Friday, January 16, 2015

Daily Mail - Oscars race row: Rev Al Sharpton calls for emergency Hollywood meeting over 'insulting' absence of black actors among nominees [That you are planning to attend an emergency meeting called by Al Sharpton shows that you need to call an emergency meeting with your psychiatrist. --tma]


Oscars race row: Rev Al Sharpton calls for emergency Hollywood meeting over 'insulting' absence of black actors among nominee

Reverend Al Sharpton has said the Oscar nominations are 'appallingly insulting' and compared Hollywood to the Rocky Mountains, saying the higher you get 'the whiter it gets'



  • Rev Al Sharpton said the higher you get in Hollywood 'the whiter it gets'

  • David Oyelowo and director Ava DuVernay should have been nominated 

  • There was not a single person of colour nominated in the acting or directing categories 

  • Clint Eastwood's American Sniper lands six nominations

  • Cake's Jennifer Aniston and Big Eyes star Amy Adams both snubbed

  • Angelina Jolie's Unbroken overlooked and The Lego Movie left out of best animated feature film category ...


  • http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2913654/Oscars-race-row-Rev-Al-Sharpton-calls-emergency-Hollywood-meeting-insulting-absence-black-actors-nominees.html