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Oscar nominees receive this generous $100K swag bag which includes a 12-night Tanzania trip!

This marketing company makes sure Oscar losers don't go home empty-handed For the past 16 years, Distinctive Assets  has rewarded Oscar nominees a lavish assortment of freebies, ranging from vibrators to all-inclusive vacations to diamond jewelry, according to Forbes .  This y…

Viola Davis Makes History As First Black Actress to Score Three Oscar Noms (Full List Inside)!

The Oscar nominations are in  and Viola Davis' remarkable performance in the film Fences  (in which she played alongside Denzel Washington who also scored a 'Lead Actor' nod) has earned her a nomination!  The How To Get Away With Murder star is also now the first and onl…

Was Chris Rock's Oscars Monologue Too Much? Watch Him Shade Jada Pinkett-Smith, Stacey Dash's Awkward Entrance, #OscarsSoWhite Parody & More!

"You're damn right Hollywood is racist!," Chris Rock said during his opening monologue at the 2016 Academy Awards on Sunday night. The Oscars diversity issue was a big topic at the award show this year and Chris took every chance he got to talk about it. Whether it w…

Oscars 2016 Performances: Watch Lady Gaga, Sam Smith & The Weeknd!

The Weeknd performed "Earned It" at the Academy Awards Sunday evening (Feb. 28) The sexy song, which was nominated for 'Best Original Song,'  is off the Fifty Shades of Grey soundtrack. Sam Smith, a noticeable skinnier Sam (might I add), performed his rendition o…

President Obama Weighs In On The Controversy Surrounding Diversity At The Oscars (Video)

President Barack Obama has addressed the controversy of the lack of diversity at the Oscars "As a whole, the industry should do what every other industry should so, which is to look for talent and provide opportunity to everybody," he said. RELATED POST: Oscars Nomination…

Stacey Dash Makes My Ass Itch: She Suggests We Eliminate Black History Month & BET Awards In Response To The Oscars Controversy

Clueless star Stacey Dash who is not new to controversy, says that the BET Awards and Black History Month should eliminated. The FOX News contributor and actress was talking about the 2016 Oscars controversy where she addressed the ongoing outrage over the lack of minority nominees i…

Jada Pinkett Smith & Spike Lee Boycott The Oscars Over Lack Of Diversity (Video)

Jada Pinkett Smith hinted at an Academy Awards Boycott this weekend after she posted the following message on her Facebook page: Her husband, Will Smith, was an Oscar nominee contender for his role in Concussion but he didn't make the final cut of landing a nomination.  …