Networks call South Carolina for Hillary within seconds

Entrance and exit polls predicted that Hillary Clinton would win South Carolina by a wide margin, and the news networks weren’t about to disagree, calling the race for Clinton literally the second the polls officially closed.

That African American vote is a major focus of the pundits looking at exit poll data.

We’ll post some actual vote totals as they come in.

Read more: http://twitchy.com/2016/02/27/news-networks-call-south-carolina-for-hillary-clinton-within-seconds-of-polls-closing/

Academy announces steps ‘to immediately increase diversity’

The Motion Picture Academy, “heartbroken”as more and more celebrities threaten toboycott this year’s awards ceremony to protest the unbearable whiteness of the nominees, is moving quickly to silence its critics. And by quickly, we mean really quickly. The Academy’s board of directors met Thursday night and voted on several new initiatives it hopes will double the number of women and diverse members of the Academy by 2020.

First, the Academy realized its policy of “voting membership for life” left it with a lot of old, white fat that couldn’t be trimmed. Newly inducted members will be given a 10-year term, which is renewable if considerations are met. The board also addedthree new term-limited governor seats“in order to immediately increase diversity on the Board of Governors.”

The Academy has alsolaunched a mysterious but“ambitious global campaign to identify and recruit qualified new members who represent greater diversity.”

Read more: http://twitchy.com/2016/01/23/oscarslesswhite-motion-picture-academy-announces-steps-to-immediately-increase-diversity/

This Photographer Traveled To 37 Nations To Prove That Female Beauty Is Everywhere

The photo task “Atlas of Beauty” took photographer Mihaela Noroc to 37 nations, where she saw limitless versions of beauty over 15 months.

1. 2 yrs ago Romania-based professional photographer Mihaela Noroc decided she required a change in the woman life.

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Havana, Cuba

2. “I had jobs that I didn’t like. I happened to be working simply for money, had exhausting and uniform days, and I also understood that my entire life could possibly be like this,” she told BuzzFeed Information.

Riga, Latvia

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Amazonian Rain Forest

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3. A vacation overseas inspired her to create an alteration.

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El Paico, Chile

4. “A trip to Ethiopia revealed me some wonderful ladies, far away from our modern world and trends. This is the moment when I recognized that beauty is every where and I also could show this to all society.”

Mihaela Noroc

Omo Valley, Ethiopia

5. This led to the woman picture project “Atlas of Beauty,” where she invested the second 15 months taking a trip the planet taking pictures of women in 37 various countries.

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Medellin, Colombia

6. She informed BuzzFeed there are numerous aspects to beauty:

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Plantou Tibetan, China

7. “We shouldn’t lose our cultures, customs, and beginnings because these make us different and stunning.”

San Francisco, United States Of America

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Yangon, Myanmar

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8. But the travel was not always simple.

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Tbilisi, Georgia

9. “I came across a myriad of viruses, along with some exhausting rides by land.”

Maramures / Romania

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Ecuador

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10. Though ultimately, the project affirmed Noroc’s beliefs.

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Shiraz, Iran

11. “I can say that every day of traveling confirms if you ask me that beauty is really every-where,” she stated.

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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

12. Mihaela hopes to keep her committed project and intends to happen to be more countries as time goes by.

Mihaela Noroc / Via theatlasofbeauty.com

“i wish to publish 1st edition of this ‘Atlas of Beauty’ after I make another journey,” she said. “I need more pictures and much more diversity to exhibit that people inhabit a great world.”

Read more: http://www.buzzfeed.com/javiermoreno/this-photographer-traveled-the-world-to-show-that-female-bea