50 Cent hopes Obama would help end black-white Hollywood divide.Byline: ANI Washington, November 15 (ANI): 50 Cent is looking forward to the working of President-elect Barack Obama's administration, because he hopes the victory will help wipe out racism from Hollywood. The American rapper claimed that though African-American actors such as Will Smith, Samuel L. Jackson “Samuel Jackson” redirects here. For the senator from Indiana, see Samuel D. Jackson. Samuel Leroy Jackson (born December 21, 1948) is an American Academy Award-nominated and BAFTA-winning actor. and Denzel Washington Denzel Hayes Washington, Jr. (born December 28, 1954) is a two-time Academy Award and Golden Globe Award-winning American actor and director. He has garnered much critical acclaim for his portrayals of several real-life figures, such as Steve Biko, Malcolm X, Rubin "Hurricane" had made their mark in Hollywood, yet their success did not represent the plight of all black artists. Fiddy, who shot to fame with the multi-platinum success of his albums "Get Rich or Die Tryin" in 2003 and "The Massacre" in 2005, said that the industry still held the white and black barriers and Obama could bring the divide one step closer to its end. "There's two Hollywood. There's white Hollywood and there's black Hollywood," Contactmusic quoted him as saying. "Those lines are still there, but this is a step to getting rid of those lines," he added. (ANI) Copyright 2008 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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