The Oscars

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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Spike Lee and Samuel L. Jacson thegrio.com

Spike Lee just won his first Oscar and delivers an epic speech: “Do the right thing!”

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Spike Lee thegrio.com

Academy voter believe that it is Spike Lee’s time to receive Oscar

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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.

Chris Rock called out racism but belittled #OscarsSoWhite protesters

At last night’s Oscars, Chris Rock spoke the truth about racism, in light of the #OscarsSoWhite protest of the absence […]
/ February 29, 2016
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Anthony Mackie unfairly blames theGrio for 'dreadlock' backlash, so here is the video unedited

OPINION – In an interview on Wednesday, actor Anthony Mackie accused theGrio of editing his controversial statements suggesting that black men with ‘dreadlocks’ lead to racial profiling…
/ January 22, 2015
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Academy president responds to firestorm over Oscar's lack of diversity

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Responding for the first time to the firestorm of criticism over the lack of diversity in […]
/ January 17, 2015