After a 20-year old clip of Saturday Night Live resurfaced on social media last week that featured Jimmy Fallon in blackface, the comedian has issued a formal apology on air and he claims that he is “not a racist.” Fallon opened up Monday’s episode of The Tonight Show by promising his fans “a different kind of show” to address the controversy. The clip was from a 2000 episode of SNL that saw Fallon in blackface while impersonating his fellow comedian and SNL alum, Chris Rock.
Come Monday, They’re Off And Running In The Film Academy’s Annual Board Race
16.05.2020 - 21:43 / deadline.com
By Michael Cieply
Executive Editor
Come 9:00 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time on Monday, they will be off and running, those would-be candidates for 17 open slots on the 54-member Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
On Friday, the Academy notified members that so-called “opt-in” voting for the board seats will be active through what used to be called the “work week,” until coronavirus muddled such distinctions. The voting period closes at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. Until
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