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Selma actor David Oyelowo recounts how protesting against racism led to Oscar snub; The Academy responds, 'we hear you'
Fp Staff •David Oyelowo, who played Dr Martin Luther King Jr in Selma, said The Academy members objected when the cast members protested the death of a black American.
Oscars 2020: Number of black nominees hits 3-year low with only five performers in top categories
Fp Staff •The Oscars 2020 has received considerable flack due to it lack of female directors in it final nominations and its absence of diversity in its top categories
Oscars 2020 slammed for lack of diversity again; presenter Issa Rae takes a dig at 'all those men' in best director noms
•There were there no female nominees in directing for the 87th time in Oscars history — a direct snub to Little Women maker Greta Gerwig, as well as several other worthy candidates
Oscars 2019 records most black winners in Academic Awards history, including Mahershala Ali, Regina King
Fp Staff •Spike Lee said of these wins at the Oscars, that they opened the academy to make it look more like America. That’s why three black women won.
Black is the new white in Hollywood
Vinayakc •New-age Hollywood is learning to experiment with power equations of the African-American race
Spike Lee credits #OscarsSoWhite campaign for BlacKkKlansman securing Oscars nominations
Fp Staff •Spike Lee's BlacKkKlansman earned six nominations at the 91st Academy Awards, which he says is because of the #OscarsSoWhite campaign.
Shah Rukh Khan, Naseeruddin Shah, Tabu among 20 Indians invited to be part of Oscar Academy's Class of 2018
Fp Staff •The new invitees are an effort on the Oscar-giving body to include more women, people of colour and international filmmakers.
Academy invites 928 artists, executives to join Oscars body in order to boost diversity
Ians •If all 928 of the Oscars' invitations are accepted, female membership will rise to 31 per cent from 28 per cent.
Oscars' history of politics: From Brando’s no-show, Vietnam to #OscarsSoWhite and Time’s Up
Sneha Khale •2018’s ceremony might just be the most political Oscars we’ve ever seen, with movements like #MeToo, #TimesUp, and #NeverAgain bringing really serious and important issues such as assault, abuse, and gun control to the center of our sociocultural conversation
Shah Rukh Khan was overlooked by the Academy for membership, but that's hardly its only misstep
Abhishek Srivastava •It surely is baffling that names like Mammootty, Mohanlal, Kamal Haasan — and Shah Rukh Khan — have been ignored by the Academy