British Oscar nominees Charlotte Rampling and Idris Elba,known for their differing views, are tipped for Evening Standard prizes The green-room chat would be worth listening to when Charlotte Rampling and Idris Elba, and two magnificent British actors who have taken starkly opposed positions on one of the most contentious issues in film nowadays,meet at an awards ceremony in London.
The Evening Standard film awards take spot on Sunday evening in London. Elba, nominated for the Evening Standard award for best actor, or for nearly every other screen award going,is one of the black actors strikingly missing from the Oscar nominations, where the all-white awards lineup has led to stars including Will Smith and his wife Jada Pinkett-Smith, and the director Spike Lee,announcing they will boycott the ceremony. Related: Oscars 2016: Charlotte Rampling says diversity row is 'racist to white people' Related: Academy poised for radical rule-changes to tackle Oscars diversity crisis Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com