LUPITA NYONG’O INVITED TO VOTE ON HOLLYWOOD OSCARS

June 26, 2014.Reading time 2 minutes.

LOS ANGELES Kenyan Oscar winner Lupita Nyong’o, Somalia’s Barkhad Abdi, “Happy” songster Pharrell Williams and Irish-German star Michael Fassbender are among 271 actors newly invited to join Hollywood’s Oscar-bestowing Academy, organisers have said. Other non-US invitees include Britain’s Sally Hawkins and Steve Coogan, as well as Japanese animation master Hayao Miyazaki and Israeli-born Palestinian director […]

LUPITA NYONG’O IS A CINDERELLA FOR EVERYBODY

March 8, 2014.Reading time 6 minutes.

“No matter where you are from, your dreams are valid.” Dignified, inspiring words spoken by young woman who looked like a fairy princess on Hollywood’s most spectacular night. Lupita Nyong’o won the Academy Award for best supporting actress — and black, brown and “other” women and girls all around the world exhaled with relief and cheered […]