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AP Exclusive: Academy president responds to Oscar firestorm
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| 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?
To: MeshugeMikey
Has she considered that maybe this had to do with acting skills and not color?
To: jsanders2001
She hasnt returned MY Calls...and thats RACESS!
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posted on
01/17/2015 1:47:31 PM PST
by
MeshugeMikey
("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
To: MeshugeMikey
Needs to tell the reverunt to go pi$$ up a rope.
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posted on
01/17/2015 1:47:32 PM PST
by
CMailBag
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.
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posted on
01/17/2015 1:48:08 PM PST
by
CGASMIA68
To: CMailBag
something tells me there is an affirmative action program within the academy...and she’s it...
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posted on
01/17/2015 1:48:28 PM PST
by
MeshugeMikey
("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
To: CGASMIA68
next up and all black urban version of Star Wars...
that should be...entertaining....no wut Im sayin n’ whatever
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posted on
01/17/2015 1:49:29 PM PST
by
MeshugeMikey
("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
To: MeshugeMikey
Why was this woman elected president of the Academy? Was it to make the Libs feel good about themselves?
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posted on
01/17/2015 1:49:32 PM PST
by
Cowboy Bob
(They are called "Liberals" because the word "parasite" was already taken.)
To: MeshugeMikey
> 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...: )
To: jsanders2001
The issue is never the issue. The issue is always the revolution.
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posted on
01/17/2015 1:49:58 PM PST
by
ClearCase_guy
(Malort, turning taste-buds into taste-foes for generations.)
To: CMailBag
we ALL...I say we ALL... need to tell Revrunt All to go piss up a rope
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posted on
01/17/2015 1:50:18 PM PST
by
MeshugeMikey
("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
To: MeshugeMikey
Suck for some to see notoriety based on merit....
To: MeshugeMikey
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?
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posted on
01/17/2015 1:51:37 PM PST
by
Mastador1
(I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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...
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posted on
01/17/2015 1:51:50 PM PST
by
MeshugeMikey
("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
To: Mastador1
if only it would penetrate their cerebral cortexes
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posted on
01/17/2015 1:53:11 PM PST
by
MeshugeMikey
("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
To: ClearCase_guy
> 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...
To: Cowboy Bob
they LOVE Negros....and this is their proof
she is the Barack Hussein Obama of the Movie Industry
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posted on
01/17/2015 1:54:01 PM PST
by
MeshugeMikey
("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
To: MeshugeMikey
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.
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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...)
To: MeshugeMikey
Don’t make a pandering movie that only focuses on certain people ... and not with lousy acting either ....
To: MeshugeMikey
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.
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posted on
01/17/2015 1:59:43 PM PST
by
TexasFreeper2009
(Obama lied .. the economy died.)
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