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Golden Globes red carpet transformed by black dress protest
Associated Press, Published on 08/01/2018
» The highly anticipated wear-black protest at the Golden Globes took off Sunday as soon as the red carpet opened, including A-listers Meryl Streep in a deep V-cut gown and Michelle Williams in an embellished off-the-shoulder look with “Me Too” founder Tarana Burke at her side.
'Hidden Figures' shocks Screen Actors Guild Awards
Associated Press, Published on 30/01/2017
» LOS ANGELES, California - The cast of "Hidden Figures" rocketed to the Screen Actors Guild top award at a fiery, protest-laden ceremony that was dominated by defiance over President Trump's sweeping immigration ban.
Asian-American jab at Oscars reveals deeper diversity woes
Associated Press, Published on 06/03/2016
» LOS ANGELES - TV's "Fresh Off the Boat" creator Nahnatchka Khan was reveling in Oscar host Chris Rock's deft comedic assault on white-fixated Hollywood. Then three Asian-American kids were brought onstage for a gag mocking them as ethnic stereotypes.
Academy Awards take on issues beyond #OscarsSoWhite
Associated Press, Published on 29/02/2016
» LOS ANGELES -- Hollywood's diversity crisis has loomed large over awards season and the big question going into the 88th annual Academy Awards was whether it would dominate the ceremony, too. It did, of course, but it wasn't alone.
'Spotlight' tops an Oscars where diversity had the limelight
Associated Press, Published on 29/02/2016
» LOS ANGELES — In an underdog win for a movie about an underdog profession, the newspaper drama Spotlight took best picture on Sunday at an Academy Awards riven by protest and outrage, and electrified by an unflinching Chris Rock.