Al Sharpton backs Oscars boycott over all-white nominations
White House adviser vows to use his National Action Network to drive down 2016 viewing figures and reduce the US Academy’s advertising revenue...
View ArticleLupita Nyong’o ‘Disappointed’ over Oscar Diversity Controversy
Lupita Nyong’o is the latest celebrity to have issued statements regarding the lack of diversity among this year’s Oscar nominations. The actress, who won the gold statuette for Best Supporting Actress...
View ArticleLupita Nyong'o Expresses Disappointment In Oscars' Lack Of Diversity
Lupita Nyong'o is the latest star to speak out about the stunning lack of diversity at this year's Oscars. In a thoughtful Instagram post, the actress -- an Academy Award winner herself -- addressed...
View ArticleWill Smith Joins Wife Jada Pinkett Smith In Oscars Boycott
Will Smith will not be attending the Oscars this year, he confirmed Thursday in an interview with "Good Morning America" co-anchor Robin Roberts. "We're part of this community but at this current time,...
View ArticleJada Pinkett Smith Finally Responds To ‘Aunt Viv’ Janet Hubert’s Oscar...
Jada Pinkett Smith had an unusual response when asked her thoughts regarding a recent viral video rant by former Fresh Prince ‘Aunt Viv’ actress Janet Hubert. Hubert had responded to Pinkett Smith’s...
View ArticleJada Pinkett Smith Responds To Oscars President, Ignores Alexis Arquette’s...
When Jada Pinkett Smith dared to criticized the Oscar’s lack of diversity, the pushback was swift. A couple of the Smith family’s harshest critics jumped at the opportunity to try to start a war of...
View Article12 Years A Slave director and star join Oscars diversity debate
Two leading black figures in film, Steve McQueen and Lupita Nyong'o, have added their voices to the campaign for more diversity among the Oscar nominations. McQueen, the British director of...
View ArticleOscar winner Lupita Nyong'o 'disappointed by lack of inclusion' in nominations
Academy Award winner Lupita Nyong'o has expressed her disappointment about the "lack of inclusion" in this year's Oscar nominations. The Academy has been subject to criticism and calls for a boycott...
View ArticleOscars boycott: Fresh Prince's 'Aunt Viv' tells Will Smith and Jada: 'Y'all...
The Fresh Prince of Bel Air's 'Aunt Vivian' has slammed Jada Pinkett Smith's Oscars boycott. Janet Hubert, who starred alongside Will Smith in the 90s sitcom, is the latest celebrity to speak out about...
View ArticleEvery major celebrity who's commented on the Oscars diversity controversy
It feels like everyone in Hollywood is weighing on on this year's Oscars. The Academy Awards have come under fire for failing to nominate a single person of color in any acting categories, for the...
View ArticleThe plea to boycott the Oscars has put many actors in a bind
In the late 1960s, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences faced an identity crisis as the taste of its members, many of them veterans of the old studio system, began to seem out of step with...
View ArticleWill Smith Confirms Absence After Oscar Nomination Scandal Causes Boycotts
2016’s Oscar ceremony may be the most interesting one yet. Will Smith, along with his wife Jada Pinkett-Smith, have confirmed they will not attend the 2016 Oscars in the wake of a scandal regarding the...
View ArticleCharlotte Rampling Says Jada Pinkett Smith’s Oscars Boycott Is ‘Racist To...
Charlotte Rampling is the latest star to weigh in on the #OscarsSoWhite controversy, and it looks like she’s siding with Clueless star Stacey Dash against Jada Pinkett Smith, Will Smith, Lupita...
View Article‘We Have Bigger S**t To Worry About Than The Oscars’
Jada Pinkett Smith’s decision to boycott Oscars may have gained her a lot of support, but it appears to be drawing criticism in equal measures. Janet Hubert, the actress who played the first “Aunt Viv”...
