Marvel Entertainment CEO Isaac “Ike” Perlmutter is facing heavy criticism for donating $1 million to American veterans on Thursday night for an event hosted by Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump in Des Moines, Iowa.
The United States is now requiring goods originating from the West Bank (also known as Judea and Samaria) to be labeled separately from products from the rest of Israel, following the European Union’s crackdown on products from the disputed territories.
The leadership at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) defended the organization’s controversial new diversity initiative, saying in an interview that the Academy did not bow to outside pressure when crafting the rule changes, which many are criticizing as an overt effort to purge older Academy members of their voting privileges while aggressively recruiting new voting members who, in the words of the Academy, “represent greater diversity.”
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has posted a new Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) section on its website in response to mounting criticism from longtime members over the organization’s recently announced diversity initiative, which many see as an overt effort to purge older Academy members of their voting rights.
An official Israeli government report into global anti-Semitism published Sunday shows more than 40 per cent of European Union citizens hold anti-Semitic views, with “Islamic elements” prominent in its creation. The Annual Evaluation of the Coordination Forum for Countering Antisemitism was presented to
In an open letter addressed to Academy president Cheryl Boone Isaacs published in the Hollywood Reporter, AMPAS executive branch member Mark Reina responds to the sweeping new rule changes implemented by the Academy in an effort to increase diversity both within the organization and at the Oscars.
Veteran actor Sir Ian McKellen has weighed in on the ongoing Academy Awards diversity controversy, saying in a recent interview that criticism of the Academy is “legitimate” and that, in addition to African-American actors, other minority actors have also been marginalized or ignored by the film industry, including gays.
Oscar-winning director Steve McQueen has weighed in on the Academy Awards’ diversity controversy, saying in a recent interview that he hopes the film industry will look back at this year’s Oscars as a “watershed moment” for diversity in film.
Longtime members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) are speaking out after the organizations’ Board of Governors voted unanimously Thursday to approve a dramatic overhaul of its voting rules and organizational structure in an effort to increase diversity at the Oscars and across the broader film industry.
Former Oscar-nominated actor Don Cheadle is excited to see Chris Rock host this year’s Academy Awards, saying in a recent interview that he wants to see the comedian “take everybody to task” over the renewed #OscarsSoWhite controversy.
Chris Rock will remain host of this year’s Academy Awards and is re-writing his jokes to focus on the diversity controversy that has swirled around the awards show, a producer at the Oscars confirmed in a recent interview.
The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) has approved a series of “substantive changes” to its rules and organizational structure in an effort to boost the diversity of its membership as the group faces mounting criticism over a lack of minority actors among this year’s Academy Award nominees.
While support quickly piles up among celebrities and Hollywood insiders for a boycott of this year’s Academy Awards over its lack of diverse acting nominees, one veteran Oscar-winning producer has a message for those critics: “Stop acting like spoiled brats.”
Two-time Oscar-winning actor Michael Caine has weighed in on the Oscars diversity controversy, saying in a recent interview that while he personally believes that one black actor in particular should have been nominated at this year’s ceremony, “you can’t vote for an actor because he’s black.”
France’s prime minister has criticised boycotts of Israeli products, saying they fuel anti-Semitic sentiment. But critics say using France’s strict laws against “inciting discrimination” to criminalise the boycotts violates free speech. Addressing a meeting of the Crif, the umbrella group
Oscar nominee Mark Ruffalo says he will attend this year’s Academy Awards, but supports the growing boycott movement against the ceremony and hopes it “opens the way” for Hollywood to embrace the #BlackLivesMatter movement.
Jada Pinkett Smith has responded after former “Fresh Prince of Bel Air” star Janet Hubert criticized the actress for boycotting next month’s Academy Awards over a lack of diversity among the acting nominees.
Spike Lee will skip the 88th Academy Awards in Hollywood next month, opting instead to watch the New York Knicks take on the Miami Heat at Madison Square Garden in Manhattan — but in an interview Wednesday, the filmmaker said he “never meant to lead” a boycott movement against the awards show.
