Spike Lee boycotts 'lily white' Oscars over white nominees

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Screen Actors Guild awards:'Diversity reigns' in ceremony.


The journalism drama Spotlight took home the main prize at the Screen Actors Guild awards, but the success of minority actors drew most attention.

The film, about the Boston Globe's investigation of paedophile Catholic priests, won for best film cast.

But many of the main awards in Los Angeles were won by actors of diverse backgrounds, with industry magazine Variety noting that "diversity reigns".

It comes amid controversy over a lack of diversity among Oscar nominees.

British actor Idris Elba won for his roles in the detective drama Luther, and for his supporting role as an African warlord in Beasts of No Nation.

"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to diverse TV," he said as he presented an award.


The female prison series Orange is the New Black won the ensemble award for a comedy series, and its star Uzo Aduba for best comedy actress in a television series.

The series has earned praise for its diverse cast and willingness to address race issues. Accepting the cast award, actress Laura Prepon referred to her cast mates, saying:"This is what we talk about when we talk about diversity."

The three main acting awards were given to films with mainly white casts, Spotlight, The Revenant and Room, all of which are among the Oscar favourites.


The absence of any non-whites in the four Oscar acting categories for the second year running has prompted discussion on diversity in Hollywood.

[deyana]

The Oscars will be very entertaining this year.

[Steve101]

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African Americans make up about 13% of the US population and have received about 12.5% of the Oscar awards since 1995.

There isn't some racial bias here. Youre making a racial issue out of the numbers which say this is simple demographics.

[Steve101]

Just because you have a couple outliers in sample data doesn't mean you have a trend. I will admit the oscar's were probably racially motivated pre 90's. But that hasn't been the case for quite some time. Again I say, African Americans make up 13% of the US population. They have won 12.5% of the nominations since 1995. That's 20 years of data saying that they have followed the U.S. population on what would be expected of them to win. This is a demographics issue. Plain and simple. There are simply a lot more white actors then black ones.

If you want a better argument then maybe ask yourself,"Why does hollywood hire mostly White actors," But even then, there are more white actors applying then black actors because there are more white people then black people in America.

[deyana]

The thing is minority actors have only just recently been given a fair chance in the film industry. You are right, Steve, in the years before pre-90's minority actors were hardly about, and never mind about getting the lead roles. It just didn't happen. So it was good to see that they were (at last) coming out more in the forefront in recent years.

And then, guess what, back in time we go.

The last two years are worrying, because we have to ask ourselves, why? and how come? Are we stepping backwards? Spike Lee and Jada Pinkett Smith did the right thing. You cannot hope to hide something so obvious and just brush it under the rug. When something is not quite right, it is just that. Not right. And should be spoken up about loud an clear.

[deyana]

Well I stayed up to watch the 2016 Oscars and all I can say is that Chris Rock Rocked!

Everyone was wondering how he was going to handle the Elephant in the Room and he did it well.

Chris Rock targets race and Hollywood in Oscars opening monologue






Add: Looks like they took that particular clip off.

I'll see if I can find another one of Chis Rock's opening speech.


This:



and This:

[deyana]

Chis Rock was about the most interesting thing about the 2016 Oscars. Other than that it was kind of dreary.

Here's a full list of the Winners of the Oscars 2016:

TAKE A LOOK - link

[deyana]

I don't get why Stacey Dash did that? Was it supposed to mean something? 89

[deyana]

From the link above:


'NEW YORK — Dustin Hoffman feels there's a systemic racial problem in America that goes beyond the Oscars.

The two-time Oscar winner did not attend Sunday night's ceremony, nor did he watch the broadcast. But he was in the same place as this year's recipient of an Honorary Academy Award who boycotted the show.

"I went to see the Knicks game and saw my friend Spike Lee there all dressed up for the Oscars, but he was at the Knick game," Hoffman told the Associated Press on Wednesday night.

Lee attended the game at Madison Square Garden in New York in a black tuxedo. Comedian Tracy Morgan, who was part of an Oscar's skit, also was at the game.

For the second consecutive year, there was a lack of diversity among Oscar nominees with only white actors getting the nod.

"Well, it's always been that way. It's not anything new, like Chris Rock, I heard said,'Why this year'," responded Hoffman.

During his opening monologue at the Oscars, Rock questioned the controversy, saying:"It's the 88th Academy Awards, which means this whole black, no nominees thing has happened at least 71 other times."

Hoffman was blunt in his response for the reason why it's been that way for so long.

"It's always been racism. It's kind of a reflection of what the country is," he said.

Hoffman made the comments while attending the opening of the Metrograph, the first independently-owned movie theater to open in Manhattan in more than decade.

"They call my era, the Golden Age of film, but I think the Golden Age of film still exists, but it's done by the indies, and I think that is what this theater is for," Hoffman said.

As for his thoughts on what can bring more diversity to Hollywood:"We change when the people that are oppressed force it to change," Hoffman said.'



Dustin Hoffman spoke up right at the beginning when Spike Lee first announced that he would not be attending the Oscars. He is one man who sees things very clearly.