The Oscar nominees have been announced. If you think the list of nominees could get any less diverse than last year’s #OscarsSoWhite hashtag-spawning roster — think again.
Not a single actor or actress of color earned a nomination for an acting category. In fact, the only films featuring a cast with people of color that earned a nomination this year are “Straight Outta Compton” for Best Screenplay, “What Happened, Miss Simone” for Best Documentary and “Creed” for Best Supporting Actor — but for these films, only their white contributors were recognized.
#OscarsSoWhite that Rocky got nominated in a movie about Apollo Creed's son.
— Hari Kondabolu (@harikondabolu) January 14, 2016
To make it clear, Straight Outta Compton IS nominated for Best Screenplay AND has a predominately black cast (we see you Paul Giamatti), but the screenplay writers actually up for the awards are Andrea Berloff and Jonathan Herman.
#OscarsSoWhite black people can't even get nominated for the movies about black people… https://t.co/3ZM9y09R7b
— Mkay (@JoyAnnReid) January 14, 2016
There’s a sprinkle of color in the Best Picture category thanks to “The Revenant” director Alejandro González Iñárritu — who is Mexican as well as the Best Original Song category thanks to The Weeknd’s “Earned It.”
Chris Rock will be hosting this year’s ceremony on Sunday, Feb. 28, at the Dolby Theater. We can’t wait to hear what he’s going to say.
Check out the nominees below.
Best Picture
The Big Short
Bridge of Spies
Brooklyn
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Room
Spotlight
Actor in a Leading Role
Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant
Bryan Cranston, Trumbo
Matt Damon, The Martian
Michael Fassbender, Steve Jobs
Eddie Redmayne, The Danish Girl
Actress in a Leading Role
Cate Blanchett, Carol
Brie Larson, Room
Jennifer Lawrence, Joy
Charlotte Rampling, 45 Years
Saoirse Ronan, Brooklyn
Directing
Adam McKay, The Big Short
George Miller, Mad Max: Fury Road
Alejandro G. Inarritu, The Revenant
Lenny Abrahamson, Room
Tom McCarthy, Spotlight
Foreign Language Film
Embrace of the Serpent, Colombia
Mustang, France
Son of Saul, Hungary
Theeb, Jordan
A War, Denmark
Original Score
Bridge of Spies
Carol
The Hateful Eight
Sicario
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Original Screenplay
Bridge of Spies
Ex Machina
Inside Out
Spotlight
Straight Outta Compton
Adapted Screenplay
The Big Short
Brooklyn
Carol
The Martian
Room
Production Design
Bridge of Spies
The Danish Girl
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Visual Effects
Ex Machina
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Film Editing
The Big Short
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant
Spotlight
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Actress in a Supporting Role
Jennifer Jason Leigh, The Hateful Eight
Rooney Mara, Carol
Rachel McAdams, Spotlight
Alicia Vikander, The Danish Girl
Kate Winslet, Steve Jobs
Actor in a Supporting Role
Christian Bale, The Big Short
Tom Hardy, The Revenant
Mark Ruffalo, Spotlight
Mark Rylance, Bridge of Spies
Sylvester Stallone, Creed
Animated Feature
Anomalisa
Boy in the World
Inside Out
Shaun the Sheep Movie
When Marnie Was There
Animated Short Film
Bear Story
Prologue
Sanjay’s Super Team
We Can’t Live Without Cosmos
World of Tomorrow
Live Action Short
Ave Maria
Day One
Everything Will Be Okay
Stutterer
Shok
Makeup and Hairstyling
Mad Max: Fury Road
The 100 Year Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared
The Revenant
Sound Mixing
Bridge of Spies
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Sound Editing
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Sicario
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Costume Design
Carol
Cinderella
The Danish Girl
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant
Documentary Feature
Amy
Cartel Land
The Look of Silence
What Happened Miss Simone
Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom
Documentary Short Subject
Body Team 12
Chau, Beyond the Lines
Claude Lanzmann
A Girl in the River
Last Day of Freedom
Cinematography
Carol
The Hateful Eight
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant
Sicario
Original Song
“Earned It” 50 Shades of Grey
“Manta Ray” Racing Extinction
“Simple Song #3” Youth
“’Til It Happens to You” The Hunting Ground
“Writing’s on the Wall” Spectre
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