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Academy Awards

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Slideshow: 20 films that uplifted black America

Courtney Young
SLIDESHOW - Whether or not African-Americans make history at the Oscars, we can look back proudly on these films and performances...
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The 10 biggest black Oscar scandals of all time

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SLIDESHOW - As we gear up for the awards tonight, and anticipate The Help's success, theGrio is looking back at the top 10 biggest black-related Oscar scandals...
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TheGrio's 100: Octavia Spencer, Oscar nominee

Keosha Johnson
theGRIO's 100 - Known mostly for playing characters with sass, Octavia Spencer also has the chops for more serious roles, ensuring her career in Hollywood will be a long one...
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Is there a black female Oscar curse?

Mychal Denzel Smith
OPINION - As counter-intuitive at sounds, not winning an Oscar is probably the best shot at longevity as a black woman has in Hollywood...
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Will the Oscars honor Whitney Houston?

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Some fans criticized the Grammys for not doing enough to honor the late Whitney Houston, who was found dead in her Beverly Hills hotel bathtub the day before the awards show...
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Why are Oscar voters so white and so male?

Ronda Racha Penrice
OPINION - It has long been an open secret that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is a mostly white and male operation...
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Study: Oscar voters mainly white, male

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LOS ANGELES (AP) - A study of Academy Awards voters has found that it's not a very diverse group that hands out Hollywood's highest honors...
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Viola Davis: 'The Help' too 'painful' for my mother

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Viola Davis' 'The Help' was one of the biggest blockbusters of last year and a frontrunner at the upcoming Academy Awards, but Davis' own mother hasn't seen it..
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Oprah joins Kimmel's post-Oscar extravaganza

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LOS ANGELES (AP) - Oprah Winfrey is the latest celebrity to join Jimmy Kimmel's seventh post-Oscar special...
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Oprah's network, OWN, will be showing Oscar special

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Oprah has announced that she will be moving her Oscar special to her own network, OWN...
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