BEST ACTOR
Hey, lookit! Another parade of white guys! Without even having one second of consternation I would bump Bradley Cooper, Eddie Redmayne and Benedict Cumberbatch off of this list and replace any one of them with David Oyelowo who was wonderful as Dr. Martin Luther King in SELMA. I’d also toss Jake Gyllenhaal on there too since his not getting nominated for his mesmerizing performance in NIGHTCRAWLER is just criminal but that is a subject for a different post. Anyhoo, Oyelowo checked off all of the boxes Academy voters look for when handing out a Best Actor nod: he is playing a beloved real life historic figure; he is British and doing an American accent; and he gave a dignified/multi-layered performance. His not getting nominated is a major black eye for The Academy in any year.
Crustula 
When was the last time a black director was nominated for anything none persecution related?
The industry seriously needs to diversify.
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That is a very good point. It seems that there needs to be an element of racial hardship to the piece to get a black director a nod.
And let’s not even get started on Asian actors/directors/writers who tend to be completely ignored if their name isn’t Ang Lee.
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Well this is what makes me laugh because I was checking my top ten films of the year. Every single one was directed by a white man. Even the Raid 2 was directed by a Welsh guy.
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I was so shocked when I found out that Gareth Evans was the director of the The Raid films. I was thinking the guy who made Ong Bak was the director or something.
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Hey, glad to see people still talking about this. It’s not just an Oscar problem, but an industry problem!
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Exactly. There really needs to come a time when we get more diversity in major studio tentpole films both in front and behind the camera.
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