The mushrooming media frenzy over the lack of black Oscar nominations continued Wednesday with a verbal assault on actress and Fox News contributor Stacey Dash after she suggested that black entertainers be consistent in their calls to end segregation in Hollywood.
Wednesday on Fox News Channel’s “Outnumbered,” while discussing the #OscarsSoWhite controversy that involves a boycott of the Academy Awards by filmmaker Spike Lee and actress Jada Pinkett Smith, actress and commentator Stacey Dash took aim at awards like the BET and
Black Entertainment Television (BET) founder Robert L. “Bob” Johnson weighed-in on the race controversy surrounding this year’s Oscar nominations on Tuesday, and suggested film studios should be willing to relinquish profits in order to ensure more diversity in film.
Black Entertainment Network personality Clay Cane spoke on MSNBC Saturday about diversity in Hollywood. Cane noted that black actors used to not be “sellable” in movies. He said he wished that Hollywood would notice that black movies like Tyler Perry movies
After spending more than seven hours on a bridge in Pasadena, CA on Monday, British-born actor and model Sam Sarpong jumped to his death, according to police.
In the face of a racially charged social media backlash, Captain America actor Anthony Mackie has walked back his endorsement of Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump.
Actor Anthony Mackie endorsed Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump Monday during a promotional interview with BET for his new film Our Brand Is Crisis, and was immediately vilified online for being black and embracing conservative ideas.
First Lady Michelle Obama is scheduled to appear at her first BLACK GIRLS ROCK! Show at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center next month.
