lack of diversity at Oscars

In response to #OscarsSoWhite, the film academy is now pledging to double the number of female and minority members by 2020, and will immediately diversify its leadership by adding three new seats to its board of governors, reports the Associated Press. Academy president Cheryl Boone Isaacs announced the changes Friday, following a weeklong storm of […]

PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Julie Delpy has apologized for recent comments saying that there is nothing worse than being a woman in the entertainment business. In a Friday interview with “The Wrap,” the actress said that she “sometimes wished she were African American because people don’t bash them afterwards.” She was referencing a time […]

Academy Awards producer Reginald Hudlin says host Chris Rock is hard at work rewriting his material for next month’s Oscar show. Hudlin told “Entertainment Tonight” on Saturday that Rock is eager to host the 88th Academy Awards on Feb. 28, even as a few black celebrities have decided not to attend the show for its lack […]

LONDON (AP) — Academy Award-nominated British actress Charlotte Rampling has entered the debate over a lack of diversity at the Oscars, saying the calls for a boycott are “racist to white people.” All this year’s acting nominees are white. Rampling, 69, told France’s Europe 1 radio Friday that, while it’s impossible to know for sure, […]

Bob Johnson may have moved on to other things beyond BET, but as he sees it, his status as the network’s founder makes him suitable to comment on the diversity issue with the Oscars and Hollywood overall. In an interview with TheWrap‘s Anita Bennett, Johnson addressed the current situation with diversity as he expressed how […]