One of the biggest surprises in this year’s Oscar nominations was actress Andrea Riseborough, who was recognized for her lead performance as an alcoholic in the little-seen indie drama “To Leslie.” Now the British actress is facing growing accusations of white privilege and claims that she usurped the spot from black actresses including Viola Davis and Danielle Deadwyler.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has been swept up in yet another race scandal. The director of “Till,” which dramatizes the horrific murder of black 14-year-old Emmett Till at the hands of white supremacists, accused the Oscars of “upholding whiteness” after they snubbed her movie in all categories.
If you want to know where institutional racism still exists, look no further than left-wing Hollywood, where white people scored a perfect 12-out-of-12 for the top 12 Emmy Awards.
Actor John Leguizamo found himself unhappy with the results of the 2021 Oscars ceremony, lamenting on social media that Latino artists were “excluded again.”
Netflix’s David Fincher helmed “Mank” scored ten Academy Award nominations on Monday, more than any other movie this awards season. But fast forward three years and the movie’s best picture nomination would look doubtful under new diversity quotas that are set to take effect in 2024.
Filmmaker Ron Howard said that his Oscar-winning A Beautiful Mind would probably fail the Academy’s new diversity standards, which require that movies meet certain quotas on race and gender in order to be considered for the best picture category.
Citizen Kane, widely considered the best movie ever made, would not be eligible for best picture Oscar consideration in today’s Hollywood. Neither would Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, 12 Angry Men, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, It’s a Wonderful Life, or 2001: A Space Odyssey.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced Tuesday that it will require films to meet extensive new “diversity” standards to be eligible to win the Oscar for Best Picture.
Author and Trump hater Stephen King is feeling the heat from fellow liberals following his tweets about the Academy Award nominations, in which he said that quality is more important than diversity when it comes to creating works of art.
No, the problem here is not America or Americans, it is Hollywood.
Left-wing Hollywood director Spike Lee appeared at the Icon Mann gala in Los Angeles Thursday and ripped the Academy, saying “every 10 years black folks get awards” at the Oscars.
New York Times editor Susan Fowler wrote in an opinion-editorial that the ousting of comedian Kevin Hart as host of the Oscars over the resurfacing of his previous gay jokes sets unattainable standards of uprightness and called for the A-lister to be forgiven, citing his heartfelt apology.
Just as the Catholic Church committed slow-motion suicide by trying to please everyone, so too have the Academy Awards.
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, filmmaker Ava DuVernay, and producer Dan Lin launched the Evolve Entertainment Fund on Monday, a private-public partnership to boost diversity within the entertainment industry.
The film academy is inviting 774 new members to join its ranks, including actors Leslie Jones, Dwayne Johnson, Riz Ahmed, Chris Pratt and Anna Faris.
#OscarsSoWhite isn’t over yet, says the hashtag’s creator April Reign.
Damien Chazelle’s La La Land earned a record-tying 14 nominations, Amazon became the first streaming service to nab a Best Picture contender with Manchester by the Sea and seven of the 20 acting nominations went to people of color when
Actor Will Smith appeared on The Tonight Show Thursday to promote his new film, Suicide Squad, and also briefly discussed the Republican and Democratic National Conventions and his thoughts on race relations in America.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences invited a record 683 new members this year in an effort to increase the diversity of its membership and avoid a repeat of the #OscarsSoWhite controversy the organization has endured for the past two years.
Entertainment mogul Russell Simmons says the controversy created by the Oscars’s lack of black nominees, which spawned the “Oscars So White” social media tsunami, is the least concern for black entertainers, in what he calls a very “segregated” Hollywood.
Actor Marlon Wayans believes Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump could look like a president — if he tames his hair and keeps his mouth shut.
Now that Oscar season is over, major Hollywood studios are getting behind a concerted, industry-wide effort to increase the diversity of talent both in front of and behind the camera.
Members of the rap group Public Enemy are displeased with the Oscar’s use of their 1989 song “Fight the Power” during Sunday’s ceremony.
Oscars host Chris Rock came under fire from at least one prominent actress and some commentators and social media users for a joke involving Asian children during Sunday night’s telecast.
The Rev. Al Sharpton took a victory lap Monday after it was announced ratings for the 88th Academy Awards hit an 8-year low.
Comedian Chris Rock opened the 88th Academy Awards on Sunday by commenting on the #OscarsSoWhite controversy.
LOS ANGELES — The Rev. Al Sharpton led a rally Sunday afternoon around the corner from Hollywood’s Dolby Theater to protest the lack of diversity among this year’s Academy Award nominees. Joined by members of his National Action Network (NAN)
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Oscar host Chris Rock took to Twitter Thursday to post a cryptic message ahead of Sunday night’s ceremony.
Singer and artist Anohni, the first transgender artist ever to be nominated for an Academy Award, will boycott this year’s ceremony, explaining the reason in a lengthy essay.
Hollywood A-list directors Ava DuVernay and Ryan Coogler and other black entertainers like singer Janelle Monae and comedian Hannibal Burress, among others, will host a #JUSTICEFORFLINT event during the broadcast of the 88th Academy Awards.
Two-time Oscar-nominated actress Rooney Mara regrets playing the role of a Native American character in last year’s “Pan,” as she said it put her on the wrong side of Hollywood’s “whitewashing” debate.
A study released on Monday by the University of Southern California’s Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism finds that Hollywood’s problems with diversity are the result of the entire industry discriminating against women, minorities, and and the LGBT community.
April Reign, the creator of the #OscarsSoWhite hashtag, told industry outlet TheWrap on Friday a protest of this year’s Academy Awards will include “counter-programming” that will begin on Oscars night.
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has launched an inquiry into the state of diverse programming on television, seeking to determine whether independent programmers face undue burdens in gaining carriage from traditional cable operators and other multichannel video programming distributors (MVPDs).
Actress Rebel Wilson drew rave reviews (and some SJW grumblings) by poking fun at the Oscars diversity controversy and awards shows’ seeming obsession with transgender characters during her presenter’s speech at the BAFTA Awards Sunday night.
Two-time Oscar-winning actress Emma Thompson weighed in on the #OscarsSoWhite controversy this week, and suggested the industry’s diversity issues could be remedied by “killing off” the Academy’s many older, white members.
Monday’s 58th Annual Grammys Awards are coming under fire over a lack of diversity regarding both nominations and the number of tributes aimed at honoring white musicians who died over the last year.
In lieu of this year’s so-called “White Oscars,” Def Jam co-founder and media mogul Russell Simmons has announced he will host his own movie awards ceremony, which is set to debut just days before the 88th Academy Awards.
Hollywood titan Steven Spielberg became the latest industry figure to weigh in on the #OscarsSoWhite controversy on Thursday, saying in an interview that he does not believe there is “inherent or dormant racism” in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) and that he is “not 100 percent” supportive of the Academy’s dramatic rule changes to increase diversity within the organization.
