Zaineb Abdul-Nabi made history during the 2014 Oscars as the first American-Muslim woman to wear a hijab on the red carpet and on stage at the awards. One writer points out that it is her work in film that should define her, and not her head covering. When Zaineb Abdul-Nabi made an appearance onthe Oscars red carpet and stage last weekend, my Twitter ...

12 Years A Slave won best picture at the 86th Academy Awards on Sunday night, a poignant victory for the harrowing look at slavery in the United States. Brad Pitt, one of the producers and stars, accepted the honor and then handed off accepting duties to director and fellow producer Steve McQueen. Everyone deserves not just to survive but to ...

Ellen DeGeneres @TheEllenShow If only Bradley's arm was longer.Best photo ever.#oscarspic.twitter.com/C9U5NOtGap Mar. 2, 2014 When Oscars host Ellen DeGeneres took her record-breaking "selfie" during the 86th Academy Awards social audiences responded in three ways.First, they retweeted it more than 2 million times.It broke the current ...

Best Picture Oscar goes to 12 Years A Slave, which also wins Best Supporting Actress for Lupita Nyong'o and Best Adapted Screenplay for John Ridley, whose resume includes Three Kings (1999) and TV shows Third Watch and The Wanda Sykes Show. 12 Years' win in the biggest category shows that Academy voters do not mind a harrowing depiction if it is in ...