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Kendrick Lamar, Tiffany Haddish, More Invited To Academy Membership
This year’s membership intake for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has reached a record number. According to Variety, the film entity invited 928…
#OscarsSoWhite Founder Launches Initiative To Help POC Get Jobs
Remember the #OscarsSoWhite movement? Creator April Reign started the hashtag back in 2016, in order to bring awareness to the lack of diversity and inclusion in the…
Halle Berry Says Her Oscar Win Did “Nothing” For Diversity
Diversity in Hollywood is still a major topic, with many actors and writers of color having a difficult time making their names, faces and talent known. Halle Berry, the…
Viola Davis Doesn’t Credit #OscarsSoWhite With Surge Of Black Nominees
Black stars will be fully present at the Oscars this year, but the surge of melanin has nothing to do with #OscarsSoWhite, if you let Viola Davis tell it. After taking…
Lee Daniels Doesn’t Care If The ‘Oscars Are So White,’ His Legacy Speaks For Him
Lee Daniels is aware of the lack of diversity among the crowd of nominees at the Oscars. But he’s not looking for any validation from white America, declaring, “I’m…
Tessa Thompson, America Ferrera, Oscar Isaac & More Latinos Invited To The Academy
In response to the #OscarsSoWhite controversy at the heart of last year’s diversity debate, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences reaches out to the largest…
The 88th Academy Awards Bring In Third Lowest Ratings In Show’s History
Maybe Will Smith and Jada Pinkett-Smith got the last laugh on Sunday night, as it’s been reported by CNN that the 88th Annual Academy Awards garnered (only) 34.3 million…
Gina Rodriguez Starts A Movement In Response To #OscarsSoWhite
Jane the Virgin star Gina Rodriguez launched a new campaign aimed at highlighting actors of Latino descent. “With all this Oscar Talk and lack of diversity,” she wrote…
Nick Cannon Addresses The #OscarsSoWhite Discussion With Spoken Word
Nick Cannon is bringing spoken word and creative expression to the debate centering #OscarSoWhite. So far, we’ve heard opinions from key speakers in Hollywood about the…