The Unwelcome Sequal to ‘Oscars So White’ Draws Twitter Storm

Will his fifth Oscar nomination be the charm?

– Deniz Gamze Erguven, the Franco-Turkish director of “Mustang”, which is among the nominees for best foreign language film.

“In a year with an extraordinary number of great performances by black actors that were embraced by audiences and embraced by critics, for them all to get ignored is tragic”, said Reginald Hudlin, who will produce the February 28 awards ceremony hosted by comedian Chris Rock.

There was widespread surprise that the lack of diversity persisted despite the marked backlash a year ago when _ like this year _ all acting nominees were white and there was only one director of colour, eventual victor Alejandro Inarritu (also nominated Thursday, for “The Revenant”). Yet his name wasn’t called in the adapted category.

However, the only gong it was revealed to be in line for was Original Screenplay. “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” is nominated for Best Editing, Best Sound, Best Visual Effects, and that classic John Williams score. Eight films were nominated for best picture, with some strongly fancied films missing out, including Carol, which scored six nominations, but nothing for director Todd Haynes, still without a best director nod. That might be seen as a victory for Snoke and his evil minions.

“Spotlight” support. It’s hard to suss out just how voters felt about the actors in “Spotlight”. “Hollywood is like the Rocky Mountains, the higher up you get the whiter it gets and this year’s Academy Awards will be yet another Rocky Mountains, “the group’s founder, the Reverend Al Sharpton, said in a statement-apparently the same one he issued last year in response to the Oscar nominations”. Last year’s Twitter hashtag #OscarsSoWhite has been reborn, as well as the follow-up #OscarsStillSoWhite.

There have been many rumours over the years, that Leonardo DiCapriohas been offered comic book movie roles, which he has always turned down but, if he was to win the Best Actor Oscar 2016, could we see him finally agreeing to play a superhero on the big screen?

For the second consecutive year, all 20 slots went to White actors. Redmayne stars in “The Danish Girl, a movie that hasn’t garnered much attention outside of his costar Alicia Vikander”.

Oscar nominees for Best Supporting Actor are shown in this combination of file photos (L to R) Mark Rylance, Christian Bale, Tom Hardy, Sylvester Stallone and Mark Ruffalo.

Will Smith for “Concussion“, Idris Elba for “Beasts of No Nation” and Michael B. Jordan for “Creed” were among those expected to be nominated but noticeably left off the list.

In addition, this year’s nominees for best picture featured nearly entirely male casts.

The Oscars may choose up to 10 films for best picture. How did Ridley miss the cut?