LA TIMES lead Sunday: Will this year’s Academy Awards see a repeat of #OscarsSoWhite backlash?

Glenn Whipp writes, Their fear: The hashtag #OscarsSoWhite will be trending on social media again. The academy found itself on the defensive last year when white actors earned all 20 of the nominations in the lead and supporting categories. The topic came to define the Academy Awards so much that host Neil Patrick Harris opened … Read moreLA TIMES lead Sunday: Will this year’s Academy Awards see a repeat of #OscarsSoWhite backlash?

LA TIMES lead Sunday: Will this year’s Academy Awards see a repeat of #OscarsSoWhite backlash?

LA TIMES lead Sunday: Will this year’s Academy Awards see a repeat of #OscarsSoWhite backlash?: Glenn Whipp writes, Their fear: The hashtag #OscarsSoWhite will be trending on social media again. The academy found itself on the defensive last year when white actors earned all 20 of the nominations in the lead and supporting categories. The … Read moreLA TIMES lead Sunday: Will this year’s Academy Awards see a repeat of #OscarsSoWhite backlash?

Welcome to Hollywood.. where apparently even the Oscar statue snorts cocaine.. It is actually a message of art being sent by the artist PLASTIC JESUS.. More from the LA TIMES: “The piece is intended to draw attention to Hollywood’s hidden problem of drug addiction that affects hundreds of people in the showbiz industry and is … Read more