At Sunday night’s Oscars show, Rock wasted no time getting into the nitty-gritty, posing the question, “Is Hollywood racist?” and then answering it with, “You’re damn right it’s racist”.
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Among those tweeting about Leonardo – who took home his first Oscar, despite it being his sixth nomination – were stars including Kanye West, Oprah Winfrey, and Ellen herself. After several awards were presented, Rock introduced a surprise guest – “Clueless” actress and Fox News commentator Stacy Dash, who walked onstage to say, “Happy Black History Month”.
I’m here at the Oscars, otherwise known as the White People’s Choice Awards.
“You know, this year, the Oscars, things are going to be a little different”.
Jackson argued that Chris Rock was responsible for the “worst performance” at the Oscars in years.
Those who are familiar with the actor know that this is far from the first time DiCaprio has asked for action on climate change.
The Oscars’ red carpet is all about the array of designer gowns that parade at the ceremony arrival, but men from the entertainment industry also attended the Academy Awards in their best black tie attire. This year in the “In Memorian” it’s just going to be black people who were shot by the cops on their way to the movies.
“Comedian Amy Schumer said, “Welp @chrisrock murdered #oscars”, and talk show host Oprah Winfrey gave Rock two thumbs up, adding “@chrisrock now you Breathe!” “‘And the victor for the 18th year in a row is Wanda Sykes!'”. We want opportunities. We want black actors to get the same opportunities.
“I am very lucky to be here tonight, but unfortunately many others haven’t had the same luck”, Inarritu said, his voice rising above the music that was starting to play.
It gets more and more hard with each passing year to care at all about awards shows.
DiCaprio used the majority of his acceptance speach to address the issue of climate change, “Our production needed to move to the southern top of this planet just to find snow”.
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