Actress Jada Pinkett Smith recently announced that she will be boycotting this year's Academy Awards ceremony. She, along with Spike Lee say that they are fed up with the Hollywood's failure to recognize the contributions of black actors. They are calling for other black actors to follow suit and sit out this year's ceremony. This is nothing new for Spike, he has long been very vocal about this issue. As for Jada, perhaps she decided that she too has had enough, especially after husband, Will Smith, was not nominated for an Oscar for his turn in the movie
Concussion. Will Smith, in years past was a major box office draw. He's very likeable. But let's face it, he's not a great actor. I was looking at his
filmography, and there have only been a couple of times that he could have seriously been considered for an Oscar. One was for his performance in
Six Degrees of Separation and the other was for
The Pursuit of Happyness. He was very good in both.