View Article#OscarsSoWhite Creator Doesn’t Buy Academy President’s New Diversity Push
Now that Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences president Cheryl Boone Isaacs has promised “big changes” to bring more diversity to the group that dispenses the Oscars, many Academy members have...
View Article‘Aunt Viv’ rips Will Smith, Jada Pinkett Smith over Oscar boycott call
Actress Janet Hubert, who played ‘Aunt Viv’ on the popular 90’s sitcom “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air,” is getting a great deal of social media attention after lambasting actress Jada Pinkett Smith’s...
View ArticleWatch 'Fresh Prince' actress hit back at Jada Pinkett Smith's proposed Oscars...
Former Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air actress Janet Hubert has posted a video message in which she highlights her issues with Jada Pinkett Smith's proposed Oscars boycott. Pinkett Smith, wife of Hubert's...
View Article‘Fresh Prince of Bel-Air’ Actress Janet Hubert Slams Jada Pinkett Smith Over...
The actress who played Aunt Viv alongside Will Smith on “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” launched a scathing social media attack on his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, on Monday. Janet Hubert posted a four...
View Article'Fresh Prince' actress slams Jada Pinkett Smith's Oscars boycott
(The Hollywood Reporter)Janet Hubert is the latest celebrity to speak out about the #OscarsSoWhite controversy, but she is aiming her thoughts at two people in particular: Jada Pinkett and Will Smith....
View ArticleAunt Viv from 'Fresh Prince' slams Jada and Will Smith for Oscars boycott
Aunt Viv has some harsh words for her former Fresh Prince family. Actress Janet Hubert, who starred for three seasons on the hit '90s sitcom as Will Smith's aunt (before she was replaced by Daphne...
View ArticleLee wants more racial diversity
American film director Spike Lee, who is leading calls for a boycott of this year's Oscars over the lack of black actors among nominees, wants Hollywood to adopt policies to address the issue of racial...
View ArticleAunt Viv Drags Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith Over Oscars Boycott
“You ain’t Barack and Michelle Obama,” says actress Janet Hubert, who played the original Aunt Viv on ‘The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air’ before being sacked. Aunt Viv still hasn’t forgiven the Fresh Prince....
View Article‘Fresh Prince of Bel Air’s’ Aunt Viv blasts Will & Jada Pinkett-Smith over...
The lack of diversity in this year’s Oscar nominees have been a point of contention since they were announced on Thursday, Jan. 14. The lack of African American talent up for accolades helped make...
View ArticleOscars 2016: Fresh Prince of Bel-Air's 'Aunt Viv' criticises Jada Pinkett...
The actress Janet Hubert has criticised Jada Pinkett Smith for boycotting the Academy Awards...
View ArticleOscars 2016: 10 of the best quotes from the night
(CNN)"I'm here at the Academy Awards -- otherwise known as the White People's Choice Awards," said host Chris Rock, warming up the audience for an Oscars in which issues from race, to climate change,...
View ArticleFresh Prince's Aunt Viv has no time for Jada Pinkett Smith and Will Smith's...
Jada Pinkett Smith and Will Smith recently appeared to call for an Oscars boycott over a lack of diversity, but there's one actress who certainly won't be supporting them....
View ArticleHollywood reax swift, positive to Oscar diversity measures
The Academy's proposed changes to increase diversity in the Oscars prompted swift and positive reaction in Hollywood, with many praising the moves while still noting that the Academy Awards are only...
View ArticleQuotes from Smith, Elba and others about the Oscars
The second straight year of all-white acting nominees has turned this year's Academy Awards into a referendum on diversity in the movie industry and sparked protests around Hollywood's biggest annual...
View ArticleAnd the Oscar goes to (or it should anyway)
Nominations for the 2016 Academy Awards are announced on 14 January. Our team of critics pick the films and artists they’d most like to see on the list – and who they’d like to win on the big night...
