Film academy announced reforms to diversify — APNewsBreak

The lack of diversity among nominees wasn’t surprising to Darnell Hunt, director of UCLA’s Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies.

The actor added he felt he had to “protect and fight for ideals that make our country and make our Hollywood community great, so when I look at the series of nominations of the Academy, it’s not reflecting that beauty”. “She said once, ‘I’ve been in the business for 10 years and this snotty-nosed punk comes along and gets a show.’ No matter what, to her I’m just the AntiChrist”. “This is about children that are going to sit down, and they’re going to watch the show, and they’re not going to see themselves represented”.

“The Oscar awards are the cosmetics of the industry”. “You mean a lot man, don’t do it. Please”.

“I am disappointed by the lack of inclusion in this year’s Academy Awards nominations”.

One criticism, popularized by Fox News correspondent Stacy Dash, says that if black people have the BET Awards, white people can have the Oscars.

At time of writing (2am EST 1/22) Chris Rock hasn’t made any statements indicating he would be stepping down as host of the awards.

Boone Isaacs said she is ready to embrace “any and all ways we can increase the conversation about storytelling and how to bring more diverse voices in storytelling into the marketplace”. I think what we saw earlier in the week was just frustration.

The Spotlight actor, who has been nominated in the Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role category, has now cleared up the suggestion that he won’t be in attendance at the annual bash.

Lee has said he and his wife will be skipping the ceremony too, though he has said he is not calling for a wider boycott. “They have to”, he told reporters. But increasing the number of invitations and extending them to a more diverse group of people did little to change the overall makeup of the membership. “So I totally get it and I support them but I have to demur and I have to stand up for the people I have to stand up for”. Under the new rules, they will have to be active to vote, although there are some exceptions, including for previous Oscar winners.

British actress Charlotte Rampling said the calls to boycott the event were “racist to white people” in an interview with France’s Europe 1 radio on Friday. Smith would likely have been a sought-after presenter at the February 28 ceremony at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. “And that’s not the Hollywood that I want to leave behind”. “If not, I’m not going to [present]”.

Smith, star of football head trauma movie “Concussion“, was the highest-profile black actor to be snubbed by Oscar voters when nominees were announced last week.

Comedian Kevin Hart, meanwhile, told Radio 5 live on Wednesday that “this should not be thrown on [Rock’s] shoulders”. “What he chooses to do with this platform is his choice”. In fact, there has never been a year where BET did not nominate at least one white person, let alone two in a row. – Idris Elba, speaking before Parliament in London.