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Silence is golden for big Hollywood stars on Oscar boycott

Actor Mark Ruffalo poses at the BAFTA Los Angeles Awards Season Tea Party in Beverly Hills, CaliforniaBy Jill Serjeant NEW YORK (Reuters) - Will Smith and Spike Lee may be shunning the Oscars party next month but while the absence from the contest of actors of colour for a second year has sparked hand-wringing in Hollywood, few other celebrities plan to follow their lead. A week after nominations were announced for the highest honours in show business, only four stars - Smith, Lee, director Michael Moore, and Jada Pinkett-Smith - have announced their intention to stay away from the Feb. 28 ceremony in protest over long-running lack of diversity in the movie industry. Others, like Oscar winners George Clooney and Lupita Nyong'o, have called for change but have signalled no intention to stay at home.




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