View Article'Spotlight' tops an Oscars where diversity had the limelight
LOS ANGELES (AP) — In an underdog win for a movie about an underdog profession, the newspaper drama "Spotlight" took best picture Sunday at an Academy Awards riven by protest and outrage, and...
View ArticleOscars crown 'Spotlight' but diversity had the limelight
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- In an underdog win for a movie about an underdog profession, the newspaper drama "Spotlight" took best picture Sunday at an Academy Awards riven by protest and outrage, and...
View ArticleOscar recap: Diversity discussion dominates, Leo wins
“Spotlight” won Best Picture and Leonardo DiCaprio finally got his gold statue, but Sunday’s Oscars were dominated by discussion of diversity and inclusion, not awards. The “Oscars so white”...
View ArticleHow to Fix the Racist Oscars—and Hollywood
Yes, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has a major problem, and it extends to Hollywood as a whole. “I know many members who wouldn’t even see [Straight Outta Compton] because it...
View Article‘Aunt Viv’ Has Some Harsh Words For Will & Jada Smith Re: Oscar Boycott- ‘It ...
Janet Hubert, the actress best know for her role as the original Aunt Viv on The Fresh Prince of Bel Air, had some harsh words for Jada Pinkett Smith following Smith’s call for fellow actors of color...
View ArticleCalls for boycott over diversity throw Oscars into turmoil
NEW YORK (AP) — Growing calls for a boycott of the Academy Awards over the lack of diversity among this year's Oscar nominees are forcing stars to choose sides and threatening to throw the movie...
View ArticleJada Pinkett Smith may boycott Oscars; Chris Rock calls event "White BET Awards"
Jada Pinkett Smith isn't happy about the lack of diversity at the 88th Annual Academy Awards. The actress took to twitter on Saturday, January 16 to voice her frustration with the current batch of all...
View ArticleAnatomy of an Oscars Boycott: Why Will Smith and Others Are Taking a Stand
Hollywood’s people of color are mad as hell and not going to take it anymore. “If I were Chris Rock, I wouldn’t be considering boycotting the Oscars,” shared Gervais. “I’d be thinking ‘This shit is...
View ArticleThe Missing Piece of the Oscars’ Diversity Conversation
Since the Academy Awards nominations were announced earlier this year, it’s been largely impossible to read a story about the Oscars that didn’t also contain some mention of diversity. The list...
View ArticleSpike Lee, Jada Pinkett Smith to boycott Oscars in protest of all-white...
LOS ANGELES — The backlash against this year’s Academy Award nominations escalated Monday with announcements by director Spike Lee and actress Jada Pinkett Smith that they would boycott the Feb. 28...
View Article#OscarsSoWhite: Fresh Prince of Bel-Air star slams Jada Pinkett Smith's boycott
Actress Janet Hubert, who played Aunt Viv in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, has reignited an old feud with Will Smith in the wake of the Academy Awards controversy. In a video posted to YouTube on...
View ArticleOscars history beckons for Leonardo DiCaprio
Leonardo DiCaprio will make history tonight if he picks up his first Oscar for his role in The Revenant. He will compete with Britain's Eddie Redmayne who is up for his second consecutive best actor...
View Article'Aunt Viv' blasts Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith over Oscars boycott
When actress Janet Hubert posted a video to her Facebook page Monday night, she had no idea that it would get picked up by the national news media and shared widely on social media. Then again, she was...
View Article'Fresh Prince' Actress Slams Jada Pinkett Smith's Oscars Boycott With Video Rant
Janet Hubert is the latest celebrity to speak out about the #OscarsSoWhite controversy, but she is aiming her thoughts at two people in particular: Jada Pinkett Smith and Will Smith. The actress, who...
View Article10 Movies AMPAS Should Pay Attention to in 2016 to #MakeOscarsDiverse...
(Source: Tribeca Film Festival) When even The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air's O.G. Aunt Viv gets involved, you know things have spiraled out of control. That's exactly what happened over the weekend when...
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