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    The Oscars Are Still So White, but Why?

    This year's Oscar nominees are so exclusively white that Will Smith and other black actors are talking about a boycott. The Academy's critics say the real problem lies with overwhelmingly white Hollywood studios.

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    By Warren Olney • Jan 21, 2016 • 10m Listen

    This year's Oscar nominees are so exclusively white that Will Smith and other black actors are talking about a boycott. The Academy's critics say the real problem lies with overwhelmingly white Hollywood studios.

    For the second year in a row, The Oscars are being ridiculed for ignoring non-white actors, directors and movies…and a growing list of Hollywood luminaries are threatening to boycott the awards. But entertainers and executives admit the root of the industry's diversity problem lies with Hollywood studios. Kim Masters is host of The Business on KCRW and editor-at -large for the Hollywood Reporter.

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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      KCRW

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      Andrea Brody

      Senior Producer, KCRW's Life Examined and To the Point podcast

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      Paul von Zielbauer

      Co-founder of Geezer magazine, former producer for To the Point and Which Way LA?; former reporter for the New York Times

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      Kim Masters

      partner/writer at Puck News, host of KCRW's “The Business.”

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