Rev. Jesse Jackson partially credits the casting of black British actor John Boyega for the financial success of “Star Wars: the Force Awakens” in an op-ed piece about “Hollywood apartheid.”
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.
Oscar-winning actor and director Clint Eastwood weighed in on the race controversy surrounding the 88th Academy Awards on Friday night, where he brushed off a contention that the Academy institutionally snubs black performers.
Oscar-winning “12 Years a Slave” actress Lupita Nyong’o accused Academy voters of harboring “unconscious prejudice,” as she joined the conversation surrounding this year’s Academy Awards race controversy.
British actor Idris Elba has elevated an American conversation about diversity in Hollywood to an international level.
Chris Rock, the host of the upcoming 88th Academy Awards, shared a 15-second promo on Twitter Friday, calling the awards show “the White BET Awards.”
In the name of racial diversity, another major TV network has announced that it will exclude white actors from participating in the casting process of a major series reboot.
The creator of Jennifer Lopez’s new racially diverse TV series tells industry outlet TheWrap “the white man’s 15 minutes” of fame have expired, as networks and audiences are hungry for more minority-driven entertainment
The Hollywood Reporter issued a pre-emptive “mea culpa” for the fact that all of the actresses on their annual roundtable discussion with female awards contenders happened to be white.
In a new essay in the New York Times, Indian-American comedian Aziz Ansari criticizes Hollywood for always casting straight white men as the go-to characters in films and TV shows. In his Times essay, the 32-year-old stand-up comic and former Parks and Recreation co-star
Oscar-winning screen legend Sophia Loren tells “The Hollywood Reporter” that men and women work equally hard in Hollywood and both make sacrifices.
GLAAD’s annual “Where are We on TV” report for the 2015-2016 TV season finds that while LGBT character representation in TV is up, too many new gay and bisexual characters are white, and the transgender community and those living with HIV are underrepresented.
The View co-host and moderator Whoopi Goldberg disagrees with actress Viola Davis, who said during September’s primetime Emmy awards opportunities for black women are few and far between.
During a Q&A at the New York Film Festival Sunday, director Michael Moore addressed Hollywood’s much publicized gender disparities, and compared a lack of female directors to a form of segregation.
From 2007 to 2014, less than one-third of the speaking parts in the most popular films were given to women, and aside from a few isolated pictures, film roles are still dominated by straight, young, white males, according to a new study.
After facing pointed criticism for a perceived lack of racial and gender diversity in this year’s Oscar nominations, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences has announced a two-pronged strategy to ensure the awards selection process is more inclusive.
Oscar-winning writer and director Cameron Crowe addressed criticism surrounding his decision to cast Emma Stone to play the mixed Asian character of Allison Ng in the film Aloha Tuesday.
Oscar-winning actress Tilda Swinton is in talks to star as the Ancient One in the upcoming Marvel superhero film Doctor Strange, despite the character’s originally written gender and ethnicity, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
Pixar’s chief creative officer John Lasseter announced during a press conference at Cannes Monday that the animation studio has plans to increase its representation of diverse characters on screen.
Jill Soloway, the showrunner for the transgender-themed Amazon original series Transparent, says the entertainment industry is systematically rigged in favor of white men.
Major Hollywood film and TV studios have long been criticized for failing to create a level playing field for women. While insiders and studies have highlighted the entertainment industry’s one-sided hiring practices in recent months and years, now the complainants have found an ally.
Nestled away in the northwest corner of Arkansas, Bentonville, the predominately white, quiet home of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., is currently the site of a four-day women and diversity film festival, which was co-founded by Hollywood actress Geena Davis.
Hollywood’s major studios warmed to the idea of demonstrating white lesbian, gay, and bisexual characters on film last year, but completely ignored the transgender community in 2014, according to GLAAD’s third annual Studio Responsibility Index.
Actress Stacey Dash, best known for her role in the film Clueless, has announced plans to reveal the liberal backlash she faced upon coming out as a conservative in the movie industry, among other things, in a tell-all book.
HOLLYWOOD, California—A planned protest over the lack of diversity in the film industry by Al Sharpton’s National Action Network (NAN) has been canceled. The group will instead seek direct dialogue with Hollywood’s central authority, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
