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Charlotte Rampling clarifies controversial diversity remarks
LONDON (AP) — Academy Award-nominated actress Charlotte Rampling said her comments that an Oscars' boycott is "racist to white people" were misinterpreted. In a statement to CBS News' "Sunday Morning" on Friday, Rampling said she wished every performance were given equal opportunity for consideration.
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Hollywood reax swift, positive to Oscar diversity measures
The Academy's proposed changes to increase diversity in the Oscars prompted swift and positive reaction in Hollywood, with many praising the moves while still noting that the Academy Awards are only part of the problem, and only part of the solution.
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Film academy president: 'We need to step this up'
Film academy president Cheryl Boone Isaacs says that despite the organization's internal efforts toward inclusion, a second year of all-white acting Oscar nominees made her think, "We need to step this up."
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The Latest: Cheadle says diversity issue goes beyond Academy
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — The latest on Friday's statement by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on a series of diversity reforms approved by the board of governors late Thursday (all times PST):
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Braxton explores her career _ the good and bad _ in TV movie
NEW YORK (AP) — Toni Braxton has opened her life to the cameras on the WEtv reality series "Braxton Family Values," but she's exploring more of her past in a Lifetime movie debuting Saturday.
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Virtual reality experience highlight of new Dali Museum show
Visitors to a new exhibition at The Dali Museum in St. Petersburg, Florida, won't just be looking at art. Thanks to virtual reality, they'll be exploring a Dali painting in a dreamy, three-dimensional world that turns art appreciation into an unforgettable, immersive experience.
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Trove of Marine Corps films from 1930s-1970s to be preserved
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Never-before-seen films of Marines ramming artillery shells into large guns on the beaches of Iwo Jima in 1945 and standing amid sandbags during the 1968 siege of Khe Sanh in Vietnam are part of a vast collection of silent, color footage being repaired, preserved and eventually placed online for all to see.
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Emotional cancer drama 'Other People' opens Sundance
PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — There is no joy in watching Molly Shannon die for 97 minutes, especially in a movie that's not really her story.
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Norman Lear's life, work shines in opening Sundance film
PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Norman Lear was so touched by the documentary made about his life, he wanted to cuddle up with the entire audience at the Sundance Film Festival.
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Star of dolphin-hunting film ordered deported from Japan
TOKYO (AP) — Japan has ordered the deportation of Ric O'Barry, the star of the Oscar-winning documentary "The Cove," about a Japanese village that hunts dolphins. But he has refused to leave, insisting he came as a tourist to look at dolphins.
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