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“Ghost In The Shell” Producer Defends Casting Scarlett Johansson In Adaptation Of Manga Series
“I don’t think anybody’s going to be disappointed,” Steven Paul told BuzzFeed News after months of backlash against the film’s controversial casting.
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Nearly Half Of Oscar Voters’ New Class Are Non-White
The organization also detailed some of its formerly elusive voting member demographics.
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The Revolutionary Female Slave And Rebel At The Center Of “Free State Of Jones”
Gugu Mbatha-Raw tells BuzzFeed News about her latest role: a “pioneering” slave-turned-guerrilla-fighter.
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The Director Who Wants To Show You Who Asian-Americans Really Are
For the past decade, Jon M. Chu has directed a slew of major studio films. Now he plans to use his power to correct Hollywood’s problems with Asian-American representation, beginning with Now You See Me 2 and next, with Crazy Rich Asians.
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Why Constance Wu And John Cho Are Being Photoshopped Into Movie Posters
The viral #StarringJohnCho and #StarringConstanceWu posts reimagine the actors as leads in your favorite blockbuster movies.
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Fans Are Outraged That “Sleepy Hollow” Has Been Renewed Without Nicole Beharie
Some fans can’t see Sleepy Hollow moving forward without its female lead.
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Eddie Huang Is Sick Of Being Told Who He Should Be
It’s been over a year since Huang publicly denounced Fresh Off the Boat, the show based loosely on his best-selling memoir. Now he’s back in the medium that almost broke him with Huang’s World, and he wants to tell you who he really is.
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Inside The Hashtag Protest Of Hollywood’s Asian-American Problem
“We’re not doing this to just complain. We’re doing this to effect change … We want things to get better,” said Keith Chow, who helped launch #whitewashedOUT.
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Marvel Says Tilda Swinton Is Actually Playing A “Celtic” Character In “Doctor Strange”
The studio says the white British actor is playing a “Celtic embodiment” of the Ancient One — not a Tibetan character.
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George Takei Slams Chris Rock’s Racist Joke At The Oscars
“All it takes is one catastrophic event for that stereotype to become a deadly weapon used against us,” said the Star Trek actor on a panel this weekend.
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Constance Wu And Ming-Na Wen Protest Hollywood’s Whitewashing Of “Ghost In The Shell”
“A lot of people’s visions of who they think looks like their hero is rooted in systemic racism,” Fresh Off the Boat star Wu said of the recent whitewashing controversy surrounding Ghost in the Shell.
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People Are Outraged Over The First Photo Of Scarlett Johansson In “Ghost In The Shell”
Welp.
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We Tried This Cotton Eyelash Extension Hack So You Don’t Have To
Maybe she’s born with it, maybe it’s bits of cotton in her eyeball.
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We Posed Like “Sports Illustrated” Swimsuit Cover Models And It Was Empowering
After years of admiring the models on the cover of Sports Illustrated, we decided to make ourselves into cover models.
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Robert De Niro Has Pulled The Controversial Anti-Vaccination Documentary From His Film Festival
“We do not believe it contributes to or furthers the discussion I had hoped for,” De Niro, co-founder of the festival, said in a statement.
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Robert De Niro Defends Tribeca Film Festival’s Decision To Screen An Anti-Vaccine Activist’s Documentary
“This is very personal to me and my family,” De Niro, co-founder of the film festival, said in response to the backlash against Vaxxed: From Cover-Up to Catastrophe.
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Sandra Oh And George Takei Are Among The 25 Academy Members Protesting The Oscars’ Asian Jokes
“We’d like to know how such tasteless and offensive skits could have happened,” their letter reads.
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Paul Feig Defends Leslie Jones’ “Ghostbusters” Role Amid Racial Controversy
“When you attack and insult my cast, you’ve crossed the line,” the director tweeted. “Grow up and leave my cast alone.”
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J.K. Rowling Is Getting Major Backlash For Her Depiction Of Native Americans
The Harry Potter author, who just released a new story on Pottermore, is being accused of colonialism and cultural appropriation.












