
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) could see a resurgence of the #OscarsSoWhite controversy it endured last year if the organization does not nominate any people of color for acting honors at this year’s Academy Awards, a possibility seen as increasingly likely by many Hollywood awards insiders.
by Daniel Nussbaum3 Jan 2016, 4:31 PM PST0

Star Wars: The Force Awakens director-producer J.J. Abrams said that he could see Ava DuVernay in the director’s chair on a future installment of the franchise.
by Daniel Nussbaum9 Dec 2015, 8:23 PM PST0

Toymaker Mattel has created a Barbie doll in the likeness of “Selma” director Ava DuVernay as part of their “Sheroes” line of Barbies that honor “female heroes who inspire girls.”
by Daniel Nussbaum7 Dec 2015, 8:58 AM PST0

Avengers star Anthony Mackie does not believe that Marvel’s upcoming Black Panther film – the first in the cinematic superhero universe to feature an African-American lead – needs an African-American director behind the camera.
by Daniel Nussbaum22 Oct 2015, 2:07 PM PST0

Quentin Tarantino doesn’t care if people don’t enjoy his films.
by Daniel Nussbaum13 Oct 2015, 9:44 AM PST0

Selma director Ava DuVernay offered some guidance for those trying to break into the Hollywood entertainment industry while speaking in New York this week: “Follow the white guys. Truly. They’ve got this thing wired.”
by Daniel Nussbaum19 Jul 2015, 12:05 PM PST0

Selma director Ava DuVernay was rumored to be taking on Marvel’s upcoming Black Panther film, but she said Friday that she passed on the opportunity to become the first black woman to direct a superhero movie.
by Kipp Jones3 Jul 2015, 6:57 PM PST0

This week, a courageous civil rights champion by the name of Rachel Dolezal bravely revealed her true identity to the world: she is a black woman trapped in the body of a honky and has been tanning and getting weaves for the last ten years whilst president of her local NAACP chapter in order to live life as her authentic self and shake off her “crackersona.”
by Milo Yiannopoulos13 Jun 2015, 3:18 PM PST0

A lot goes into a speech that we never hear. But thanks to the Washington Post, we are finally getting a look at a personal copy of President Obama’s markup notes for his speech marking the anniversary of the Selma marches.
by Charlie Spiering4 Jun 2015, 7:49 AM PST0

Marvel wants Selma director Ava DuVernay to take the reins on one of its upcoming diverse superhero movies, which will include either Black Panther or Captain Marvel, insiders with knowledge of the studio’s plans told TheWrap.
by Daniel Nussbaum12 May 2015, 9:44 PM PST0

When you are dealing with the mainstream media, it is always difficult to tell if you are dealing with willful ignorance or just plain old ignorance-ignorance. There are plenty of moronic savants in the national media who have cracked the “hot take” code to please their left-wing masters but have no fundamental grasp of history, or much of anything much of else.
by John Nolte9 May 2015, 7:37 AM PST0

John Legend appeared on CNN’s State of the Union on Sunday for a wide-ranging discussion on America’s criminal justice system.
by Daniel Nussbaum27 Apr 2015, 7:14 PM PST0

NEW YORK (AP) — John Legend has launched a campaign to end mass incarceration. The Grammy-winning singer announced the multiyear initiative, FREE AMERICA, on Monday. He will visit and perform at a correctional facility on Thursday in Austin, Texas, where
by Breitbart News13 Apr 2015, 7:29 PM PST0

Two police officers in Ferguson, MO were shot Wednesday evening at a protest against alleged racism in the department and the city itself. It was not enough that the chief of police had just resigned. It was not enough that a local judge had quit. It was not enough that the Department of Justice had exonerated former officer Darren Wilson. No–the mob, told by President Barack Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder that Ferguson was still guilty of racism, wanted “justice.”
by Joel B. Pollak12 Mar 2015, 5:09 AM PST0

Attorney General Eric Holder’s remarks in Selma, AL, “echoed”—according to a report by The Hill—Obama’s comments on Saturday that “the march is not yet over.”
by Dan Riehl8 Mar 2015, 6:46 PM PST0

The Bloody Sunday 50th anniversary commemoration continued Sunday with gatherings and other events in Selma before a group retraces the steps that helped secure equal voting rights 50 years ago.
by Breitbart News8 Mar 2015, 7:52 AM PST0

Representative John Lewis (D-GA) remembered the march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama where police attacked Civil Rights protesters marching from Selma to Montgomery on “Bloody Sunday” 50 years ago on Saturday. Lewis thanked those in attendance at
by Ian Hanchett7 Mar 2015, 1:54 PM PST0

President Obama urged Congress to “restore” the Voting Rights Act during his remarks recounting the history of the Civil Rights Era and discussing the history of the US and its present state in Selma, Alabama on Saturday marking the 50th
by Ian Hanchett7 Mar 2015, 1:26 PM PST0

Friday on Sirius XM’s “Urban View” with Joe Madison, President Barack Obama said deporting Dreamers, illegal immigrants who came to the United States before they turned 18, would violate the “spirit,” of Selma. The president said, “The notion that some
by Pam Key6 Mar 2015, 3:02 PM PST0

Ahead of his travel to Selma, President Obama says that, although there have been “great strides” in opportunities for African-Americans in public life, there are still some challenges that require action.
by Charlie Spiering6 Mar 2015, 8:07 AM PST0

A swath of snow reaching from Texas to Maryland has once again buried states in ice and snow, shutting down highways in Kentucky and causing authorities in Washington D.C. to ban sledding for insurance reasons.
by Warner Todd Huston5 Mar 2015, 8:18 PM PST0

HOLLYWOOD, California—A planned protest over the lack of diversity in the film industry by Al Sharpton’s National Action Network (NAN) has been canceled. The group will instead seek direct dialogue with Hollywood’s central authority, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
by Adelle Nazarian22 Feb 2015, 5:27 PM PST0

The Los Angeles chapter of the Al Sharpton-led National Action Network is set to hold a protest Sunday night outside the 87th annual Academy Awards near Hollywood’s Dolby Theater, over what it claims is a lack of diversity in the film business.
by Daniel Nussbaum20 Feb 2015, 12:26 PM PST0

Over the last few months Breitbart News has analyzed the performance of director Ana DuVernay’s “Selma,” both at the box office and in the Awards Derby, through the lens of an America completely exhausted by nearly three years of unrelenting,
by John Nolte18 Feb 2015, 10:45 AM PST0

David Oyelowo, the actor who portrayed Martin Luther King Jr. in the historical film “Selma,” blasted the Motion Picture Academy Sunday for awarding black actors with Oscars “more for when we are subservient, when we are not being leaders or
by John Nolte2 Feb 2015, 7:19 AM PST0