Actor Will Smith stars in Collateral Beauty. Photo: AFP
#OSCARSSOWHITE was the recent trending hashtag on social media in response to this year’s acting nominations in the United States. Twenty nominations for the major categories and not a single African American or Latino in sight. For the second year in a row.
Will Smith (who probably thought he had a chance at winning with based-on-a-true-story Con-cussion where he plays a Nigerian doctor who saves American lives on an American football field – it’s almost like the role was tailor made for awards) complained bitterly, and said he would not attend the ceremony. Others agre
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