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Jasmyne Cannick joined Roland Martin Wednesday on NewsOne Now to discuss her blog post calling for liberal Hollywood to boycott the Academy Awards and said, "I think at the end of the day, it's an easy out to call on Blacks to boycott the Oscars -- if every single one of us tuned out and didn't watch the Oscars, it really wouldn't hurt their bottom line."

The Hollywood Reporter ruffled some feathers among both the industry and the public when they blamed standards of the entertainment industry on their all-White award season cover.

Lupita Nyong’o, fresh from her Academy Award win for 12 Years A Slave, has signed with Hollywood talent agency CAA. According to sources, she became the target of every major agency as soon as she signed on to the film, but according to insiders By, EURweb.com Read more:http://blackamericaweb.com/2014/04/22/lupita-nyongo-signs-with-top-talent-agency-caa/