Golden Globes body unveils plans to deal with crisis over diversity and ethics | Movies
[ad_1] The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA), the body that organises the Golden Globe awards, has outlined the changes it plans to make in an attempt to rescue its credibility after months of complaints and criticism over the lack of diversity in its membership and “ethical lapses” in the way it conducted its business. In […]
‘If not hope, then what?’: the musicians finding optimism in dark times | Music
[ad_1] Michelle Zauner, Japanese Breakfast I had really given up on music after my mom passed away [in 2014], and then of course the record that I saw as my death rattle [2017’s Soft Sounds from Another Planet] got picked up in a big way. It was a very bittersweet moment where all these great […]
And this year’s Oscar for inclusivity goes to … the Academy! | Oscars 2021
[ad_1] Even before the curtain fell, this year’s Oscars attracted a lot of labels. Oddest Oscars ever! That seemed fair: no hosts, no songs, just 170 guests clapping in a train station. Most sombre Oscars ever? Also true. A global pandemic and a lot of films inspired by police brutality don’t make for the frothiest […]
‘Worst version of Groundhog Day ever’: Two Distant Strangers, the Oscars short inspired by George Floyd | Oscars 2021
[ad_1] On Tuesday, a few hours after Derek Chauvin was convicted of George Floyd’s murder, another chapter closed in the history of Travon Free’s film that was inspired by the case. Voting ended for this year’s Oscars, at which Two Distant Strangers is frontrunner for live-action short. It was an odd day. The film was […]
Golden Globes crisis deepens as former president expelled and advisers resign | Golden Globes
[ad_1] The crisis-plagued Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA), the body that organises the Golden Globes, has expelled Philip Berk, its former president who sparked widespread outrage by sharing an anti-Black Lives Matter article that described the movement as a “racist hate group”. In a brief statement, the HFPA said: “Effective immediately, Phil Berk is no […]
Golden Globes crisis continues as former president sends anti-BLM email | Movies
[ad_1] Already under fire for its failings over membership diversity, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA), the organisation behind the Golden Globes, has been forced to apologise after its former long-term president emailed a copy of an article to members that called Black Lives Matter a “racist hate group”. According to the LA Times, Phil […]
‘We can still bloom and grow after trauma’: the artist sharing survivors’ stories of abuse | Art
[ad_1] Passersby in Manhattan’s Meatpacking District will see something rather atypical in one of the many storefronts at the moment: a group of old-fashioned lightbulbs standing alongside small internet-connected printers, each unspooling an anonymous newsfeed of survivor stories. It’s part of a new project from New York City’s public artist-in-residence, Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya, an installation called […]
‘The heat is on’: top theatres act to root out ‘system failure’ of racism | Theatre
[ad_1] The Young Vic and Royal Court theatres have entered into a pioneering consultation process that aims to identify and root out systemic racism from their venues. The artistic directors of both London institutions have signed up to a two-year partnership with the social enterprise Sour Lemons that will interrogate the internal structures that uphold […]
Baftas 2021: moments of joy and surprise from the online acceptance speeches – video
[ad_1] Bukky Bakray was ecstatic after winning this year’s rising star Bafta award for her role in the film Rocks. Meanwhile, Youn Yuh-jung, the 73-year-old Korean actor crowned best supporting actress for Minari, said in jest that the award was particularly special because the British are ‘known as very snobbish people and they have approved […]
Them review – racist horrors lurk behind white picket fences | Horror (TV)
[ad_1] Amazon Prime’s new horror anthology series Them opens with a gloriously nightmarish, sepia-toned prologue. A woman and her baby are alone in an isolated house when an apparently innocuous old woman walks down the road towards them. She mentions that “we” saw the woman’s husband leave and begins singing about “Old Black Joe”. When […]
