Matt Damon

Jasmyne Cannick joined Roland Martin Wednesday on NewsOne Now to discuss her blog post calling for liberal Hollywood to boycott the Academy Awards and said, "I think at the end of the day, it's an easy out to call on Blacks to boycott the Oscars -- if every single one of us tuned out and didn't watch the Oscars, it really wouldn't hurt their bottom line."

Viewers were confused to see the episode titled "Hot Ghetto Mess," with no indication for its reasoning - other than the episode's focus on Brown and diversity.

Actor Matt Damon should be promoting his upcoming film, The Martian, instead he’s found himself defending some out of this world comments. Recently he used the power of white privilege to “enlighten” film producer, Effie Brown, the only African American participant in his Project Greenlight contest, on the unimportance of diversity in film.    Upon backlash, […]

Matt Damon apologizes for the way he handled his comments on diversity.

NewsOne’s Top 5 takes a quick look at the trending stories you’re talking about:  Whitesplaining: Matt Damon Rudely Attempts To Explain Diversity To Successful Black Filmmaker…

Matt Damon's politically incorrect standpoint on diversity has added to the ongoing conversation of racial inequality in Hollywood.

Matt Damon rudely interrupts Effie Brown, a successful Black filmmaker, to try to school her on diversity in Hollywood.