The HFPA has backed widespread reform – but can the Golden Globes be saved?
The body behind the Golden Globes, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, has backed a new set of by-laws, in the first step towards
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OscarsSoWhite
Will Oscar diversity requirements change much?
It’s been a turbulent few years for the film industry, with the Oscars So White controversy – when all twenty acting nominees were
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Hundreds more join Academy as efforts continue to improve diversity
The Academy that hands out the Oscars has taken another step towards improving the diversity of its membership by inviting nearly eight hundred
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US comic actor Kevin Hart to host 2019 Oscars
The comic actor Kevin Hart has confirmed that he’ll be hosting next year’s Academy Awards. Oscars 2019 host Kevin Hart will next been
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The Birth of a Nation – Review
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Elba, Boyega, Gavron among record Academy invites post diversity row
The body that hands out the Oscars has announced its biggest ever list of film industry professionals invited to join the organisation –
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Wolf Hall leads BAFTA TV nominations
Mark Rylance and Claire Foy are both nominated for Wolf Hall The BBC’s Golden Globe-winning adaptation of Hilary Mantel’s Tudor drama Wolf Wall
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Oscar spoils shared between The Revenant, Spotlight, Mad Max – and SPECTRE
At an Oscars ceremony where there was as much talk about who was not nominated as about who was, there were a number
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Progressive Spirit Awards cock a snook at Oscars
As the entertainment world gears up for an Oscar ceremony that’s been tainted by a row about a lack of diversity, the Independent Spirit Awards, handed out a day ahead of the Academy’s trophies, has shunned the establishment with three of the four acting awards going to black performers – and one of those being transgender.
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Academy acts as Rampling accuses black actors of anti-white racism
The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, mired in a row over all-white nominees in the acting categories at the Oscars for
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Oscar organisers announce membership review amid race row
The body that hands out the Oscars has announced a review of its membership criteria, after no black actors were nominated for the
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