Cheryl Boone Isaacs
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David Oyelowo says it would be 'tragic' if Will Smith Oscars slap led to inclusion and diversity 'backslide' in Hollywood
David Oyelowo worries that Will Smith slapping Chris Rock at the Oscars "will have a negative effect on the ongoing push for inclusion" in Hollywood.
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Will Smith: 'Almost Criminal' If Academy Awards Don't Diversify
Will Smith made headlines when he announced that he would be joining his wife Jada Pinkett Smith in her boycott of this year’s Academy Awards. Will, like Jada, was troubled with the absence of diversity in many of the major nomination categories. On January 27, Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs and CEO Dawn Hudson told The Hollywood Reporter their plans for diversification.
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Lack of Color in Oscar Nominations Frustrates Academy President
Academy president Cheryl Boone Isaacs was diplomatic but clearly disappointed when I spoke to her at this morning’s Oscar nominations about the omission of African American-driven films like Straight Outta Compton, Concussion, and Beasts Of No Nation. Already the #OscarsSoWhite hashtag from last year’s glaring lack of diversity in the acting nominations is back in action, and you could see at this morning’s announcement for the 88th Annual Academy Awards that officials were bracing for another