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You can’t stain something that’s already tarnished: A rebuttal of Harry Lennix’s column suggesting Will Smith return his Oscar

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Tyler Perry to be honored with humanitarian award at 2021 Oscars

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Ava DuVernay joins the film academy’s Board of Governors

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Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

The Academy invites record number of women and minorities

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences issued 774 invitations to new members, higher than the record 683 new members that it invited last year.
/ June 29, 2017
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

After #OscarsSoWhite fallout, The Academy’s 2016 class just got more diverse

It’s about time. After two consecutive years of the Oscars’ lacking in actors of color, The Academy of Motion Pictures […]
/ June 30, 2016
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Academy defends Oprah as honorary Oscar winner

LOS ANGELES (AP) – Film academy president Tom Sherak is coming to Oprah Winfrey’s defense…
/ August 4, 2011