Spike Lee has other plans on Oscars night: the Knicks game

“We can’t say hocus pocus, presto changeo, and the [Academy] membership is going to change over night…”

Jada Pinkett Smith, David Oyelowo, Lupita Nyong’o, and even George Clooney, are all publicly bemoaning the fact that #OscarsSoWhite again.

The Oscars, on February 28, will air on ABC.

The Furious 7 actor also told the publication he is anxious the controversy might overshadow the work of fellow actor Leonardo DiCaprio, who has been nominated for Best Actor for his role in the critically acclaimed film The Revenant. “There are 40 actors and we can’t get no play, it’s ridiculous”.

For the second year in a row, not a single person of color has been nominated for an acting Oscar.

Almost thirty years later, we’re still having the same conversation.

“I think people think they’re hipper than they really are sometimes, and they think they’re more progressive than they really are”, he said. Following a two-year study of membership to various academy branches, Peck and the Board of Governors took away the right to vote for the Oscars from many retired members, and brought in classes of younger members. Get HELLO! Canada, PEOPLE, Vanity Fair and over 100 more of the world’s best magazines for one low monthly price at Texture by Next Issue.

The Academy is no stranger to controversy.

“Perhaps the ratio of new diverse members could be based on either the population of diverse theatergoers or the dollars spent by diverse theatergoers”, recommends Robert Johnson, the founder of Black Entertainment Television.

Already a two-time victor for “Gentleman’s Agreement” and “On the Waterfront”, Kazan named names when called to testify about Communism before the House Un-American Activities Committee in 1952. His detractors, who called him a “rat” and a “snitch”, blamed him for the ruination of careers.

Courtside over red carpet!

Nearby, about 100 more protesters demonstrated against Communism – and in support of Mr. Kazan – with such signs as “Thank you, Kazan, for not being silent” and “Hollywood Communists supported Stalin”. Are gay people always stereotyped? Until real change to represent all genders, races, ethnicities, and sexual orientations is made, Isaacs’ statement proves that the Oscars in their current state are a relic, wholly worthy of ignoring.