Last summer in the wake of protests in response to George Floyd’s murder, the entertainment industry faced racial awakening of its own, with major TV studios scrambling to confront systemic…
Continue ReadingEven in a year in which worldwide theater closings made releasing movies difficult if not impossible, the Oscars race for Best International Feature Film is close to achieving a record…
Continue ReadingThe Recording Academy and the Color of Change organization on Thursday announced the release of their jointly created Roadmap to #ChangeMusic, designed to foster greater racial equality and justice in…
Continue ReadingRobert Werden, a film industry publicist for over 35 years and who worked as a publicist for the Academy Awards for 18 years, died Tuesday at his home in Los…
Continue ReadingChristine Simmons, the COO of the AMPAS, isn’t letting her organization forget about 2016’s #OscarsSoWhite, which actually predated her tenure. These days she wants to “institutionalize the good” as much…
Continue ReadingNo one knows for sure if the 93rd Academy Awards ceremony, originally scheduled for February 28, 2021 and now postponed to April 25, will be live or virtual. It’s also…
Continue ReadingFilm star and comedian Faizon Love filed suit today against Universal Studios over the company’s decade-long, racist advertising campaign for the 2009 film Couples Retreat in which Love starred. The…
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