The 90th annual Academy Awards went down last night (March 4), and the red carpet was loaded with Black stars showing out. No shade to our melanin lacking folks, but we’re still on a Black Panther high, and Black History Month is in February, the shortest month of the year.
The Academy Awards has long been considered the gold standard for those in the film industry, but a war of wills between the old guard and new is brewing over the nominations of Jordan Peele’s Get Out. According to a new report from Vulture, some older voters from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences […]
Oprah’s OWN Network will air a primetime special celebrating Black Hollywood the night before the 86th annual Academy Awards. To kick things off, the media mogul joined forces with Essence for its yearly Black Women in Hollywood luncheon in Beverly Hills, Calif. Thursday (Feb. 26) celebrating 2016 honorees Debbie Allen, Tracee Ellis Ross, and entertainment lawyer, […]
With so many actors slamming the Oscars for it’s diversity deficiency, this year’s show could see in a dip in viewership. To combat the outrage/potential ratings disaster, the Academy of Motion Pictures has a quick fix in mind.
Lupita Nyong’o turned heads at the 2015 Academy Awards in a flowing dress that boasted 6,000 pearls and said to be valued at $150,00. After the dress was stolen last week, the thief discovered that the pearls on the dress were fake and someone from Calvin Klein confirmed the news.
Despite the inevitable boost social media has given to big televised events, the 2015 Oscars didn’t do so hot in the ratings category compared to last year.
Charlize Theron in Monster (2003) The (unrecognizable) Theron scooped up an Academy Award, Golden Globe Award and the Screen Actors Guild Awards for Best Actress.
Although competition in award shows are usually still, Hip-Hop artists have an even tougher time breaking through just to get a nomination. Common and John Legend’s Oscar win for “Glory” last night had the Hip-Hop community rejoicing, partially for the simple fact that such an occasion isn’t the norm. It’s the exception.
The 2015 Oscars featured several highs and serious moments, but a joke from actor Sean Penn might have upended the entire feel-good affair. As Penn was announcing the Best Picture award, director Alejandro G. Iñárritu was the target of a “green card” joke.
For many, the actual Academy Awards are an afterthought when it comes down to wonder who wore what, who looked best and who totally blew it on the red carpet. The 2015 Oscars were no different with Lupita Nyong’o, Kerry Washington and Zoe Saldana standing out, for good reasons.
While the lingering notion of the Martin Luther King, Jr. biopic, Selma not getting its just due still remains, all hope isn’t lost for the acclaimed film and the rest of the 2015 Best Picture nominees to collectively make history together.
“Why Halle have to let a white man pop her to get an Oscar?/Why Denzel have to be crooked before he took it?” Those catchy questions were once posed by Jadakiss in reference to the seedy roles both Halle Berry and Denzel Washington took to score Academy Awards. As many people grow increasingly baffled with […]
