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From TheDailyVoice.com: Is it already the end of the road for Hollywood’s newest black stars?

NEW YORK — Lil Wayne was sentenced Monday to a year in jail in New York City for having a loaded gun on his tour bus in 2007, then was taken away in handcuffs to begin his term immediately.

Image is everything. Whoever said that was apparently right, especially in the Los Angeles area, home of the movie industry, the recent Academy Awards and the annual Wadsworth Elementary School Black History Month parade. All have been in the news lately highlighting the continuing controversy over representations of blackness. The controversy is centered on one […]

From Ohio.com: Screenwriter Geoffrey Fletcher defied most pre-Oscar expectations when his Precious script won for best adapted screenplay — with his first nomination to boot.

The 82nd Annual Academy Awards took place at the Kodak Theatre on March 7, 2010 in Hollywood, California.

Mo’Nique has won the Best Supporting Actress for the film “Precious”. Mo’Nique was the 16th African American actress to receive an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress. The comedienne and actress shot to fame in the UPN series “The Parkers” while also making a name for herself as a comic on the stand-up circuit. […]

In honor of the 82nd annual Academy Awards ceremony this Sunday, here’s a look back at all the Black actresses and actors who have won or been nominated for Oscars. RELATED STORIES OPINION: Should Black Folks Celebrate If “Precious” Wins An Oscar? OPINION: 10 Biggest Black Snubs at the Oscars

Black people have long shared a fraught relationship with the Academy Awards.