 Get Out, the only screening listed is for the latter film.
Smith's tweets suggest that the movie with an all-black female cast (also including Queen Latifah and Regina Hall) wasn't even given a fair chance.
Seemingly making the situation even worse, the Golden Globes still apparently asked Haddish to present at the show, according to Smith's tweets.
Smith also pointed to films like The Big Sick, which received no nominations, and Get Out, which was nominated as a comedy, despite its serious tone.
The only major film category with black female nominees is Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role, with nods to Mary J. Blige (Mudbound) and Octavia Spencer (The Shape of Water). The 2018 black male nominees in film are Denzel Washington (Roman J. Israel Esq.) and Daniel Kaluuya (Get Out).
Ironically, the Golden Globes awards a breakout star every year with its Miss Golden Globes Award, renamed Golden Globes Ambassador this year. Originally, this award was given to up-and-coming actors and has evolved into an award for celebrity children, this year's winner being Dwayne Johnson's daughter Simone. But as Smith explains, it's undeniable that Haddish was 2017's breakout star and it girl, at least in comedy.
GQ published a piece referring to Haddish as "2017's Biggest Breakout Comedy Star" while Vanity Fair called Haddish "the funniest person alive right now." Haddish was also included in NYT Magazine's exceptional group of actors in this year's Great Performers issue. And in Nov., Haddish made TV history by becoming the first black female comedian to host Saturday Night Live.
The actor was nominated for awards in the 2018 Critics' Choice Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress categories. In November, Haddish won her first official award for the film when the New York Film Critics Circle named her this year’s best supporting actress.
As Smith points out, there's no denying the critical acclaim Girls Trip received since its summer debut. After four weeks, Girls Trip reached over $100 million at the U.S. box office and is at a 89 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
While Haddish has yet to respond to the news on social media, her co-star Smith intends to remain vocal about the issue and hopes this will be a vehicle in the conversation moving forward.
If Haddish wasn't worthy of an award or even a nomination, that would be one thing. But the track record of reviews and praise proves otherwise, which is what makes the situation all the more disappointing.Conceptual/minimalist artist Peter Downsbrough has worked across different media throughout his career, with the artist’s book being one one of his primary practices.
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If you have, or are a parent of a student with, dyslexia or other reading difficulty chances are you know the challenges it can present when it comes to reading. Struggling with reading can prevent a student from developing confidence in reading, which can impact their confidence in other school subjects (and life). As a parent you want your child to develop a love of reading, and not just for school. You want them to open up to and enjoy the world of books.
The C-Pen Reader is a small, compact pen-like device that scans text and reads it out loud. An assistive technology designed to promote independent learning and reading in students with dyslexia and reading difficulties, it seems like an ideal bit of tech to help them read better on their own.
For over $200, the C-Pen Reader represents a fair amount of money for any parent, so we decided to check it out to see if it lives up to it’s claims and to help you decide if it’s worth the money.
What is a C-Pen Reader?
The C-Pen Reader is a brand of reading pen made by Swedish company Virrata AB.
A light weight, pocket-sized device designed to help people with dyslexia and other reading difficulties, essentially you use the C-Pen Reader like a highlighter. Roll it across the text you want read and it will scan, process and read it out loud.
The C-Pen Reader can read individual words or whole sentences, depending on your needs, and has a built-in dictionary that you can turn on or off, so students can instantly look up words they don’t know. The definitions, of course, can also be read out loud.
The C-Pen Reader supports English, French and Spanish, and its English setting can be adjusted to read back in a number of accents, including a nice Irish brogue. To be fair, though, they are all computerized speech so they all still sound a bit tinny.
Interestingly, the C-Pen also has 1GB of free space to let you record voice memos or,we suppose, as an emergency USB key.
How does the C-Pen Reader Work?
The basis of the C-Pen Reader, and other reading pens, is optical character recognition (OCR) technology, software that takes text that is scanned in and then outputs it into an editable format. To put it simply, it takes a picture of the words on the page and turns it into digital text.
The device then stores the scanned text (which you can upload later), processes it, and then reads it out loud through an inbuilt speaker. It can also look up the words and read the definitions to you. This is a great way to both learn new words and hear how they are pronounced.
The C-Pen stores text in its memory, which you can then choose to have it read out loud at a later time. With a scan to file option, you can transfer everything you have scanned to your computer, which is great for making your own notes and SAT/ACT prep.
You can set a delay of up to 3 seconds between scanning and reading, so your student can try and visually scan and process the word itself.
You can also pause, continue and replay the read aloud function, which is great if your child has auditory processing difficulties.
What hardware do I need for a