<![CDATA[Jezebel: carpetbagger]]> http://tags.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/jezebel.com.png <![CDATA[Jezebel: carpetbagger]]> http://jezebel.com/tag/carpetbagger http://jezebel.com/tag/carpetbagger <![CDATA[ Black models aren't the only creatives of...]]> Black models aren't the only creatives of color getting the shaft: according to a U.S.C. Study quoted in the New York Times, females and non-whites are grossly underrepresented in films nominated for the Best Picture Oscar. "The data show there are almost three speaking males for every one female and more than four white speaking characters for every one non-white character," says U.S.C.'s Stacy Smith, a professor of communication and the principle researcher in the study. The Times Oscar blog, the Carpetbagger, points out that of 20 people nominated for acting awards this year, only Ruby Dee is black. [New York Times]

]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=359786&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[ Juno's adorable Ellen Page is the subject...]]> Juno's adorable Ellen Page is the subject an interview on "Carpetbagger," the New York Times' Oscar blog. It's a bit milquetoast, but you do learn that Page named her dog Patti after Patti Smith and that everyone at some dinner honoring Juno got a hamburger phone just like Ellen's in the movie.

[NYT —Carpetbagger]

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