Spike Lee Calls for Diversity As He Accepts Honorary Oscar

Spike Lee told an audience of entertainment luminaries that it's easier for a black person to become President of the United States than head of a Hollywood studio or network. Lee made the remarks Saturday as he accepted an Oscar statuette at the film academy's seventh annual Governors Awards dinner in Hollywood, where Gena Rowlands and Debbie Reynolds were also honorees. "We need to have some serious discussions about diversity and get some flavor up in this," Lee...

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