A few days after the national holiday honoring Martin Luther King and the city is bristling with indignant stories about the obvious absence of black nominees for the Academy Awards. (kcrw.com)
This year, three of the nine Best Picture nominees (Moonlight, Fences and Hidden Figures) have a primarily Black cast, with Joi McMillon becoming the first Black nominee for Best Film Editing for Moonlight. (ff2media.com)
Thankfully, the headslapping Golden Globe snub in the Best Director category, which led some to worry that he wouldn't be the fifth black nominee in this category in Oscar history, was a one - off snafu. (rollingstone.com)