diversity in Hollywood

In a recent cover story with "The Hollywood Reporter," the "Queen Sugar" producers talk inclusion, representation and Black Lives Matter.

This woke 16-year-old actress stressed that she practices her “activism through art.”

The actress is amongst good (and diverse company) as she joins Donald Glover, Zendaya, Abraham Attah and Bokeem Woodbine.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Rev. Al Sharpton has announced plans to stage a rally on Sunday prior to the Oscars to protest a lack of diversity in Hollywood. The rally, announced Thursday, also is intended to support a push for a nationwide TV tune-out of the Academy Awards ceremony. Critics say the awards show, […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Movies make more money when exactly half their casts are non-white, according to an annual analysis released Thursday that shows an increasing demand for diversity in film. In previous years, movies did better at the box office if two or three of the top eight billed actors were non-white. The latest […]

While many are calling to diversify Hollywood, some celebs are making tone deaf comments about race, gender and privilege.

Folks are up in arms about having their voting rights snatched if they haven't worked in the industry for a while.

LONDON (AP) — A lack of diversity in films and television is not just an American problem, according to actor Idris Elba. Hollywood’s Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences is facing boycott calls and promising change after nominating an all-white roster of performers for the Oscars for the second year running. Elba, the London-born […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Spike Lee told an audience of entertainment luminaries that it’s easier for a black person to become President of the United States than head of a Hollywood studio or network. Lee made the remarks Saturday as he accepted an Oscar statuette at the film academy’s seventh annual Governors Awards dinner in […]