Scarlett Johansson played Major Mira Killian / Motoko Kusanagi in Ghost in the Shell. The casting received a lot of criticism since the movie was based on a Japanese manga.

Presented as a translation of an out-of-print Japanese text, this National Book Award-winning metafictional novel takes place in colonial-era Taiwan, and follows a Japanese writer on a trip during ...

"It's not like I'm Al Jolson in blackface singing 'Mammy.' ... It's 180 degrees from that. It's an innocent movie, it's got innocent messages, and it's got some very, very deep messages.

Its logo was a man in blackface likening the image of Al Jolson, a white performer who mocked African Americans in minstrel shows in the midst of the Jim Crow era. The idea was that blackface ...

About the Album: Rare early recordings, some live, of Al Jolson from Chip Deffaa's own extensive collection. "Swanee," "Medley: Whispering / My Melancholy Baby / Poor Butterfly," "Ma Blushing ...

About the Album: In the 1920s, Al Jolson was America's most famous and highest-paid entertainer and dubbed The World's Greatest Entertainer. He popularised many songs that benefited from his ...

Oscar nominee Fernanda Torres has issued an apology for wearing blackface in a comedy sketch 17 years ago. The "I'm Still Here" star, 59, in a statement to Deadline on Sunday acknowledged that ...

She’s still here — with an apology. Fernanda Torres released a statement over the weekend apologizing for wearing blackface in a resurfaced comedy skit from the Brazilian TV show “Fantastico ...

MSNBC’s Rev. Al Sharpton called on all Americans to boycott companies eliminating diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, claiming they are trying to send Black people to the "back of ...

Dave Benett/Getty Fernanda Torres has apologized after a 2008 clip of her in blackface resurfaced ahead of the 97th Academy Awards. The I’m Still Here star, 59, who received an Academy Award ...