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Spike Lee slams the Academy Awards
Spike Lee has hit out at the Academy Awards, saying that the increased recognition for black actors at this year's bash doesn't resolve the broader issues.
Some 683 new members - many of them women or people of colour - have joined the academy in the past year in a bid to make the body more representative.
Some 21 actors across the ethnic spectrum have been nominated for Emmys this year.
Actor Idris Elba is among the 683 potential new members, the academy said in a statement.
Chris Rock set the stage for a night of running gags that repeatedly returned to themes of racial politics.
Chris Rock set the stage for a night of running gags that repeatedly returned to themes of racial politics.
Tony Rock will be hosting a ceremony which pokes fun at the Oscars while Chris Rock hosts the Awards.
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The Oscars have not seen a female-led film win Best Picture in a decade, since 'Million Dollar Baby'.
He was speaking at the Berlin International Film Festival where his film is being shown out of competition.
Nominations for the 2016 Oscars were met with outcry over the omission of any actors of color.
Actor Will Smith, his wife and a handful of others said they would skip this year's Academy Awards.
The academy announced it would be doubling the number of members who are women and of different races.
Producers say Rock will be addressing the issue of the awards being ‘so white’ in a new monologue.
Chris Rock has come under pressure from some black celebrities to step down as Oscars host.
The star will not attend the ceremony in protest over the absence of nominated actors of colour.
The controversy has put pressure on the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to promote diversity.
The comments by Lee came amid concerns about a lack of racial minorities in the movie industry.
This comes after Spike Lee & Jade Pinkett Smith called for a boycott of this year’s Oscars.