HBO’s “Real Time” host Bill Maher wondered why Hollywood, if it’s so liberal has a “prejudice against nominating black people” during the show’s online “Overtime” segment on Friday. Maher, during a discussion on whether the Oscars and movies in general
Chris Rock, the host of the upcoming 88th Academy Awards, shared a 15-second promo on Twitter Friday, calling the awards show “the White BET Awards.”
The Rev. Al Sharpton ripped Hollywood after the Academy Award nominations were announced Thursday morning, with black actors completely shut out of each of the four top acting categories for a second straight year.
For the second year in a row, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences handed all 20 Academy Award nominations in the four main acting categories to white actors. Hollywood, which constantly puffs itself up as oh-so progressive and
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.
