Alfre Woodard hosted her annual pre-Oscar party to celebrate African American women in film in the penthouse of the Beverly Wilshire Hotel. HipHollywood was on…
Voters from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences are making the usual headlines for “snubs” and surprises. Among the most extraordinary shockers, however,…
Last week, Sean “Diddy” Combs was celebrated for winning an Oscar for best documentary at this year’s Academy Awards, but that wasn’t exactly the case. So he clarified the situation on the “Today” show that he didn’t actually win anything. Diddy says that while he is an executive producer of “Undefeated,” the award itself only […]
After winning Golden Globe, BAFTA and SAG and Critics’ Choice Awards for her role in The Help, Octavia Spencer won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar…
Oprah Winfrey will soon be able to showcase her Oscar right next to all of her Emmy’s she’s collected over the years. The Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced that Oprah Winfrey will be one of the recipients of an Honorary Oscar this fall. The Honorary Award, […]
Black-and-white posters of Oscar Grant’s smiling face are plastered on many downtown shop windows, especially on 17th Street, which suffered the most damage after riots broke out to protest the deadly police shooting that killed the 22-year-old butcher’s apprentice on New Year’s Day last year. As the trial of former police officer Johannes Mehserle, accused […]
