Calls for boycott of Oscars grow over diversity of nominees

Tuesday, January 19, 2016

NEW YORK -- Calls for a boycott of the Academy Awards are growing over the Oscars' second straight year of all-white acting nominees, as Spike Lee and Jada Pinkett Smith each said Monday they will not attend this year's ceremony.

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