Los Angeles Times

#OscarsSoWhite creator on academy list: ‘A lot of work still must be done’

The Hollywood buzzword of the moment has been “diversity,” thanks in large part to the hashtag #OscarsSoWhite and its creator April Reign. The former attorney and managing editor of BroadwayBlack.com ...
Fox2Now St. Louis

#OscarsSoWhite hashtag returns; it starts with the academy

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. This year’s debate over #OscarsSoWhite is ...
TODAYonline

New members joined film academy because of 'Oscars So White' hashtag

WEST HOLLYWOOD — The newest members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences say the #OscarsSoWhite crisis inspired them to seek membership. At a private reception on Monday (Sept 26) for ...
Los Angeles Times

#OscarsSoWhite creator on Oscar noms: ‘Don’t tell me that people of color, women cannot fill seats’

When April Reign started using the hashtag #OscarsSoWhite on Twitter last year, she didn’t know that it would become the massive rallying cry for increased diversity that it has. She was just trying ...
GMA Network

#OscarsSoWhite hashtag returns for 2020 Academy Awards

LOS ANGELES — April Reign remembers precisely where she was in January 2015 when she launched the #OscarsSoWhite movement with a simple, offhand tweet. "I'd love to have a sexy story that I was ...
Marketing Interactive

CAAS hands Hashtag Interactive social duties for training academy

Singapore Aviation Academy, the training arm of Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS), has appointed Hashtag Interactive for social media duties for a year. Hashtag beat out 10 other agencies ...