Program's Sweet 16.

00:13For 16 years, this extraordinary partnership with Big Brother, Big Sisters of Greater Los Angeles

00:19and the Entertainment Industry Foundation

00:21has changed the lives of 275 high school girls and their mentors

00:29as well.

00:34It is a unique sorority that includes leaders like Donna Langley, Dana Walden, Bella Bajaria

00:43and Pamela Abdi to name but a few.

00:4616 years ago, Stephen Galloway, now the Dean of Chapman University's Dodge College

00:52launched this program while serving as THR's Executive Editor.

00:56With guidance from Sherry Lansing and support from Big Brothers Big Sisters,

01:02he and the THR staff

01:04God, I can't breathe.

01:08It's because my boobs are so big in this dress.

01:12Sorry.

01:13Good morning.

01:20Walked into high schools across South and East LA where they found diamonds in the rough

01:27who were overcoming obstacles like crime, drug, and alcohol abuse in the family

01:32or the challenges of being a first-generation American

01:36to become the first in their families to graduate high school

01:39and the first to go to college.

01:42And now, they are reshaping our industry.

01:45Before we continue celebrating these remarkable young women,

01:48I want to share a short video about this program.

01:50When I started in the movie industry,

02:04I think, sadly, we all believed that there was only room for one at the table.

02:09And so, we weren't really close.

02:11And as the years went by, we realized that that wasn't true,

02:15that there was actually room for all of us at the table.

02:18The mission of the mentorship program is to take young women

02:23who are in a situation where they may not have opportunities

02:26and lead them to the next level.

02:30I think this program has just really helped, like, open my eyes

02:33because I feel like there's so much more I can do

02:35and so many more opportunities out there

02:36that I don't have to be in my little bubble and I can just explore.

02:41This is a group of women who welcome them with open arms

02:45and want them to succeed in this industry.

02:48We need diversity of voice

02:50and women, I think, are finally at the place

02:54as storytellers, especially in this industry,

02:57that our stories are hugely important.

03:00And so, supporting other women to get into the space,

03:02to be in a position to be the decision makers

03:04and who gets to tell those stories is important.

03:06I think society standards kind of, like, limit the entertainment industry

03:11and I just knew I wanted to, like, break those and kind of, like, push forward

03:15and really reach those goals, especially as a woman.

03:18We are no longer a small little phenomenon.

03:23We have arrived and we are here and we're not going away.

03:28Just knowing that I've been able to accomplish so many things

03:31that my mom and my dad have wanted me to do

03:33makes me so happy.

03:35It's very personal to me because apart from being, like,

03:43part of this new generation that's going to enter film,

03:45I'm going to be the first in my family to get higher education.

03:48I'm first-generation Mexican-American.

03:51So I feel like it's up to us to document and to tell the stories.

03:56It is imperative that we build a new Hollywood together.

04:02We co-create that and we need to make sure

04:06that people like Gloria are leading in the forefront

04:08and telling us this is the Hollywood that we need so desperately.

04:17My ultimate goal is to just be a storyteller

04:20and just speak from a different perspective.

04:22I've never had that specific person to mentor me

04:28and I knew that I wanted it to be with somebody

04:30who was fun, extroverted, but could also hold me accountable.

04:35That's why I do the work that I do in the industry

04:38is to make sure that exactly these kinds of stories

04:42are the stories we get to hear.

04:44So don't tell me you can't find somebody

04:46because I'm like, what?

04:48I really want to do good.

04:50I want to do good and feel fulfilled

04:53and then hopefully have a job too, yeah.

04:57A lot has changed since when I started in the business.

05:00But what hasn't changed is that talent always wins.

05:04We're going up, up, up, up, it's our moment

05:08You know together we're going

05:10Gonna be, gonna be going in

05:12Oh, up, up, up with our voices

05:16Going together, just a woman

05:18Gonna be, gonna be going in

05:20Oh, I'm done hiding

05:23Now I'm shining

05:25Like I'm born to see

05:28You know that it's the sun

05:30I know

05:31It's so nice

05:33That's who we're born to see

05:36We all really wanted to see that too.

