Sep 9
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The Academy is changing—and we don’t just mean its members.
Jun 24
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April Reign, well known as a diversity and inclusion advocate and the creator of #OscarsSoWhite, is partnering with…
Jun 16
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The world is shifting as we attempt to adjust to a post-COVID era—and Hollywood certainly isn’t exempt.
Feb 21 2020
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Now that the Oscars and most major awards shows are out of the way, the American Black Film Festival and the NAACP…
Feb 11 2020
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Stop me if you’ve heard this before, but Hollywood has a bit of a diversity problem.
Feb 10 2020
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Did you watch the 2020 Academy Awards? No? Was it because the #OscarsSoWhite? I mean, they were (and accordingly,…
Feb 10 2020
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On February 29, 1940, Hattie McDaniel, arguably the most well-known black actress in the entire world at the time,…
Feb 7 2020
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It’s 2020 and this awards season is looking real white. What happened to all of those “diversity” initiatives, you…
Jan 14 2020
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The #OscarsSoWhite, they called the police on the BET Awards.
Jan 13 2020
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The more things change, the more they stay the same.
Jan 13 2020
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East Coast privilege was alive and well as West Coasters woke up before the sun rose (at 5:18 a.m.) while the right…
Jan 9 2020
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If you think the 2020 Oscars was going to return to regularly scheduled programming by featuring a single comedian…
Jan 7 2020
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In such a rich film year, how can the awards season be so damn bland and predictable? Oh right, that good ol’…
Dec 20 2019
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The stench of stagnant progression is in the air as we look back at the history of Oscar nominations in the 2010s.
Nov 26 2019
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Do you hear that? It’s the sound of Hollywood patting themselves on the back because awards season is ramping up…
Jun 24 2019
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Tyler Perry is building his empire and his next venture is coming with a little help from his friends at BET.
Sep 6 2018
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Looks like the Oscars are putting that whole Best Popular Film category idea on ice, at least for the moment. On…
Jun 26 2018
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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences wasn’t too happy when the hashtag #OscarsSoWhite was going around in…
Mar 4 2018
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Melina Abdullah and Patrisse Khan-Cullors
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Tonight the Black Lives Matter Global Network took to the Oscars stage. Five years of building up black communities.…
Jul 29 2017
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By now you have heard about Confederate, the ill-advised, wildly-panned before it has even aired, and…