Carrie Rickey / TruthdigFeb 10, 2020
This year's telecast showed signs of progress—now the Academy Awards producers need to get audiences to tune in again. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
DAVID BAUDER / The Associated PressFeb 10, 2020
“It was too predictable, too white and too boring,” says founder of a website devoted to awards show news. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Natasha Hakimi Zapata / TruthdigNov 14, 2016
Two powerful skits aired on "Saturday Night Live" after the election, one which simultaneously bid goodbye to Hillary Clinton and Leonard Cohen; another which pointed out just how blind white liberals were during this election. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Carrie Rickey / TruthdigFeb 29, 2016
The actor and comedian was tapped to criticize the academy that had hired him, but he walked the tightrope with grace and blistering humor. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Carrie Rickey / TruthdigJan 30, 2016
Voluntary steps to include more people of color and women should be a priority throughout the entire Hollywood system of moviemaking, from studios’ executive ranks to casting. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Kasia Anderson / TruthdigJan 15, 2016
It's not as though there weren't plenty of options to mix up this year's lineup of Oscar nominees. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigDec 31, 2015
As the countdown to the new year begins, we take a look at 2015's most popular stories. As the countdown to the new year begins, we take a look at 2015's most popular stories. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Roisin Davis / TruthdigApr 1, 2015
For the last seven weeks, the comedian has been publicly documenting his police stops to highlight racial profiling. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Donald Kaufman / TruthdigDec 3, 2014
Chris Rock may be verging on 50, but he's not showing many signs of mellowing with age -- even if he does have to force the odd Uber joke here and there to look relevant. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Sheerly Avni / TruthdigMar 1, 2006
Paul Provenza, director of the gleefully obscene "The Aristocrats," explains why Hollywood doesn't get the joke. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )
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