The mother of the child model at the centre of the H&M race row says she’s previously been the victim of racist abuse. Terry Mango – whose son Liam starred in a controversial commercial that…
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Oscars head re-elected after negotiating race row
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences president Cheryl Boone Isaacs, who is African American, has been re-elected for a fourth term as the organization pushes for more diversity. The vote late Tuesday follows a…
#Oscars2016: Host Chris Rock opens Oscars with caustic race jokes
Oscars host Chris Rock opened the annual show of glitz and pageantry honoring cinema’s finest with a salvo of jokes targeting the lack of racial diversity among the acting nominees. Tinseltown’s elite gathered for the…
Stage set for Oscars night tainted by race row
The Hollywood awards season reaches its glittering climax at Sunday’s Oscars, with bleak survival epic “The Revenant” tipped to clean up on a night overshadowed by a simmering race row. Viewers around the world will…
Damning diversity report uncovers ‘whitewashed’ Hollywood
Hollywood is suffering an “epidemic of invisibility” among ethnic minorities, women and LGBT people, a new study showed Monday, just days ahead of the film industry’s glittering Oscars awards night. From the boardrooms of film…
All white on the big night: Oscars diversity row returns
Diversity is the big word on everyone’s lips again as Hollywood’s movers and shakers gather for the Oscars, with an overwhelming bias toward white nominees threatening to overshadow the glitzy event. No ethnic minority actor…
Azealia Banks and Nicki Minaj blast MTV VMAs, Taylor responds
Azealia Banks believes “all” of her videos deserve VMAs. The ‘212’ hitmaker has hit back at the MTV Video Music Awards after nominations were announced yesterday (21.07.15), claiming she hasn’t been shortlisted in any of…
Black Miss Japan fights for race revolution
Ariana Miyamoto entered the Miss Universe Japan beauty contest after a mixed-race friend committed suicide. And she endured abuse after winning the crown because of her skin colour. Far from being put off by the…
8 Reasons to date a white man
Yes, I know. The title sounds preposterous. I was as angry as you when I saw this. I spotted it at Madame Noire. This article was written by a lady called LaShaun Williams. She started…
The Amazing Race; Jameson style!
Ladies and gents, here is some important information for you – one tot of Jameson Whiskey only has 72 calories and this sans sugar… So when you start your Christmas planning, don’t say we didn’t…