An Oscar first: Afro Latina Ariana DeBose wins Best-Supporting for ‘West Side Story’ - New York Amsterdam News

Ireland News News

An Oscar first: Afro Latina Ariana DeBose wins Best-Supporting for ‘West Side Story’ - New York Amsterdam News
Ireland Latest News,Ireland Headlines
  • 📰 NYAmNews
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 11 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 8%
  • Publisher: 63%

Sometimes, you have to ask yourself the hard questions, like are there significant changes in Hollywood around the issues of racism particularly when it centers on the Latino and Afro-Latino communities.

I use as an example Ariana DeBose’s Oscar win for Best Supporting Actress playing the role of Anita in “West Side Story.” Imagine, it was 60 years ago that legend Rita Moreno became the first Latina to win an Oscar , for that same role of Anita. Together, they are the first pair of women ever to accomplish this.

Just 31, DeBose joins a very small list of Latina women who’ve been nominated for acting awards at the Oscars, including four for Best Actress and less than a dozen for Best Supporting Actress.

We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

NYAmNews /  🏆 269. in US

Ireland Latest News, Ireland Headlines



Render Time: 2025-04-01 03:26:13