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Oscar Nominations Announced

by Jaybird · January 13, 2020

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Jaybird says:

January 13, 2020 at 6:01 pm

Joker has 11 nominations.
Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, The Irishman, and 1917 each have 10 nominations.
Jojo Rabbit, Little Women, Parasite, and Marriage Story each have 6.Report
Jaybird says:

January 14, 2020 at 10:04 am

There are, apparently, concerns about the Oscars showing a lack of diversity.

Stephen King had this to say:

As a writer, I am allowed to nominate in just 3 categories: Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Original Screenplay. For me, the diversity issue–as it applies to individual actors and directors, anyway–did not come up. That said…

— Stephen King (@StephenKing) January 14, 2020

…I would never consider diversity in matters of art. Only quality. It seems to me that to do otherwise would be wrong.

— Stephen King (@StephenKing) January 14, 2020

A couple of hours later, he clarified his thoughts:

The most important thing we can do as artists and creative people is make sure everyone has the same fair shot, regardless of sex, color, or orientation. Right now such people are badly under-represented, and not only in the arts.

— Stephen King (@StephenKing) January 14, 2020

You can't win awards if you're shut out of the game.

— Stephen King (@StephenKing) January 14, 2020

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