George Clooney has joined critics of this year’s Academy Awards, writing in an essay that with its lack of diversity among acting nominees, the Oscars are “moving in the wrong direction.”
The Rev. Al Sharpton is calling on all Americans to “tune out” of the 88th Academy Awards next month.
Left-wing documentary filmmaker Michael Moore plans to join a growing boycott of next month’s 88th Academy Awards, following the Academy’s announcement that no minority actors have been nominated for major awards.
Snoop Dogg launched a profanity-laced tirade against the Academy Awards this week, saying he won’t be tuning into the “bulls–t” awards show this year.
The European Union reinforced on Monday its position that products made in Israeli settlements must be clearly labeled in Europe, despite growing tensions with Israel over the issue, but stressed that the bloc opposes any boycott of the Jewish state.
Spike Lee will boycott this year’s Academy Awards after the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominated exclusively white actors in top categories for a second consecutive year.
TEL AVIV – Boycotts of Israel, such as those by “naïve academics” in the U.S., don’t work and are mostly “noise and hot air,” an editorial in the Washington Post claimed. The editorial, published on Sunday, asserts that BDS – the
Quentin Tarantino’s latest film The Hateful Eight is in the midst of a box office meltdown, and one police union head claims the film’s financial failure is all due to a promised boycott from the boys in blue.
On Monday, California State Assemblyman Travis Allen (R-Huntington Beach) introduced two pieces of legislation to counter the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement against the State of Israel.
Ukrainians have expressed outrage after a Coca-Cola ad on a Russian social media website featured Crimea on the Russian map. The American business, though, claims a marketing agency changed the map without permission.
At least one police union has seemingly abandoned its plans to boycott Quentin Tarantino’s The Hateful Eight in the wake of the director’s participation in an anti-police brutality rally in October and his subsequent escalating rhetoric against law enforcement.
Led by an activist, left-wing teacher, high school students at Chicago’s Roosevelt public high school recently engaged in a boycott aimed at changing the way school lunches are made and delivered to kids in the Chicago public school system.
The Ayatollah’s regime in Tehran has released a decree banning over two hundred American products from reaching shelves in Iran.
A group of pro-Quentin Tarantino demonstrators gathered across the street from the New York premiere of “The Hateful Eight” on Monday to show their support for the embattled director.
Director Quentin Tarantino says he plans to go further with his involvement in anti-police brutality activism after he’s finished promoting his upcoming film “The Hateful Eight.”
A piece in the Wall Street Journal co-authored by two professors of law claims U.S. academic institutions’ boycotts of Israel are not legal. Steven Davidoff Solomon and Eugene Kontorovich, professors at the University of California, Berkeley, and Northwestern University respectively,
An online petition is urging moviegoers to boycott the upcoming Ben Stiller comedy “Zoolander 2,” arguing that the film’s portrayal of a transgender model is the “equivalent of using blackface.”
Christians can and should successfully trump the marketplace tactics that gay activist groups have used to win concessions and benefits from retailers, airlines and hotels chains, says Chris Stone, the founder of Faith Driven Consumer.
Actor Viggo Mortensen criticized the boycott against Quentin Tarantino and defended the controversial comments “The Hateful Eight” director made while participated in an anti-police rally, even going so far as to accuse Tarantino’s critics of “condoning” police brutality.
The first full look at Quentin Tarantino’s upcoming film “The Hateful Eight” was released Thursday as the director battles controversy and threats of boycott from law enforcement unions over comments he made at an anti-police rally in New York last month.
Two months before the release of Quentin Tarantino’s “The Hateful Eight,” the head of America’s largest police union says his organization has a “surprise” planned for both the film and its director.
The first full look at Quentin Tarantino’s upcoming film The Hateful Eight was released Thursday as the director battles controversy and threats of boycott from law enforcement unions over comments made at an anti-police rally in New York last month.
