Cheryl Boone Isaacs, the President of the Academy, admitted she is disappointed in the lack of diversity and stressed that the Academy is pushing for change.
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And the cast of “Straight Outta Compton” was also shut out.
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.
There was more success of Hardy at the Oscars as Mad Max: Fury Road picked up ten nominations, including one for Best Picture. The actor was first nominated for an Academy Award 22-years ago, for his supporting role of Arnie Grape in 1994’s “What’s Eating Gilbert Grape”.
Film producer and director Reginald Hudlin, who is co-producer of this year’s Oscar telecast, called the situation “frustrating”.
The Revenant leads this year’s nominations with 12, including a nod for latino director Alejandro González Iñárritu, but after The Academy’s drawn out attempts at diversity, #OscarsSoWhite continues to rumble on.
“What is important is that this entire conversation of diversity is here and that we are talking about it”, said Isaacs.
The film, which follows the story of fur trapper Hugh Glass as he recovers from a near-death experience in the wilderness, has gained plenty of acclaim for its gritty scenes and stunning visuals.
In the best actress category is Golden Globe-winner Brie Larson, Charlotte Rampling, Jennifer Lawrence, Saoirse Ronan and Carol’s Cate Blanchett.
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Will his fifth Oscar nomination be the charm?
Scott was expected to win the best director category this year for his ambitious space epic starring Matt Damon. Some of them are rather technical categories (sound editing, sound mixing, etc), but it has chances in the categories of the best movie and best directing as well.
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The best original screenplay nomination, which Reign tweeted to note, went to the writers of Compton, who are both white.
