Chris Rock will remain host of this year’s Academy Awards and is re-writing his jokes to focus on the diversity controversy that has swirled around the awards show, a producer at the Oscars confirmed in a recent interview.
Just hours after declaring that she wishes she were “African American because people don’t bash them,” two-time Oscar Award winning actress Julie Delpy says she is “very sorry for how I expressed myself.”
Responding to the lack of black Academy Award nominees, actress Julie Delpy said she believes there’s “nothing worse than being a woman” in Hollywood and wishes she were black instead.
Actor, writer, and, Straight Out of Compton producer Ice Cube called the “Oscars So White” controversy “ridiculous,” and said not getting approval from the Academy “is not something you should dwell on.”
After the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) announced a series of new measures to increase diversity Friday, including the purging of old members, Rev. Al Sharpton and Selma director were among those weighing in on Twitter.
Oscar-winning actor and director Clint Eastwood weighed in on the race controversy surrounding the 88th Academy Awards on Friday night, where he brushed off a contention that the Academy institutionally snubs black performers.
Chelsea Clinton blasted Academy Award-nominated British actress Charlotte Rampling over comments the actress made on Friday about this year’s all white Oscars nominations.
Even though Hollywood is one of the most left-wing institutions on the planet, and one that enjoys unfettered artistic and political freedom, during an appearance at the Sundance Film Festival this weekend, actor Danny DeVito blamed the second year in
The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) has approved a series of “substantive changes” to its rules and organizational structure in an effort to boost the diversity of its membership as the group faces mounting criticism over a lack of minority actors among this year’s Academy Award nominees.
While support quickly piles up among celebrities and Hollywood insiders for a boycott of this year’s Academy Awards over its lack of diverse acting nominees, one veteran Oscar-winning producer has a message for those critics: “Stop acting like spoiled brats.”
Veteran actor William H. Macy–who was nominated for an Oscar in 1997–was not invited to this year’s Academy Awards, but said that he fully supports a boycott of the awards show over the racial diversity controversy.
Fox News contributor Stacey Dash created quite the controversy this week when she suggested that black entertainers who support self-segregation–à la BET and Black History Month–are hypocrites for trashing the lack of black Oscar nominees. Now Dash is hitting back against her critics.
Two-time Oscar-winning actor Michael Caine has weighed in on the Oscars diversity controversy, saying in a recent interview that while he personally believes that one black actor in particular should have been nominated at this year’s ceremony, “you can’t vote for an actor because he’s black.”
Oscar-nominated actress Charlotte Rampling questioned the merit of this year’s black film performances, and said plans to boycott the upcoming Oscars over a renewed race controversy are actually racist toward whites.
Two-time Oscar-nominated actress Viola Davis won’t be attending this year’s Academy Awards, but she weighed in on the race controversy surrounding this year’s all-white Oscar nominations, saying that “the problem is with the Hollywood movie-making system.”
Considering the massive amount of media attention the lack of black Oscar nominations is receiving, you would think the “Oscars So White” issue is the most consequential calamity facing black Americans since slavery.
Oscar nominee Mark Ruffalo says he will attend this year’s Academy Awards, but supports the growing boycott movement against the ceremony and hopes it “opens the way” for Hollywood to embrace the #BlackLivesMatter movement.
Jada Pinkett Smith has responded after former “Fresh Prince of Bel Air” star Janet Hubert criticized the actress for boycotting next month’s Academy Awards over a lack of diversity among the acting nominees.
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.
Oscar-winning actor Dustin Hoffman weighed in on the renewed race controversy surrounding this year’s all-white Academy Awards nominations on Wednesday in London, where he also implied American police officers are guilty of targeting and killing young blacks.
Will Smith will be joining his wife Jada Pinkett Smith in boycotting the 88th Academy Awards over this year’s all-white acting nominees, the actor said on Thursday’s Good Morning America on ABC.
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti has weighed in on the swirling controversy over this year’s Academy Awards, saying at a press conference on Tuesday that he “agrees” with the criticism that the Oscars lack diversity.
White voting members of The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) are responding to accusations of racism against the organization after last week’s announcement of Oscar nominations that included zero non-white entertainers.
Actor-singer Tyrese Gibson wants Chris Rock to step down as host of the 88th Academy Awards amid accusations the Academy intentionally snubbed black actors for the second year in a row.
Spike Lee will skip the 88th Academy Awards in Hollywood next month, opting instead to watch the New York Knicks take on the Miami Heat at Madison Square Garden in Manhattan — but in an interview Wednesday, the filmmaker said he “never meant to lead” a boycott movement against the awards show.
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.
Oscar-winning “12 Years a Slave” actress Lupita Nyong’o accused Academy voters of harboring “unconscious prejudice,” as she joined the conversation surrounding this year’s Academy Awards race controversy.
Actress and Fox News contributor Stacey Dash says it’s “ludicrous” for black entertainers to call for a boycott of the Oscars for not nominating black performers while simultaneously supporting the BET and NAACP Awards which only recognize black artists.
British actor Idris Elba has elevated an American conversation about diversity in Hollywood to an international level.
George Clooney has joined critics of this year’s Academy Awards, writing in an essay that with its lack of diversity among acting nominees, the Oscars are “moving in the wrong direction.”
The Rev. Al Sharpton is calling on all Americans to “tune out” of the 88th Academy Awards next month.
Left-wing documentary filmmaker Michael Moore plans to join a growing boycott of next month’s 88th Academy Awards, following the Academy’s announcement that no minority actors have been nominated for major awards.
Snoop Dogg launched a profanity-laced tirade against the Academy Awards this week, saying he won’t be tuning into the “bulls–t” awards show this year.
British actor David Oyelowo, who was snubbed from Oscars consideration last year for his role as Martin Luther King, Jr. in “Selma,” is calling for a “radical and timely change” in the academy’s nominating process.
Janet Hubert, best known for playing Will Smith’s “Aunt Viv” on the sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, is blasting the actor and his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, over the race controversy surrounding the 88th Academy Awards.
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) president Cheryl Boone Isaacs said Monday she was “heartbroken” after the organization behind the Academy Awards nominated exclusively white actors in top acting acting categories for a second straight year, and vowed “big changes” were in store to combat what some critics call a major diversity problem at Hollywood’s biggest night.
After Jada Pinkett Smith suggested on Twitter that minorities should boycott the upcoming 88th Academy Awards over the ceremony’s lack of diversity, the actress and wife of Will Smith is now calling on the black community to separate itself from “mainstream” culture.
Director John Singleton defended the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Monday in the wake of the renewed #OscarsSoWhite controversy, which saw the organization’s members nominate exclusively white actors in top acting categories for a second straight year.
Spike Lee will boycott this year’s Academy Awards after the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominated exclusively white actors in top categories for a second consecutive year.
Actress Jada Pinkett Smith became the latest celebrity to weigh in on the renewed #OscarsSoWhite controversy over the weekend, when she took to social media to ask if minorities should boycott the awards ceremony after the Academy nominated exclusively white actors in top categories for a second straight year.
