The Rev. Al Sharpton is taking partial credit for this year’s decline in Oscars viewership, saying the ratings drop “should send a message” to Hollywood that diversity matters.
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For the second year running, all 20 nominations for acting were awarded to white actors, leading to calls for a boycott of the ceremony and prompting the Academy to review its membership recruitment. Hollywood is sorority racist: “‘We like you Rhonda, but you’re not a Kappa.'” At one point Mr. In the ’60s, one of those years Sidney [Poitier] didn’t put out a movie.
All right now that we got the more serious part of this monologue out of the way, let’s go back to some more comedy.
“Why? Because we had real things to protest at the time”. Spike [Lee] got mad. But he said that men are asked more because they’re all wearing the same outfits, and if George Clooney came “with a lime green tux…” someone would definite ask what he’s wearing!
“I think it took away from them a little bit to be perfectly honest with you”, Valerie Greenberg, Executive Editor of Naughtygossip.com, said.
“Whether I’m pitching a TV show or pitching to HBO or to a studio, every collaborator I’ve ever worked with seems to be not Latino”, he said.
“Jada [Pinkett Smith] boycotting the Oscars is like me boycotting Rihanna’s panties”, he quipped. I wasn’t invited. Is it fair that Will didn’t get nominated for Concussion? No.
That’s not an invitation I would turn down.
Jose Rivera is a two-time Obie victor and was nominated for an Oscar for his screenplay “The Motorcycle Diaries”.
Scandal actress Kerry Washington talked in a pre-ceremony, red-carpet interview with ABC about why she chose to attend this year’s Oscars.
He added: “But this year in particular, I’ve been overwhelmed with such support – really, truly, by so many fans and so many people in the industry”.
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In an acceptance speech, DiCaprio thanked his peers for their recognition, and insisted that he didn’t take the moment for granted. I feel there is a ticking clock out there.
