Sam Smith, an openly gay singer and songwriter from England, won an Oscar at the 2016 Academy Awards on Sunday for his song “Writing’s on the Wall” from the film, “Spectre.” The dream quickly turned into a nightmare, however, after critics blasted Smith for declaring himself the first openly gay Oscar winner during his acceptance […]
Living in Russia hasn’t frozen the NSA whistleblower’s sense of humor. During last night’s Oscars, host Neil Patrick Harris made a joke about Edward Snowden, the subject of the documentary CitizenFour, saying the National Security Agency whistleblower was “unable to attend for some treason.” View this image › John Shearer / AP The throwaway pun […]
You can add superstar George Clooney to the list of liberals in Hollywood who are angry at liberal Academy voters and liberal Hollywood directors over diversity issues in Hollywood: Go get ’em, George! Now, check out the trailer for Clooney’s next film, “Hail, Caesar!” We count zero black actors. Can you fine one? And here’s […]
Let’s hope this is a sign of what’s to come when Harris hosts the ceremony on Feb. 22. 1. When the 2015 Academy Award nominations were announced last month, the lack of diversity among the nominees was glaring — it even resulted in the hashtag #OscarsSoWhite trending on Twitter. Chile, with this pic, I’m gonna […]