Academy Awards

Oscars By The Numbers
Oscars By The Numbers
Oscars By The Numbers
There are few things that people in Hollywood enjoy more than giving each other awards and long-winded speeches. With that in mind, the 88th Annual Academy Awards (or, Oscars) are going to be handed out this Sunday night (6pm on ABC).
Academy Announces Initiative to Improve Member Diversity
Academy Announces Initiative to Improve Member Diversity
Academy Announces Initiative to Improve Member Diversity
Despite some nominees insistence that it is they, the white people, who are suffering under the brutal oppression of racism, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has decided to respond to the growing controversy over the lack of diversity among this year’s Oscar nominees by making some significant changes to how it selects its members, and then how it maintains those members once they’re admitted into the group.
Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs Issues Statement on Oscar Diversity
Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs Issues Statement on Oscar Diversity
Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs Issues Statement on Oscar Diversity
The greatest outrage stirred by last week’s announcement of the Oscar nominees was not the Best Picture snub for Carol or the absurd exclusion of Todd Haynes from the Best Director category, but rather the troubling homogeneity of the twenty men and women nominated in the acting categories. Specifically, many have taken issue with the fact that this year’s Oscar slate looks about as white as a Whole Foods before noon on a Sunday. The social media hashtag OscarsSoWhite resurfaced within minutes after the nomination announcement had finished, and Spike Lee has even called for a boycott of the ceremony as a response to the blatant lack of diversity in this year’s picks.
Oscar Stuff You Didn’t Know
Oscar Stuff You Didn’t Know
Oscar Stuff You Didn’t Know
Here on 1440WROK.com, we've got the full rundown on who won what during last night's Academy Awards ceremony in Hollywood. If you're not up to speed on the winners, click here. If you're saying, "Oh, I knew all that stuff. You said this was stuff I didn't know," you would be correct...