VIDEO : Al Sharpton Backs Oscars Boycott

Al Sharpton, the US civil rights activist, is backing calls for a boycott of the 2016 Oscars. The boycott stemms from the US Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences? failure to nominate a single actor of colour for the second year running. Sharpton said Hollywood had ?locked out? people from black and ethnic minority backgrounds. He announced his National Action Network would ?launch a serious campaign for people to tune out of the Oscars?.