diversity in Hollywood
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MORIAL: #OscarsSoWhite Beginning to Yield Much-Needed Change
The recent Academy Awards ceremony marked a paradigm shift for an industry that has struggled with diversity.
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Mahmud-Bey Wants to Kick Hollywood’s Doors Open for Aspiring Actors
By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Contributing Writer) First Detroit, then Hollywood, Washington D.C and the world. Before long, if the…
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Viola Davis Emmy Win Raises Hollywood Diversity Question
“The only thing that separates women of color from anyone else is opportunity,” said Viola Davis in her Emmy acceptance…
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Emmy Noms Set Record With 64% Gain for African-American Actors
Anthony D’Alessandro, DEADLINE (Deadline.com) – The Primetime Emmys showed substantial progress this year in recognizing African-American thesps, who received…
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How ‘Straight Outta Compton’ Showed the Box-Office Muscle of a Superhero Film
Michael Cavna, THE WASHINGTON POST (The Washington Post) — In some ways, it’s like 1988 all over again. Because…
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Emmys 2015: Eight Young Black Actors to Watch
Tre’vell Anderson, THE LOS ANGELES TIMES (The Los Angeles Times) — The year of diversity in television is in…
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To Be Equal: The State of On-Screen Diversity
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “She was never able, after her education in the movies, to look at…
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Weekend Box Office: ‘Home,’ With Rihanna, JLo, Soars To $54M Debut
Scott Mendelson, FORBES (Forbes)—The House of Katzenberg really needed a hit like Home. I was pretty grim about the box office…
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Superhero Diversity: What Michelle Rodriguez Gets Wrong About Hollywood Casting
David Betancourt, THE WASHINGTON POST (The Washington Post)—“It’s so stupid. It’s like, stop stealing all the white people’s superheroes.…
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How Black Twitter Ignited An Oscar Viewing Boycott
Rebecca Theodore-Vachon, FORBES (Forbes)—“The Oscars aren’t designed for us.” In 2011, Idris Elba was a featured speaker at Rutgers University during…
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