Jada Pinkett-Smith

In a recent interview with The Real, Janet Hubert expressed her admiration for Jada Pinkett Smith's artistry: "I respect Jada highly. I respect her skill, I respect her as an artist, I respect her as an actress, very much."

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With the hashtag #OscarsSoWhite inspiring dialogue around the White-washed Academy Awards, the NAACP Image Awards are even more important.

Let's not pretend that Pinkett-Smith hasn't consistently advocated for Black people, especially girls and women.

Jasmyne Cannick joined Roland Martin Wednesday on NewsOne Now to discuss her blog post calling for liberal Hollywood to boycott the Academy Awards and said, "I think at the end of the day, it's an easy out to call on Blacks to boycott the Oscars -- if every single one of us tuned out and didn't watch the Oscars, it really wouldn't hurt their bottom line."

Fox News' Stacey Dash has made yet another bizarre comment regarding racial issues and this time, it was sparked by the Oscars diversity controversy.

Jada Pinkett Smith acknowledged President Cheryl Boone Isaacs' plan to ensure The Academy includes more diversity amongst it's membership

Jada Pinkett Smith says she’ll boycott the Academy Awards next month and now one of her husband’s former co-stars is blasting her.  Janet Hubert, the actress who originally played Aunt Viv on Will Smith’s “Fresh Prince of Bel Air” aired some of her grievances on YouTube Monday.

  Jacque Reid goes Inside Her Story with Tonya Lewis Lee, the wife of legendary filmmaker Spike Lee, about their plans to boycott this year’s Oscars in…

  I have breaking news to share with you about the Oscars. The president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Cheryl Boone…

The academy has finally broken its silence after Jada Pinkett Smith and Spike Lee called out the Oscar Awards for its lack of recognition for Black actors this year and in the past. While Jada has decided to boycott the awards altogether this year (see her video below), Spike also confirmed he will not be in […]