Academy Awards

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October 27, 2016

Viola Davis to campaign for Oscar nomination for role in ‘Fences’

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March 7, 2016

Jada Pinkett-Smith responds to Chris Rock’s Oscars jokes: ‘We got to keep it moving’

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March 3, 2016

Oscar-winner Forest Whitaker explains how Broadway is helping him ‘grow up’ as an actor

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February 29, 2016

Oscars’ ratings the lowest in 8 years

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February 29, 2016

Kevin Hart persuaded Chris Rock to host Oscars amid controversy

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February 29, 2016

Stacey Dash explains bizarre Oscars appearance: ‘I’m sure black people rolled their eyes’

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February 28, 2016

Chris Rock addresses #OscarsSoWhite at the awards, Stacey Dash makes appearance

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February 26, 2016

School celebrates black achievement with ‘alternate’ Academy Awards

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February 5, 2016

Chris Rock goes off about black women being dissed in Hollywood: 'It's a real problem'

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February 3, 2016

Halle Berry finds it ‘heartbreaking’ diversity in Hollywood hasn’t improved much since her win

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January 28, 2016

Ice Cube and 'Straight Outta Compton' cast don't get invited to the Oscars

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January 27, 2016

Hillary Clinton addresses #OscarsSoWhite diversity debate

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January 25, 2016

Danny DeVito on Oscars diversity issues: 'The entire country is a racist country'

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January 25, 2016

Chris Rock rewrites Oscars monologue to address #OscarsSoWhite

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January 23, 2016

White actress Julie Delpy says she wishes she were black because she wouldn't get criticized as much

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January 22, 2016

Actress Charlotte Rampling says Oscars diversity debate 'racist to white people'

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January 21, 2016

Will Smith breaks silence on Oscars, wife Jada's proposed boycott

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January 21, 2016

Janet Hubert responds to critics of her video slamming Jada Pinkett-Smith's Oscar boycott

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January 20, 2016

Tyrese Gibson: If Oscars blackballed gays Ellen DeGeneres wouldn’t host

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January 20, 2016

Actress Alexis Arquette blasts Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith as 'gay' hypocrites

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