The nominees for best supporting actor are Christian Bale (“The Big Short”), Mark Ruffalo (“Spotlight”), Mark Rylance (“Bridge of Spies”), Stallone (“Creed“) and Hardy (“The Revenant”).
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The “OscarsSoWhite” backlash is one sequel Hollywood doesn’t want to see when nominations are announced Thursday morning for the 88th annual Academy Awards.
Others used social media to air their frustrations, using the hashtag, #OscarsSoWhite.
He posted: “Why did the Oscars announce all the white nominees first?”
Redmayne, nominated this year for his role as transgender pioneer Lili Elbe in The Danish Girl, won the 2015 Academy Award for his performance as Stephen Hawking in The Theory of Everything.
Despite grossing more than $200 million worldwide, “Straight Outta Compton” also failed to get a nod. Chris Rock, the Oscar host in 2005, will host the event for the second time this year.
The Revenant is leading the Oscar race this year with 12 nominations, including best picture, supporting actor and best director. Mad Max has received ten nominations this year, including Best Special Effects, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Production Design, Best Director and even Best Picture. All three boast budgets above $100 million.
Matt Damon plays NASA astronaut Mark Watney in “The Martian”, which has been nominated for six Oscars.
Colombian director Ciro Guerra has garnered the first ever Academy Award nomination for his country with his film “Embrace of the Serpent”, which is competing for a Best Foreign Language Film prize.
Finally, we have the Best Picture category that every movie strives to win.
On hearing the news of him being nominated, Leonardo DiCaprio said: “I am so grateful to the Academy for their recognition of this film. Champagne and Mezcal will run tonight!”, said the director ahead of its premiere here.
The Oscars, voted on by the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, can have up to 10 best picture nominees, but voters selected just eight this year. “We made that movie for the people”, Ice Cube, one of the film’s producers, said on “The Daily Show”.
Jennifer Lawrence is up for her fourth Best Actress nomination.
Oscar victor Cate Blanchett has also been recognised for her work in the lesbian drama, “Carol”.
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“I was not expecting it … especially at this time in my life”, the 69-year-old actor said in a statement.
