The Lion King, Joaquin Phoenix and Cynthia Erivo have landed the top awards at animal rights group PETA’s annual Oscats.
15.01.2020 - 18:21 / torontosun.com
Stephen King has come under fire for the “backward and ignorant” comments he made while addressing the lack of diversity in the 2020 Oscars nominations.
The nominees for the 92nd Academy Awards were announced on Monday, with the organization facing backlash for its lack of representation for women and people of colour. No women were nominated in the Best Director category, despite Greta Gerwig being hotly tipped, and Cynthia Erivo was the only non-white nominee being given a nod in the Best
The Lion King, Joaquin Phoenix and Cynthia Erivo have landed the top awards at animal rights group PETA’s annual Oscats.
And he refused to apologise for being "white, male, old and rich"
Horror author Stephen King is clarifying comments he made about the lack of Oscars diversity in a new essay, during which he admits he “stepped over the line.”
By Greg Evans
Someone give this guy an Oscar for flip-flopping.
The creator of Netflix comedy Dear White People has said he is not surprised by a lack of diversity in recent Oscar nominations.
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Harriet star Cynthia Erivo is insisting people of colour be given a “fair shot” in the wake of controversial comments made by Stephen King on diversity.
Cynthia Erivo and Issa Rae are addressing this year's very white, very male Oscar nominations.Appearing viasatellite from Tokyo at the Television Critics Association press tour to promote HBO's new Stephen King adaptationThe Outsider, new Oscar nominee Erivo was asked about Monday's nominations and King's controversial Tuesday tweets about them in which he shared his take on the lack of inclusiveness. "I would never consider diversity in matters of art.
Stephen King landed in hot water this week after tweeting his reaction to Oscar backlash after the 2020 nominations showed a lack of women in key creative categories — including Best Director. Cynthia Erivo, who stars in HBO's adaptation of King's The Outsider, responded to the writer's remarks at the Television Critics Association winter press tour on Wednesday while promoting the show.
Cynthia Erivo is weighing in on Stephen King's recent controversial comments about diversity.
Just a day after Stephen King came under fire for Tweeting that he “would never consider diversity in matters of art. Only quality. It seems to me that to do otherwise would be wrong” in response to this year’s Oscar nominees not being inclusive for women or people of color, HBO presented a panel for the latest adaptation of one of his works, “The Outsider.”
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Stephen King has faced criticism for his comments on diversity in the art world, which one director called "backward and ignorant".