Charlotte Rampling is nominated for the best actress award for her role in the film “45 Years”.
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During an interview with France’s Europe 1 radio station Friday morning, the 69-year-old actress said that the complaints about a lack of black nominees was “racist to whites”.
He told the BBC there are plenty of strong performances by non-white actors this year, including Idris Elba’s “wonderful” work in “Beasts of No Nation” – which did not receive an Oscar nomination.
Oscar-winning songwriter John Legend feels the Academy made a “good move” by putting out measures to double the number of women and diverse members by 2020. These days everyone is more or less accepted…
Cheadle, who was nominated in 2005 in the best actor category for his performance in Hotel Rwanda, had previously joked with Oscars host Chris Rock that he was attending the evening as a valet. People will always say: “Him, he’s less handsome”; “Him, he’s too black;’ ‘He is too white”… someone will always be saying ‘You are too…’, but do we have to take from this that there should be lots of minorities everywhere?
Cheryl said in a statement: “The Academy is going to lead and not wait for the industry to catch up”.
THE Academy have announced a host of changes they are implementing in the wake of the Oscars race row.
“Are their noses bent out of shape by the award nominations?”
“I support the boycott”, Davis, who is a member of the Congressional Black Caucus, said on Wednesday, adding that those who are protesting the show “are reflective of the African-American community”.
Speaking his mind concerning the issue, Michael Caine, veteran British actor, advised black artists to be patient because, in time, their recognition will come.
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According to a press release, the Board will be nixing the “traditional process” in which current members pick new members to instead launch an “ambitious global campaign to identify and recruit qualified new members who represent greater diversity”.
