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An Oscars ceremony with a Boston connection

An Oscars ceremony with a Boston connection

The 96th Academy Awards Ceremony hosted by Jimmy Kimmel had upsets and surprises, but Boston was in the mix.

March 13th, 2024 >

Oscar-winner and Springfield native Ruth E. Carter discusses life and career ahead of Coolidge Award

Oscar-winner and Springfield native Ruth E. Carter discusses life and career ahead of Coolidge Award

Costume designer Ruth E. Carter has a distinct memory of Tina Turner telling her, “I would never wear that!” while they were on set for the 1993 biopic “What’s Love Got to Do with It.”

October 4th, 2023 >

Black actors opening doors in Hollywood

Black actors opening doors in Hollywood

Cheryl Boone Isaacs, the first African American woman to be president of the academy, in 2016 set in motion a plan to increase inclusion and diversity by 2020. We can now look back and see that her plan is working.

March 15th, 2023 >

One year later, what did we learn from ‘the slap’?

In one dumb and embarrassing split-second, Will Smith and Chris Rock managed to reinforce a couple of the worst stereotypes about Black males.

March 15th, 2023 >