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  The 2018 Oscars May Not Be All-White, Or All-Male, But There's Still A Long Way To Go

  There were several firsts in this year's Oscars nominations

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  Comedian Jimmy Kimmel To Host 2017 Oscars

  Late night television presenter Jimmy Kimmel on Monday ended months of speculation over who would host the 89th Oscars in February -- announcing that he has been tapped to front the glitzy ceremony.

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  Sharmila Tagore, Freida Pinto and Deepa Mehta Are Academy's New Members

  Sharmila Tagore served as the chairperson of the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) from 2004 to 2011. In 2005 Ms Tagore was chosen as an UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador

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  Oscars 2016: A Highlight Reel of Inequality

  It's time for all moviemakers to be judged not by the color of their skin but by the content of their creations. Now, some like Director Spike Lee say they will boycott the show, but host Chris Rock and award winners may use their time onstage to call attention to the subject. We'll see if action follows awareness

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  Sylvester Stallone Wanted to Boycott Oscars. Ryan Coogler Stopped Him

  Sylvester Stallone had previously said that he felt "incredibly humbled" by the nomination but he was not sure whether he should celebrate it. "I spoke to Ryan Coogler when this happened. I said, 'Ryan how do you want to handle this? Because I really believe you are responsible for me being here,'" he said

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  #OscarsSoWhite Debate Scores Big at the NAACP Image Awards

  Director Spike Lee, who has said that he will not attend the Oscars, scheduled to be held on February 28, as part of a boycott to protest the lack of diversity in the major acting categories, was seen applauding singer John Legend for his emotional speech about racism. ""We don't have to ask for acceptance from anyone," said Taraji P Henson

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  #OscarsSoWhite: Will Smith Says Awards 'Reflection of Social Regression'

  "I, for one, want to be a part of making an adjustment. I want to be a part of the solution. It has nothing to do with me being nominated or not, or wanting to win awards or not. That is so frivolous. I've been nominated for Academy Awards and I've never lost to a white person. I lost to Denzel (Washington) and then I lost to Forest Whitaker," said...

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  #OscarsSoWhite: What President Barack Obama Has to Say About the Debate

  "I think, as a whole, the industry should do what every other industry should do, which is to look for talent and provide an opportunity to everybody. And I think the Oscar debate is really just an expression of this broader issue. Are we making sure that everybody is getting a fair shot," said Barack Obama

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  This White Actor Will Play Michael Jackson in Road Trip Movie

  The white British star of Shakespeare in Love plays the black King of Pop in Elizabeth, Michael & Marlon, alongside Stockard Channing as Elizabeth Taylor and Brian Cox as Marlon Brando. The casting news comes amid a debate about lack of diversity in Hollywood

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  Whoopi Goldberg Says She Won The Oscar Once, So It 'Can't be Racist'

  "The issue is not the Academy. Even if you fill the Academy with black and Latino and Asian members, if there's no one on the screen to vote for, you're not going to get the outcome that you want. I won once. So it can't be that racist," said Whoopi Goldberg, who received the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress in 1991 for her role in Ghost

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  Amid #OscarsSoWhite Backlash, Academy Announces 'Historic Changes'

  The Academy's board said it would take steps to double the number of women and minority members by 2020. "These new measures regarding governance and voting will have an immediate impact and begin the process of significantly changing our membership composition," said Academy president Cheryl Boone Isaacs

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  #OscarsSoWhite: Will Smith to Join Wife Jada Pinkett in Boycotting Show

  "The Academy reflects the industry, reflects Hollywood, and the industry reflects America, reflects a series of challenges that we're having in our country at the moment," Will Smith said. "There's a regressive slide toward separatism, toward racial and religious disharmony, and that's not the Hollywood I want to leave behind"

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  The Unbearable Whiteness of the Oscars, Explained in a GIF

  The Academy's ignoring of non-white talent is a sin of omission that has been perpetuated ever since the 1920s, when the Oscars were first presented. The Associated Press has tweeted a GIF that compares the white nominations with the Black, Asian and Latino till date. The numbers are as alarming as they are sad - 812 vs 49, 9 and 19

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  #OscarsSoWhite: Academy Board to Rethink Awards System

  The board members of the Academy Awards will meet on January 26 to fight perception that the Academy is 'racist' or 'elitist'. The lack of diversity in nominations for the 88th Academy Award faced a lot of problems from actors and the public. Some members want to expand the number of nominations in acting categories to more than five

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  Oscars 2016: Spike Lee Won't Attend, Says 'Didn't Call For Boycott'

  "I have never used the word boycott," Spike Lee said in an interview. He wrote an open letter to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences president and board of governors posted on Instagram decrying the "Lilly White" actors nominations for a second consecutive year, and said he and his wife would not attend