Posted on 11/18/2015 2:18:18 PM PST by SMGFan
Each year, I and several other Hollywood Reporter editors put together the roundtables that are a defining element of this publication’s awards coverage through the Emmy and Oscar seasons.
For those not fully versed in the arcana of Hollywood, the awards work like this: people produce a vast amount of film and television, some of it awful, some exceptional and a whole lot in between. Getting a shiny statuette (either an Oscar or Emmy) tells the world which side of the spectrum they fall on; this is the ultimate validation that sets a winner apart from the pack. One award can change the trajectory of a whole career, save a network, and even resuscitate the fortunes of an ailing executive. Equally important, an award can mean millions at the box office, or in the winner’s pocket when his or her agent negotiates a new deal.
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plus they shave their legs
Because they’re judged by talent, not race? Just guessing.
Looks like they closed comments on that article.
It’s the Law!
If he really wanted actresses of color -- or actors -- presumably he could have gotten them.
Instead he writes a long article belly-aching about a "problem" that seems to be of his own creation.
And you posted it, too. Why? It's an entirely bogus controversy.
Curiously, his colleague who interviewed a panel of studio heads didn't have any trouble getting an African-American (or mixed race) female studio head, which one might assume would have been a lot harder that rounding up some Black actress or other.
One of the worst examples was Halle Berry when she won the Oscar.
Accompanied by the white mother who raised her all her life, she went on and on about how much she owes to her black heritage and her black father, who abandoned them when she was little.
I have a hard time forgetting that when I see her now
this is typical behavior for mix-race actresses....
I expect somebody on the crew shaves their legs.
If I was the director it would be me. “Uh... I’m a perfectionist!”
The best qualified athletes get hired and play. Try that in any other business and you're a stone racist.
In ancient Rome, actors had the same social status as slaves, laborers and prostitutes. Many of them were slaves themselves and a Roman citizen was not allowed to be an actor.
“For the same reason there were no black people in the first Star Wars.”
Untrue, Darth Vader the villian was black
“Untrue, Darth Vader the villian was black”
Nope. Only his voice was. :)
This is the guy in the suit: https://www.darthvader-starwars.com/
Why nobody should give a bleep!
Every show on the networks is gay.
Every show on the networks is gay.
Yeah, there is that.
Except, if I recall correctly, Nero. I think he actually participated in plays.
She and Robin Thicke were actually together as a couple since they were young teens in the early 90s, but didn’t get married until about 2006. I don’t know if was him or her that wanted to end the relationship.
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