Why Every Actress on The Hollywood Reporter Roundtable Cover Is White

Hollywood Reporter ^ | November 18, 2015

[SMGFan]

Each year, I and several other Hollywood Reporter editors put together the roundtables that are a defining element of this publication’s awards coverage through the Emmy and Oscar seasons.

For those not fully versed in the arcana of Hollywood, the awards work like this: people produce a vast amount of film and television, some of it awful, some exceptional and a whole lot in between. Getting a shiny statuette (either an Oscar or Emmy) tells the world which side of the spectrum they fall on; this is the ultimate validation that sets a winner apart from the pack. One award can change the trajectory of a whole career, save a network, and even resuscitate the fortunes of an ailing executive. Equally important, an award can mean millions at the box office, or in the winner’s pocket when his or her agent negotiates a new deal.

[dainbramaged]

There were definitely exceptions - from what I’ve read Nero did whatever he wished and it was usually a bad idea. I think Caligula did some acting, too. Besides acting crazy.

[liberalh8ter]

Funny how they throw a negative comment at the Koch Brothers and not George Soros....that's where I stopped reading.

[doorgunner69]

Is that supposed to be a black chick?

[Vendome]

Beauty transcends race....

[Fledermaus]

I think he likes other thicke things more.

[doorgunner69]

Beauty transcends race....

I agree, but that lady is obviously far more genetically white than black, hence my question what the pic was supposed to be about.