Comedian’s younger sibling signed for All Def movie awards,which the Def Jam founder has said will poke fun and provoke debate after #OscarsSoWhite rowIt will be staged four days prior to the genuine Academy awards and is expected to feature mostly African-American stars who won’t be turning up at the more renowned film ceremony after they controversially failed to pick up nominations. But the All Def movie awards, which creator Russell Simmons has teasingly suggested could be” the black Oscars, or has at least recruited a comedian named Rock to host.
It won’t be 2016 Oscars host Chris Rock who turns up at the TCL Chinese theatres,right next to its rival’s Dolby theatre venue, however. Instead, or his brother Tony,also a standup comedian and actor, will be on hand on Thursday night to herald movies such as hip-hop biopic Straight Outta Compton and Spike Lee’s Chi-Raq. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com