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Spike Lee, Jada Pinkett Smith to boycott Oscars

By 2016-01-18T19:54:00

Spike Lee Jada Pinkett Smith

Two of Hollywood’s most prominent African-Americans used the Martin Luther King Jr public holiday in the US to declare they will stay away from the 88th annual Academy Awards on February 28 as the #OscarsSoWhite backlash gathered momentum.

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