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All posts tagged "oscars"

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  Film academy adds minority leadership; apologizes to Asians

  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences has added three new governors to its 51-member board and appointed six minority members to other leadership positions in its latest response to the OscarsSoWhite...

  • Posted March 16, 2016
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  Asian American jab at Oscars reveals deeper diversity woes

  LOS ANGELES (AP) — TV’s “Fresh Off the Boat” creator Nahnatchka Khan was reveling in Oscar host Chris Rock’s deft comedic assault on white-fixated Hollywood. Then three Asian American kids were brought onstage for a gag mocking...

  • Posted March 5, 2016
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  NBA player Jeremy Lin addresses Asian stereotypes at Oscars

  CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Charlotte Hornets guard Jeremy Lin is disappointed about the way Asians were stereotyped during an onstage skit at Sunday night’s Oscars, and said more racial awareness is needed. “I just feel like sometimes...

  • Posted March 1, 2016
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  Critics of Oscars show say diversity talk was too narrow

  NEW YORK (AP) — As Felix Sanchez watched the Academy Awards ceremony, he kept wondering when all the talk of diversity from host Chris Rock and others would itself become more diverse. “I was shocked that Latinos...

  • Posted February 29, 2016
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  [SLATE] Why Chris Rock’s Asian joke was such a disappointment

  – For most of the Oscars, Chris Rock proved himself once again to be a dynamic truth-teller about systemic racism, managing not only to make pointed comedy out of #OscarsSoWhite but to keep it front and center long after...

  • Posted February 29, 2016
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  [LAT Commentary] Joe Biden wasn’t as funny at the Oscars as Chris Rock, but at least he didn’t make an Asian joke

  By Dexter Thomas – Hey, what’s the difference between the acting nominees at this year’s Oscars and that KKK rally in Anaheim? Answer: The KKK rally was more diverse. OK, so I’m probably not getting hired to write jokes...

  • Posted February 29, 2016
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  Oscar predictions: What will win and what should win

  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ahead of Sunday’s 88th Academy Awards, Associated Press film writers Lindsey Bahr and Jake Coyle share their predictions for a ceremony that has everyone guessing: BEST PICTURE The Nominees: “The Big Short,” ”Bridge...

  • Posted February 26, 2016
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