Oscar-nominated actor who came out in attacks pace of industry change on diversity, and says new film Freeheld mirrors her own journey. Ellen Page has accused Hollywood of double standards on homosexuality, arguing that she should be able to play roles of any sexuality despite having recently come out as gay. The Oscar-nominated star of Juno and Hard Candy said she had been asked if she feared becoming pigeonholed after signing up for a number of gay-themed roles over the past two years. However, she also conceded that Hollywood was slowly improving in its attitudes to diversity. Page said her six-year battle to bring gay rights drama Freeheld to the big screen had informed her decision to come out in February It felt wildly inappropriate to be playing this character as a closeted person.

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Jen Shah is calling out what she feels is a "double standard" when it comes to how her behavior is perceived by her Real Housewives of Salt Lake City castmates. Shah, whose background is Hawaiian and Tongan, opened up to Page Six in a recent interview about how she was allegedly called "scary" by Lisa Barlow and Meredith Marks after she threw a glass during her husband Sharrieff's birthday party. While Marks and Barlow deny describing Shah in that way, in a preview from this week's episode, Shah, 47, stands by her claim and told Page Six that the word "means something different to us. And, she added, it's much different than how her castmates reacted to Heather Gay , who is white, recently saying she was "going to cut a bitch. Calling out what she considers a "double standard," Shah explained, "I hope that we can get some education from it and people can make some changes … I don't think it's coming from a place of being malicious.