Academy president Boone Isaacs said in a statement the move would “begin the process of significantly changing our membership composition”. “I think it’s really sad”.
That he hasn’t won an Oscar yet is a perceived tragedy, an embarrassment on behalf of The Academy, who clearly should’ve given the 41-year-old DiCaprio the award he has deserved for what feels like an age.
The Oscars Academy was recently crucified for a lack of ethnic diversity among their 2015 nominations. Even though blacks then accounted for 12 percent of the USA population and 25 percent of moviegoers, the story noted that only 3.9 percent of Academy members and 2.3 percent of...
USA TODAY speaks to Academy president Cheryl Boone Isaacs and CEO Dawn Hudson about the organizations recent changes to promote diversity. In 2012, the LA Times did a survey of about 5,000 of them, and what the survey discovered was that the membership is about 93 percent white,...
Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, on Sunday awarded Fath medals to five commanders of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps naval forces for the detention of 10 American sailors who trespassed into Iranian waters, according the official state news agency...
The league first tried to make changes in 2010, when the NFL moved the Pro Bowl from the week following the Super Bowl to the week prior, with all players chosen from the two Super Bowl teams exempted from the game.
Leonardo DiCaprio captured the Screen Actors Guild Award last night for his leading role in The Revenant and naturally went to collect his award and say a few words.
Kate Winslet and her on-screen Titanic love, Leonardo DiCaprio fit together like hand to glove, and the way we see it, it’s a royal shame they don’t hang out together publicly more often. “So I want to thank all those actors from the past that have inspired me,...
The seasoned actresses didn’t comment on her chances of winning this year’s SAG Award, but she was very happy with her emerald Armani gown (the first creation by the designer she’s ever worn), teasing, “I look quite nice, actually”. If Kate Winslet...
“Star Wars: The Force Awakens” might have been shut out of the Oscar best picture race, but the box office behemoth will get a shot to compete with heavyweights like “The Martian” and “The Revenant” at the Critics’ Choice Awards on Sunday...
The British actress, 40, opened up about the moment on the 2016 SAG Awards red carpet on Saturday, January 30, admitting it was actually her former Titanic costar and pal Leonardo DiCaprio that distracted her.