We’ve heard from Jada, now Will Smith is getting in on the conversation about the Academy’s lack of diversity. Twice-nominated actor sat down with Good Morning America and said that he feels the Oscars doesn’t accurately reflect the ‘beauty’ of American diversity. “I think diversity is the American superpower. That’s why we’re great. So many […]
Jada Pinkett Smith has words of her own for Janet Hubert, who earlier this week took to Facebook to BLAST Jada and her husband over Jada’s proposed boycott of The Oscars. via Entertainment Tonight: “Considering that Alabama had its highest recruitment for the KKK for Martin Luther King’s birthday, I hope that we as African-Americans […]
Oscar winner Lupita Nyong’o is weighing in on the #OscarsSoWhite controversy. She took to Instagram to speak on her disappointment in The Academy for their lack of nominations for people of color. She writes: It’s great that people are speaking up for their beliefs (except for you, Stacey). […]
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‘Clueless’ actress Stacey Dash sat down with Fox News’ Fox & Friends to share some of her opinions on race. Unsurprisingly, she wants to do away with all Black-centric shows, channels, and events. Stacey: We have to make up our minds. Either we want to have segregation or integration. And if we don’t want segregation, then we need to […]
We’ve heard from several people of color regarding the blatant lack of diversity among the nominees (and the Academy) for this year’s Oscars — but now George Clooney, one of the biggest names in Hollywood, is speaking out. In an exclusive interview with Variety, he says: If you think back 10 years ago, the Academy […]
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Snoop Dogg won’t be watching The Oscars this year. He took to Instagram to blast the ceremony — much like Jada Pinkett Smith and Spike Lee did, but with more ‘colorful’ language. Fuck da. Oscars A video posted by snoopdogg (@snoopdogg) on Jan 18, 2016 at 7:08pm PST And there you have it. […]
Actress Janet Hubert…aka ‘Black Aunt Viv’ from The Fresh Prince of Bel Air took to Facebook to BLAST Jada Pinkett and Will Smith over Jada’s call to boycott the Oscars. It’s no secret that Janet and The Smiths have had bad blood for years, but baby Janet decided to make her thoughts on THIS particular […]
Jada Pinkett Smith has company in her mission to boycott the Oscars for its lack of diversity this year. Spike Lee says while he supports Chris Rock, Reggie Hudlin, and Pres. Cheryl Boone Isaacs — he simply can’t support this year’s ceremony. He took to Instagram to share his thoughts on the matter, saying: “It’s […]
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A few days ago, Jada Pinkett Smith took to social media to ponder whether or not people of color should boycott The Oscars this year due to the lack of diversity and acknowledgement of actors and actresses. In a newly posted video, Jada ponders the questions yet again while making it clear that she won’t be […]
As you may have seen (or read), this year’s pool of Academy Awards nominees are super white. The Academy of Motion Pictures and Sciences didn’t nominate a single person of color for any of the major acting categories, including Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor. Jada Pinkett Smith took to Twitter to share her thoughts on the […]
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