Viola Davis won’t be at the Oscars this year. But that’s not because she’s boycotting them. She told People.com that she’ll be on vacation. Although she told the outlet that she understands the sentiment behind the boycott, the Oscar nominee and Tony and Emmy award winner says that it’s not the awards ceremony that’s to […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Will Smith says he will not attend the Academy Awards next month, joining his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, and others in protest against two straight years of all-white acting nominees. Best supporting actor nominee Mark Ruffalo also says he’s considering skipping the ceremony. “My wife’s not going. It would be awkward […]
Fox News' Stacey Dash has made yet another bizarre comment regarding racial issues and this time, it was sparked by the Oscars diversity controversy.
Jada Pinkett Smith acknowledged President Cheryl Boone Isaacs' plan to ensure The Academy includes more diversity amongst it's membership
Rev. Al Sharpton talks about his plans to boycott this year’s Oscars in light of the lack of diversity. “Out of 20 slots you’re going to tell me that no one is worthy of an nomination? We need to tune out. We need to watch something else that night. If the ratings go down, the […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Growing calls for a boycott of the Academy Awards over the lack of diversity among this year’s Oscar nominees are forcing stars to choose sides and threatening to throw the movie industry’s biggest night of the year into turmoil. The backlash over the second straight year of all-white acting nominees is […]
Alexis Arquette, the transgender member of the acting Arquette family that includes recent Oscar winner Patricia, as well as David and Rosanna, posted on her Facebook page today that the Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith are both gay and should be outed. Her Facebook post reads: (Warning: explicit language and sexual references) When Jada […]
Jacque Reid goes Inside Her Story with Tonya Lewis Lee, the wife of legendary filmmaker Spike Lee, about their plans to boycott this year’s Oscars in light of the lack of diversity this year. “Spike received a lifetime achievement in November and we were looking forward to going and supporting Chris who is a dear friend of […]
“Straight Outta Compton” was nominated for best picture at the Critics’ Choice Awards, but the N.W.A. biopic was snubbed from the picture and acting categories in at the Oscars. Co-star O’Shea Jackson Jr., who plays his father Ice Cube, told USA Today he didn’t really “stress on” the Oscar omission at the Critics’ Choice carpet. […]
I have breaking news to share with you about the Oscars. The president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Cheryl Boone Isaacs, released a statement last night which reads in part, “I’d like to acknowledge the wonderful work of this year’s nominees. While we celebrate their extraordinary achievements, I am both […]
It seems like most folks are feeling Jada Pinkett Smith as far as boycotting the Oscars (watch her response to the “white-out” here). Well, “most people” doesn’t include Janet Hubert, the original Aunt Viv from the “Fresh Prince of Bel Air” TV series. Immediately one would wonder why Hubert would come out against Pinkett Smith. All […]
NAACP Image Award nominee and star of FOX’s hit show ‘Empire’ Jussie Smollett is the new host of 8th season of AfroPoP, the ultimate cultural exchange premiering on Monday, January 18, on WORLD Channel. The series of indie docs about life, art and culture across the African Diaspora is presented by American Public Television. How he’s celebrating […]
