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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

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White Casting Resurfaces As A Modern-Day Issue

Comments (1) | #OscarsSoWhite, Aloha, Asian Americans, Film and TV, hollywood, whiteness, Whitewashed

Emma Stone in Aloha (YouTube)

Cristian Pagan
Staff Reporter

Whitewashing in the entertainment industry is once again surfacing. 

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

Oscars 2015: Ranking The Performances From Worst To Best

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Neil Patrick Harris shined in his opening number, with cameos from Anna Kendrick and others. (@JustJared / Twitter)

Michelle Tiu
Associate Entertainment Editor

The Dolby Theater in Hollywood was alive with "The Sound of Music."

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Buzz

Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

Have The Oscars Finally Exposed Hollywood’s White Maleness To White People?

Comments (0) | #OscarsSoWhite, 2015 Oscars, Academy Awards, annenberg, Ava DuVernay, Commentaries, gender inequality, hollywood, Jessica Chastain, MDSCI, Oscars, racism, Selma, Stacy L. Smith, women in film

(Photo from AP Images)

Will Federman
Editor-in-Chief

Thursday’s Oscar nominations forced people to confront an uncomfortable truth about the movies we watch — excessive white maleness.

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

#OscarsSoWhite Is Right, But Needs To Go Further

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Jeremy Fuster
Staff Reporter

There are better ways to push for diversity in the Oscars and Hollywood than retweeting a collage of white nominees.

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

#OscarsSoWhite Brings To Light Lack of Diversity Within 2015 Oscar Nominees And The Academy

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Jessica Moulite
Staff Reporter

In the span of a few hours, people tweeted #OscarsSoWhite over 20,000 times. 

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