When news broke that the cast of “Straight Outta Compton” were not invited to this year’s Academy Awards ceremony, it only fueled further uproar over the #OscarsSoWhite controversy. Ice Cube – the executive producer of the film – previously said that he’s never attended the show in the past so this year will be no […]
Comedian Tony Rock is bringing the funny to your city next month as he takes part in The Royal Comedy Tour. The funny comes to its first city February 13th and it stars Gary Owen, Sommore, Tommy Davidson and Earthquake. He talks to the Tom Joyner Morning Show about big brother Chris, Super Bowl 50 and how […]
NEW YORK (AP) — The Academy Awards has unveiled a distinctly diverse slate of presenters and performers for the Feb. 28 Oscars including Kevin Hart, Benicio Del Toro and Whoopi Goldberg. The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences on Thursday announced the names of 11 people taking part in the show. The makeup of […]
The 240th Anniversary of First Baptist Church of Williamsburg is celebrating the special bell ringing ceremony and Concert for Hope on February 1. The event, hosted by Danny Glover, features music Icon Dionne Warwick, musician Esperanza Spalding, and Valerie Simpson performing with the Hampton University Choir. The legendary actor talks to the Tom Joyner Morning Show […]
Roland Martin talks to National Urban League’s Marc Morial about the lack of diversity at this year’s Oscars and the calling of a meeting with film studios to diversify their hiring efforts. “Hollywood has a long history of making and breaking promises. Taking any controversy around inclusion an race and treating it like a public relations strategy. The […]
D.L. Hughley is the latest celebrity to throw in his two cents about the lack of diversity at the upcoming 88th Academy Awards. Except in true D.L. fashion, the witty comedian/actor/radio host perfectly summed up the problem with the Oscars by connecting it to the issues with grand juries. He wrote: What do you think […]
Nick Cannon felt moved to deliver a spoken word piece regarding the #OscarsSoWhite controversy. In a video of himself posted to Facebook over the weekend, Cannon tells viewers that his poem is not to be mistaken as “another trophy rant,” but rather a chance to focus on issues he believes are more important than boycotting […]
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 […]
You had to expect GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump to stir the #OscarsSoWhite controversy by questioning why white actors get shut out of black awards shows, like the BET Awards. Trump expressed his opinion on Wednesday while speaking to Fox & Friends about celebrities boycotting the 2016 Oscars over the lack of black nominees. Trump […]
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 […]
