oscars - The Hilltop https://staging.thehilltoponline.com The Nation's Oldest Black Collegiate Newspaper Sat, 04 Mar 2017 07:51:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 https://staging.thehilltoponline.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/cropped-NewHilltopLogo-32x32.jpg oscars - The Hilltop https://staging.thehilltoponline.com 32 32 248273635 COLUMN: Thank the Academy? https://staging.thehilltoponline.com/2017/03/04/column-thank-the-academy/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=column-thank-the-academy Sat, 04 Mar 2017 07:51:40 +0000 http://staging.thehilltoponline.com/?p=9308 By David DePriest, Columnist Posted 2:45 AM EST, Sat., March 4, 2017 Moonlight is a masterpiece. There’s no doubting that. Yet despite being one of the best film of the year, no one expected it to win Best Picture at the Oscars last Sunday. Many said it was too artsy and experimental, too unapologetically queer, […]

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]]> 9308 OPINION — “Be the Gold You Wanna Hold, My G’s”: Black Creatives and Award Shows https://staging.thehilltoponline.com/2017/02/27/opinion-be-the-gold-you-wanna-hold-my-gs-black-creatives-and-award-shows/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=opinion-be-the-gold-you-wanna-hold-my-gs-black-creatives-and-award-shows Mon, 27 Feb 2017 17:45:55 +0000 http://staging.thehilltoponline.com/?p=9162 Chantè Russell, Staff Writer Posted 12:45 PM EST, Mon., Feb. 27, 2017 To the surprise of many, Beyoncé did not win the Album of the Year for “Lemonade” during the 59th Grammy Awards, Feb. 12. But was it really all that shocking? In the 59 years The Grammys have been around, only eleven Black artists have won […]

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