05:53Well, thank you Lifetime

06:04for generously supporting

06:06the mentorship program since its inception

06:08I'm excited to share

06:10that they're going to give

06:11every girl graduating

06:12from the program this year

06:14a $10,000 scholarship

06:15to the school of their choice

06:17This program would not be possible

06:27without the enormous support

06:29of our program partners

06:30including the Golden Globe Foundation

06:32and Gersh

06:33I used to be at Gersh

06:35You guys didn't send me out much

06:42No, I love you, Gersh

06:50Okay, all right

06:51Oh my God, and WME passed on me

06:55Jesus, this is like a

06:56I don't know what this feels like

06:58Revenge

07:00No, no, no, no, no

07:02No, no, no

07:02I'm sorry

07:03No, no, no

07:04I'm sorry

07:04That was very bitter and selfish

07:06I'm going back

07:07Girls

07:08WME

07:10is generously contributing

07:12$75,000

07:14to support the essential

07:15operational expenses

07:17of the mentorship program

07:18Thank you

07:20Thank you to Richard Weiss

07:24Marie Sheehy

07:25and everyone at WME

07:28Now

07:29Marie

07:30Now before we announce

07:34our scholarship winners

07:35I would like to welcome

07:37the incoming class

07:38of 2026 mentees

07:41Hey girls

07:43Now for you

08:10I have a little surprise

08:11for the new girls

08:12starting in the program

08:13today

08:14To help you get started

08:15on this journey

08:15Danny Garcia

08:16and Seven Bucks Productions

08:18are giving every new girl

08:19in the mentorship program

08:20a brand new

08:22Apple MacBook Air

08:24And a Macan

08:31No, I'm joking

08:31No

08:32This is what I want

08:35No, no, no

08:36With a MacBook Air

08:37for sure

08:37Thank you Danny

08:40and thank you Seven Bucks

08:42And to our graduating mentees

08:51starting college

08:51next fall

08:52we did not forget about you

08:53Casey Wasserman

08:54through the Wasserman Foundation

08:56has created

08:56the Edie Wasserman

08:58Women in Hollywood Fund

09:00named after his grandmother

09:01to support tenacious

09:02and creative women

09:03exactly like you

09:05in their educational

09:05and creative pursuits

09:06thanks to Casey

09:08and this fund

09:08every graduating mentee

09:09will also receive

09:10a brand new

09:11Apple MacBook Air

09:12to help them embark

09:13on their college journeys

09:14this next fall

09:15Now it is scholarship time

09:22so this year

09:23we are presenting

09:24more than one million dollars

09:26in scholarships

09:26to Chapman

09:27and Loyola Marymount

09:29universities

09:29Thank you to Chapman's

09:35Matthew Parlow

09:36and Stephen Galloway

09:37and LMU's

09:39Thomas Poon

09:40and Joanne Moore

09:42Last

09:45we must

09:46thank

09:47one of the most

09:48talented writers

09:48and producers

09:49in TV

09:50the great Chuck Lorre

09:51for being the program's

09:53biggest supporter

09:54of all time

09:54along with

09:55Tricia Cardoso

09:56Lauren Humphrey

09:57and the team

09:58at the Chuck Lorre

09:59Family Foundation

10:01They have provided

10:06full-ride scholarships

10:07for 10 consecutive years

10:09donating more than

10:10two million dollars

10:11to support 15

10:12underrepresented graduates

10:14from THR's

10:15Women in Entertainment

10:16Mentorship Program

10:17with full-ride

10:20college scholarships

10:21to LMU

10:22and Chapman

10:23with a 100%

10:25graduation rate

10:26This year

10:33they are providing

10:34three full-ride scholarships

10:36totaling

10:37$450,000

10:39to three

10:40this feels like

10:41they added

10:42more information

10:43sorry

10:44this is just new

10:46to me

10:46to three deserving

10:49program graduates

10:50two scholarships

10:51to Chapman

10:52and one scholarship

10:53to LMU

10:53which includes

10:54tuition

10:55room and board

10:56and holistic

10:58wrap-around support

10:59Thank you Chuck

11:04Tricia

11:05and Lauren

11:06Regina Chase

11:08and I

11:08Regina Chase

11:11and I

11:12are going to announce

11:12the names

11:13of all three

11:14Chuck Lorre

11:14scholarship winners

11:15and we'd like

11:17to invite all three

11:18of you

11:18to come up on stage

11:19with us

11:19at the same time

11:21okay

11:22and now

11:26the winner

11:26of the first

11:27scholarship

11:28to Chapman

11:29University

11:30is

11:31Elisa

11:33Kovarubias

11:36and the scholarship

11:51to LMU

11:52goes to

11:53oh

11:54it's just

11:55on the

11:55Bible

11:55she's trying to

11:55open it

11:56thank you

11:57Luna

11:58Alvarez

11:58and the winner

12:09of the second

12:10scholarship

12:10to Chapman

12:11University

12:11is

12:12Leah Garcia

12:14yeah

12:14we're going

12:18up

12:19up

12:19it's our

12:20moment

12:21you know

12:21together

12:22we're going

12:22gonna be

12:23gonna be

12:24going

12:24oh

12:25up

12:26up

12:27up

12:27with our

12:28voices

12:28don't think you're

12:29just a woman

12:30gonna be

12:31gonna be

12:32going

12:32you

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