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“The Revenant”, about a fur trapper mauled by a bear and left for dead by his companions, brought nominations for DiCaprio, who has never won an Oscar, and supporting actor for Tom Hardy.

Rampling, 69, told France’s Europe 1 radio that, while it’s impossible to know for sure, “maybe the black actors didn’t deserve to be in the final stretch”.

“There will always be someone who’s too attractive, too black or not white enough”, she said, when asked if Hollywood should enforce quotas for minorities. Rampling (69) told France’s Europe 1 radio yesterday that, while it’s impossible to know for...

The brutal 1820s frontier revenge thriller “The Revenant” landed a leading 12 nominations for the 88th annual Academy Awards, while the acting categories were again filled entirely by white performers a year after the Oscars came under withering criticism over its...

“This award doesn’t just go to me for that it goes to all you other guys as well”. Netflix’s Master of None starring Indian-American Aziz Ansari, won in the best comedy series category.

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Rampling told France’s Europe 1 radio on Friday that, while it is impossible to know for sure, “maybe the black actors didn’t deserve to be in the final stretch”.

The academy’s Board of Governors, constituted by 51 members, unanimously adopted the membership rule reforms on Thursday night, but the changes will not affect voting this year’s awards.

One of the acting nominees joining the boycott would add a new chapter in the backlash that has roiled the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences.

The Academy has been struggling to promote diversity since previous year when lack of diversity became a concerning issue.

The Best Actress nominee, who said that boycotting the Oscars is “racist to whites”, has now clarified her comment. So I was delighted to see that she is criticizing claims that this year’s Oscar nominations are unfair to African-Americans.

British actress and first-time Academy Award nominee Charlotte Rampling said Friday that her comments calling the boycott of the Oscars protesting the absence of black actors and directors “racist toward whites”, was misinterpreted.

With the growing uproar over the lack of diversity at the Oscars this year, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences was forced to announce sweeping changes in the nomination process.

Rampling received backlash following her French radio interview on January 22, wherein she said that all the talk of an Oscars whitewash is actually anti-white. Adding on to that, Rampling said that she meant to say that in an ideal world, every performance will be given equal...

Explaining she feels this year’s lack of black nominees is to blame on producers and studios failing to envision black actors in major roles, the 50-year-old mostly absolved the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) of blame in an interview with Entertainment...