VIDEO : Pharrell Williams To Address Film Executives And Stars On Solutions To Hollywood's Lagging D

Variety will host a conference of film executives and stars to discuss solutions to Hollywood's lagging record in diversity. The conference, which Variety is to announce Monday, will include keynote conversations with Donna Langley, chairman of Universal Studios, and Pharrell Williams. Pharrell Williams and Blake Shelton backstage at the 2016 CMT Music awards on June 8, 2016 in Nashville. (Getty Images) "There is no issue in Hollywood more important and relevant than diversity and inclusion," Michelle Sobrino-Stearns, group publisher of Variety, said in a statement.