As protests swirl, Oscars have feel of high-stakes showdown
By JAKE COYLE Hollywood is bracing for an Academy Awards that more than any in recent memory, has the feel of a high-stakes showdown. After a second straight year of…
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Calls for boycott of Oscars grow over diversity of nominees
By JAKE COYLE Calls for a boycott of the Academy Awards are growing over the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences’ second straight year of mostly white nominees, as…
Eddie Murphy receives top US humor prize at Kennedy Center
By STACY A. ANDERSON Eddie Murphy is trading places with Mark Twain. The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is honoring the comedian, film star, producer and director Sunday evening…
TV networks make unequal progress toward on-screen diversity
By DAVID BAUDER, LYNN ELBER and FRAZIER MOORE Kenya Barris, creator of ABC’s “black-ish,” was motivated to write the comedy about an African-American family’s efforts to honor its heritage in…
How do you joke about the Sony hacking? A little carefully
By JOCELYN NOVECK How do you joke about the Sony hacking story? After all, it was an attempt at comedy that launched this whole sobering mess. If you’re Chris Rock,…
TORONTO FILM FESTIVAL UNVEILS LINEUP
This Friday, May 16, 2014 photo shows Denzel Washington at the Drama League Awards in New York. On Tuesday, July 22, 2014, the Toronto Film Festival unveiled a star-heavy lineup,…
Film academy invites 271 to join in the Oscar vote
FILE – In this Sunday, March 2, 2014 file photo, Lupita Nyong’o arrives at the Oscars, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. Two hundred seventy one people working in…