{"id":14777,"date":"2016-02-19T20:24:50","date_gmt":"2016-02-19T20:24:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mytrendybuzz.com\/blog\/?p=14777"},"modified":"2016-02-19T20:24:50","modified_gmt":"2016-02-19T20:24:50","slug":"russell-simmons-plans-all-def-movie-awards-scheduled-days-before-the-oscars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mytrendybuzz.com\/blog\/2016\/02\/19\/russell-simmons-plans-all-def-movie-awards-scheduled-days-before-the-oscars\/","title":{"rendered":"Russell Simmons Plans &#8220;All Def Movie Awards&#8221;, Scheduled Days Before The Oscars"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start --><p>For better or worse &#8211; #OscarsSoWhite has become the anthem for this year\u2019s awards season due to the realization that just like the year before \u2013 the pool of nominees in the major categories are all white \u2013 except for a handful of talent.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mytrendybuzz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/russell-simmons-diamond-empowerment-fund.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14778\" src=\"http:\/\/mytrendybuzz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/russell-simmons-diamond-empowerment-fund.jpg\" alt=\"russell-simmons-diamond-empowerment-fund\" width=\"623\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mytrendybuzz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/russell-simmons-diamond-empowerment-fund.jpg 623w, http:\/\/mytrendybuzz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/russell-simmons-diamond-empowerment-fund-300x177.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 623px) 100vw, 623px\" \/><\/a><!--more-->Right after the nominations were announced, actress Jada Pinkett Smith <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/jada\/videos\/10153983404106320\/\">released<\/a> a video confirming that she and hubby Will Smith, who failed to garner a best actor nomination for his work in <em>Concussion<\/em> \u2013 would not be attending the Oscars. Director Spike Lee, whose latest controversial offering, <em>Chi-raq<\/em> also didn\u2019t register with the Academy \u2013 announced that he and his wife were not planning on attending the prestigious ceremony scheduled for Feb. 28.<br \/>\nThis prompted other A-listers to consider boycotting while actor\/singer Tyrese Gibson and rapper, 50 Cent called on Oscar host, Chris Rock, to consider backing out of his gig. The comedian and actor is still planning on fulfilling his obligations and Kerry Washington, Kevin Hart, Morgan Freeman and Whoopi Goldberg have been invited to present on the big night.<br \/>\nBut mogul, Russell Simmons is taking a different route when it comes to the full blown controversy. Simmons has created his very own award show &#8211; \u201cThe All Def Movie Awards\u201d which will take place just days before the Academy Awards.<br \/>\nIn a statement released right after his announcement, Simmons made it clear that his award show should not be regarded as \u201cthe Black Oscars\u201d. He went on to explain that it \u201cwill be a fun, entertaining and hopefully thought provoking celebration of the uncelebrated\u201d.<br \/>\nSimmons went on to verify his inspiration for staging his own award show by pointing out older white men who mostly comprise of the Academy would most likely pass on viewing a film like <em>Straight Outta Compton<\/em>, which would make it hard for them to include the film during the voting process.<br \/>\n\u201cI\u2019m more concerned that in 2016 there continues to be a stunning lack of diversity in the studios, in the green light process, in the decisions of what films and television series get made and what actors get chosen. This needs to be addressed institutionally\u201d.<br \/>\nThe festivities are planned for Feb. 24, at the TCL Chinese Theatre &#8211; and the arrival segment will feature a black carpet as opposed to the traditional red tones. There will also be live musical performances. \u00a0And for those who can\u2019t attend \u2013 streaming services will be provided.<br \/>\nThe best picture category is littered with the films that were blatantly ignored by the Academy \u2013 <em>Beasts of No Nation<\/em>, <em>Chi-raq,<\/em> <em>Concussion,<\/em> <em>Creed<\/em>, <em>Dope<\/em> and <em>Straight Outta Compton<\/em>.<br \/>\nOther categories include, best actor, best actress, best director, and \u201cbest bad muh f**ka\u201d. There is also a shoutout to the \u201cbest helpful white person\u201d and \u201cbest black survivor in a movie\u201d.<br \/>\nFor laughs and a grand ole time, comedian Tony Rock has been commissioned to host the ceremony.<\/p>\n<!-- google_ad_section_end -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For better or worse &#8211; #OscarsSoWhite has become the anthem for this year\u2019s awards season due to the realization that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1,38,6],"tags":[2743,2294,2577,1939,2557,2569,2742,2744,2489,344,530,2364,1872],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v17.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Russell Simmons Plans &quot;All Def Movie Awards&quot;, Scheduled Days Before The Oscars - MyTrendyBuzz<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Russell Simmons plans &quot;All Def Movie Awards&quot; to highlight excellence that has been ignored.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/mytrendybuzz.com\/blog\/2016\/02\/19\/russell-simmons-plans-all-def-movie-awards-scheduled-days-before-the-oscars\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Russell Simmons Plans &quot;All Def Movie Awards&quot;, Scheduled Days Before The Oscars - 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