His movie, “The Revenant”, got 12 Oscar nominations Thursday morning, including a Best Actor nomination.
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According to Deadline Hollywood, the president, Cheryl Boone Isaacs, reacted in a way that was both diplomatic, but clearly frustrated as she spoke about the diversity problem among the nominations.
Sylvester Stallone (“Creed”), Mark Rylance (“Bridge of Spies”), Mark Ruffalo (“Spotlight”), Christian Bale (“The Big Short”) and Tom Hardy (“The Revenant”) will be vying for the Actor in a Supporting Role trophy.
Sharpton expressed concern after this year’s Oscar nominations were released, and no African-Americans were up for one of the 20 available slots in the four acting categories nominated by Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Best Documentary and Best Original Screenplay. Scott has never won an Oscar, despite being nominated three times for “Thelma & Louise”, “Gladiator” and “Black Hawk Down”.
For best actress, “Carol” star Cate Blanchett and “Room” star Brie Larson, who portrayed a kidnapped mother living in captivity with her son, are seen as the favorites in a category that also includes veteran British actress Charlotte Rampling (“45 Years”). Filmmakers shamefully missing from the nominations include Ridley Scott, Todd Haynes and Aaron Sorkin, all at the peak of their creative powers with The Martian, Carol and Steve Jobs, respectively.
The film – a biopic of hip hop group N.W.A – was widely praised by critics and had been expected to sweep the board when the nominations for the Academy Awards were announced on Thursday.
The full list of best picture nominees consists of “The Big Short”, “Bridge of Spies”, “Brooklyn”, “Mad Max: Fury Road”, “The Martian”, “The Revenant”, “Room”, and “Spotlight”.
Film producer and director Reginald Hudlin, who is co-producer of this year’s Oscar telecast, called the situation “frustrating”. Early on, I thought that Spotlight and Carol would be duking it out for the Best Picture win-so this snub is truly shocking to me.
The Academy Awards will be hosted by Chris Rock and will take place at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood on Sunday, Feb. 28, live on ABC.
Yes, Inside Out did get a nomination for Best Animated Feature.
In March of 2015, UCLA’s report wanted to get down to the bottom of this, and to the shock of no one, the report found that these decisions are made at the top level, and that diversity problems stem from a lack of minorities in executive roles. The Weeknd’s “Earned It” from “Fifty Shades of Grey” was nominated instead.
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Ms Grigg said she heard before Christmas she had been shortlisted, and had to prepare a 10-minute film of her work which she took to Los Angeles to show to members of the Academy and answer questions.
