"Bully"= A Push For Ratings Change

This is an article in the LA Times by David Dobkin, the director of "Wedding Crashers". He criticizes the MPAA and how they judge movies that get an R rating. He argues that "Bully" should not be constrained to normal rating because it is a documentary. By telling a real life story he thinks it should be exempt from an R so that children can see what goes on in reality.

Oscars 2012: An effort to be inclusive

This article from the LA Times notes the noticeable attempt by the Academy at creating a more culturally diverse atmosphere for the awards ceremony.

It was interesting to me that they only mentioned the African-American side of the diversification we saw because it was more than the black community that saw some spotlight.

Iranian director, Asghar Farhadi's "A Separation" won an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film which was the country's first Oscar win. Ever.

While I agree with the article in that the award ceremony did seem to obviously embrace the black community a little extra than usual, cultural diversity is not synonymous with African-American people.