FOREST WHITAKER - OSCAR: GOLD OR WHITE?

Despite the fact that Forest Whitaker, Eddie Murphy and Jennifer Hudson all appear to be frontrunners at this Sunday's Oscar awards ceremonies, Jesse Jackson remains unsatisfied with Hollywood's progress towards racial diversity. "While I feel joy for those outstanding performances, my concern is that people will take these as a substitute for progress," Jackson told today's (Thursday) edition of Daily Variety. "We want to keep the light on unfinished business." He pointed out that of the 5,830 members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, only 110 are African-Americans. "The voting doesn't at all reflect the current reality of the population," he said.

22/02/2007