the oscars Archives – https://ezkool.com/category/the-oscars/ Tue, 19 Jan 2016 04:03:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://ezkool.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/ezkool-logo-75png.png the oscars Archives – https://ezkool.com/category/the-oscars/ 32 32 12773863 Jada Pinkett Smith, Spike Lee will Boycott OSCARS – Video https://ezkool.com/2016/01/jada-pinkett-smith-spike-lee-will-boycott-oscars-video/ Tue, 19 Jan 2016 04:03:04 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=62219 All the major awards at the Oscars will be given to Whites only. It is the second year in a row that Blacks and other minority actors are pushed to the side, their hard work not even acknowledge by the Oscar voters. So Jada Pinkett Smith and Spike Lee have both decided that if the […]

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]]> 62219 #OscarsSoWhite is Trending on Twitter https://ezkool.com/2016/01/oscarssowhite-is-trending-on-twitter/ Thu, 14 Jan 2016 17:16:56 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=62130 The hashtag says it all. For the second year in a row, the Oscars failed to nominate any person of color for any major award. No people of color were nominated for best actor, best actress, best supporting actor, or best supporting actress and no films featuring African-American actors were nominated in the best picture […]

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]]> 62130 Best Supporting Actress Award Goes to Lupita Nyong’o https://ezkool.com/2014/03/best-supporting-actress-award-goes-to-lupita-nyongo/ https://ezkool.com/2014/03/best-supporting-actress-award-goes-to-lupita-nyongo/#respond Mon, 03 Mar 2014 13:11:33 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=48810 Lupita Nyong’o won the Oscar for best supporting actress on Sunday for her role as the hardworking slave Patsey in drama “12 Years a Slave,” capping a breakout awards season for the Yale-trained Kenyan actress. Nyong’o, 31, won the Oscar in her first feature film role, earning a thunderous standing ovation from the Hollywood audience. […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2014/03/best-supporting-actress-award-goes-to-lupita-nyongo/feed/ 0 48810 A Coupla White Men Sitting Around Voting https://ezkool.com/2013/03/a-coupla-white-men-sitting-around-voting/ https://ezkool.com/2013/03/a-coupla-white-men-sitting-around-voting/#respond Mon, 11 Mar 2013 14:19:46 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=29866 Have you ever wondered who elects the Oscar winners? The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has about 6000 members. 94% of them are white. 77% of them are male. 86% of them are over 50. So don’t think of it as Best Picture. Think of it as What an Old White Man thinks […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2013/03/a-coupla-white-men-sitting-around-voting/feed/ 0 29866 Sunday, February 24, 2013: The OSCARS https://ezkool.com/2013/02/sunday-february-24-2013-oscars-85th/ https://ezkool.com/2013/02/sunday-february-24-2013-oscars-85th/#respond Sun, 24 Feb 2013 12:52:00 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=25889 AND THE  NOMINEES FOR ‘BEST PICTURE’ ARE… Amour Margaret Menegoz, Stefan Arndt, Veit Heiduschka and Michael Katz, Producers Argo Grant Heslov, Ben Affleck and George Clooney, Producers Beasts of the Southern Wild Dan Janvey, Josh Penn and Michael Gottwald, Producers DjAngo Unchained Stacey Sher, Reginald Hudlin and Pilar Savone, Producers Les Misérables Tim Bevan, Eric […]

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