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  • EntertainmentYahoo Movies

    Want an Oscar? Better be inclusive. Academy to make diversity requirements part of awards eligibility.

    Amid backdrop of Black Lives Matter protests, and 5 years after #OscarsSoWhite controversy, Motion Picture Academy to make "new representation and inclusion standards" part of Oscar consideration.

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  • NewsYahoo Movies UK

    Oscars 2017 predictions from a year ago got it laughably wrong

    Oscars season is that time where Hollywood excessively glams up and describes to eager media types who they’re wearing and why.

  • EntertainmentYahoo Movies UK

    Seven 2017 Oscar nomination stories worth celebrating

    The 2017 Academy Award nominations have been announced and, as expected, Damien Chazelle’s wonderful musical ‘La La Land’ leads the pack with a record-equalling 14 nominations, with ‘Arrival’ and ‘Moonlight’ just behind it with eight nods each. As ever many of the nominations were expected, with Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, Denzel Washington and Viola Davis all receiving acting nominations, but what about the surprises?

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    Film Academy Invites a Record 683 New Members: 46 Percent Female and 41 Percent People of Color

    As the Oscar-granting organization makes a push for more diversity, it reaches out to the largest number of new members ever.

  • NewsBen Arnold

    Oscar Boycott To Thank For Low Ratings, Say Protesters

    The low ratings for this year’s Oscars show were down to the boycotts and the #OscarsSoWhite campaign, civil rights leaders have claimed. This year’s event, hosted by Chris Rock, was watched by 34.3 million people, the lowest figure in eight years for the annual awards beano, and down three million from last year. The reverend Al Sharpton, who urged people to switch off on Sunday night has claimed a victory from the numbers.

  • NewsRyan Leston

    Oscars 2016: Chris Rock Faces Oscars Backlash

    It’s finally over – the 88th Academy Awards have wrapped up, DiCaprio and pals have collected their awards and the world can go back to pretending they don’t care about the Oscars. After the recent #OscarsSoWhite controversy, it was obvious that Chris Rock would have plenty to say on the matter… and it seems that particular topic provided him the perfect way to skewer his celebrity audience. “I understand you’re mad,” he said about those who chose to boycott this year’s Oscars.

  • NewsJordan Zakarin

    Angela Bassett Backs Chris Rock Amid #OscarsSoWhite Controversy: 'You Can't Effect Change If You're Not in the Room'

    While some in Hollywood debated whether Chris Rock should drop out as host of this year’s Oscar telecast as repudiation of the award’s grievous lack of non-white nominees, count Angela Bassett as being firmly in favor of the star comedian taking the stage on Sunday night. “I’m supportive of the host this year,” Bassett, who costars in the upcoming action sequel London Has Fallen, told Yahoo Movies. Bassett, who was nominated in 1994 for her performance as Tina Turner in What’s Love Got to Do W