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AP Exclusive: Academy president responds to Oscar firestorm
A.P. ^ | January 17, 2015 | SANDY COHEN

Posted on 01/17/2015 1:42:53 PM PST by MeshugeMikey

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Responding for the first time to the firestorm of criticism over the lack of diversity in this year's Oscar nominations, film academy president Cheryl Boone Isaacs says the all-white acting slate inspires her to accelerate the academy's push to be more inclusive. She also hopes the film industry as a whole will continue to strive for greater diversity.

The first black president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences spoke out Friday night in an exclusive interview with The Associated Press about the Oscar nominations and the widespread criticism that followed.

(Excerpt) Read more at apnews.myway.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: diversity; oscars; racism
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Has Cheryl BeenIn Talks with Revrunt Sharpton?
1 posted on 01/17/2015 1:42:53 PM PST by MeshugeMikey
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Has she considered that maybe this had to do with acting skills and not color?


2 posted on 01/17/2015 1:45:50 PM PST by jsanders2001
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She hasnt returned MY Calls...and thats RACESS!


3 posted on 01/17/2015 1:47:31 PM PST by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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To: MeshugeMikey

Needs to tell the reverunt to go pi$$ up a rope.


4 posted on 01/17/2015 1:47:32 PM PST by CMailBag
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To: MeshugeMikey

looks live the Celluloid elite are about to feel what EEOC did to the rest of us poor slobs.....To Bad,Enjoy you all suck.


5 posted on 01/17/2015 1:48:08 PM PST by CGASMIA68
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To: CMailBag

something tells me there is an affirmative action program within the academy...and she’s it...


6 posted on 01/17/2015 1:48:28 PM PST by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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To: CGASMIA68

next up and all black urban version of Star Wars...

that should be...entertaining....no wut Im sayin n’ whatever


7 posted on 01/17/2015 1:49:29 PM PST by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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Why was this woman elected president of the Academy? Was it to make the Libs feel good about themselves?


8 posted on 01/17/2015 1:49:32 PM PST by Cowboy Bob (They are called "Liberals" because the word "parasite" was already taken.)
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> She hasnt returned MY Calls...and thats RACESS!

Set them up an Affirmative Action category. Only blacks or Hispanics can win. No whites allowed. Problem solved...: )


9 posted on 01/17/2015 1:49:40 PM PST by jsanders2001
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The issue is never the issue. The issue is always the revolution.


10 posted on 01/17/2015 1:49:58 PM PST by ClearCase_guy (Malort, turning taste-buds into taste-foes for generations.)
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To: CMailBag

we ALL...I say we ALL... need to tell Revrunt All to go piss up a rope


11 posted on 01/17/2015 1:50:18 PM PST by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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Suck for some to see notoriety based on merit....


12 posted on 01/17/2015 1:51:07 PM PST by CGASMIA68
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The 5,500 voting members of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences choose the nominees for each award, as well as the winner among the five nominees. All members vote on Best Picture, while peers vote for nominees and winners in the other non-specialized categories

Aint it grand when a boatload of liberals get called out for being racists?

13 posted on 01/17/2015 1:51:37 PM PST by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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To: jsanders2001

The winner for Best Blaxplotation Western...Drama this year.. is... Supah Ranger!

yeah that really ought get the studios out of that creative slump...


14 posted on 01/17/2015 1:51:50 PM PST by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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if only it would penetrate their cerebral cortexes


15 posted on 01/17/2015 1:53:11 PM PST by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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> The issue is never the issue. The issue is always the revolution.

The revolution never ends for them. I think it’s more about the payola than the revolution...


16 posted on 01/17/2015 1:53:25 PM PST by jsanders2001
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To: Cowboy Bob

they LOVE Negros....and this is their proof

she is the Barack Hussein Obama of the Movie Industry


17 posted on 01/17/2015 1:54:01 PM PST by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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next up and all black urban version of Star Wars...

I have a sneak preview from the set. Here's the leader of the Empire, Biggie D.V., with Laquon Skywalker. And we all know who will play Chewbacca.


18 posted on 01/17/2015 1:54:46 PM PST by LostInBayport (When there are more people riding in the cart than there are pulling it, the cart stops moving...)
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Don’t make a pandering movie that only focuses on certain people ... and not with lousy acting either ....


19 posted on 01/17/2015 1:55:43 PM PST by SkyDancer
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I dont get it.

Blacks only make up 12% of the population, thus they should only show up in any list 12% of the time.


20 posted on 01/17/2015 1:59:43 PM PST by TexasFreeper2009 (Obama lied .. the economy died.)
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