Oscar Nominations Announced and Finally, White People Are Represented This Year

Hello Oscars 2016. Now that another year of the Golden Globes and Ricky Gervais disappear into the history books, the Academy Awards take their place. How many terrorist attack tributes will their be? Over/under pegged at 2.

The nominations were announced this morning. We could talk about who the Academy left out. There’s a bigger story this year though. Finally, white people have proved they have just as much talent and skills, and most importantly, opportunity, as any other minority in Hollywood today.

No longer will they will relegated to making B-movies that go straight to video or that glorify the violence in their neighborhoods. We won’t have to see the same five white people mentioned for any role of substance. Hollywood truly is colorblind now because white people have been nominated in every major acting category and zero, I repeat, zero non-white actors have been nominated. #OscarsSoWhite.

The nominations for the Academy Awards in 2016 are:

Best Motion Picture
The Big Short
Bridge of Spies
Brooklyn
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Room
Spotlight

Best Actor
Bryan Cranston, Trumbo
Matt Damon, The Martian
Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant
Michael Fassbender, Steve Jobs
Eddie Redmayne, The Danish Girl

Best Actress
Cate Blanchett, Carol
Brie Larson, Room
Jennifer Lawrence, Joy
Charlotte Rampling, 45 Years
Saoirse Ronan, Brooklyn

Best Supporting Actor
Christian Bale, The Big Short
Tom Hardy, The Revenant
Mark Ruffalo, Spotlight
Mark Rylance, Bridge of Spies
Sylvester Stallone, Creed

Best Supporting Actress
Jennifer Jason Leigh, The Hateful Eight
Rooney Mara, Carol
Rachel McAdams, Spotlight
Alicia Vikander, The Danish Girl
Kate Winslet, Steve Jobs

Best Director
Adam McKay, The Big Short
George Miller, Mad Max: Fury Road
Alejandro G. Iñárritu, The Revenant
Lenny Abrahamson, Room
Tom McCarthy, Spotlight

Best Adapted Screenplay
The Big Short
Brooklyn
Carol
The Martian
Room

Best Original Screenplay
Bridge of Spies
Ex Machina
Inside Out
Spotlight
Straight Outta Compton

Best Animated Feature Film
Anomalisa
Boy and the World
Inside Out
Shaun the Sheep Movie
When Marnie Was There

Best Cinematography
Carol
The Hateful Eight
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant
Sicario

Best Documentary Feature
Amy
Cartel Land
The Look of Silence
What Happened, Miss Simone?
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