Oscars: Spike Lee boycotted Oscars – SPIEGEL ONLINE

Spike Lee and Jada Pinkett Smith have no desire on the Oscar gala. Because the second consecutive year exclusively white actors were nominated for the most important film award, the black US filmmaker Lee and the black actress Smith boycott the award ceremony on February 28.

“We can not support,” Lee wrote in a post on Instagram. After he initially it thanked to have received the honorary Oscar for lifetime achievement in November, the director, producer and actor indignant about this year’s list of nominees: “How is it possible that the second consecutive year, all 20 nominees for the Speeches are actors Category knows? We do not have the other categories. 40 white actors in two years and not Black. Can not we act? ”

Lee accused the leaders in the Hollywood studios, film rolls, the prospect of a Oscar have not to fill with dark-skinned actors. One of the reasons is the lack of black-makers in the US film industry. . “It is easier to be a black US president to perform as a studio,” concluded Lee

Jada Pinkett Smith, whose husband Will starring in “Shocking Truth” and was not nominated, wrote on Facebook: “At the Oscars, we must always happy hand over the trophies and entertain people, but our artistic achievements are seldom recognized.”

In a video message Smith added that she would not attend the award ceremony and they do not even watch. “To beg recognition, or even to ask for it diminishes dignity and power,” she said.

The African-American president of the Academy Academy, Cheryl Boone Isaacs, commented sadly in a statement about the lack of diversity in the nominees. She was heartbroken and frustrated, she wrote. The Academy enterprising dramatic steps to make their diverse membership. It is time for big changes. The 6,000 members of the Academy decide on Oscar nominations and winners

The most important nominations at a glance:.

BEST FILM: “The Revenant – The returnees”, “Spotlight”, “The Big Short”, “The Martians – Save Mark Watney,” “Bridge of Spies – The Negotiator,” “Brooklyn – A love between two worlds”, “Room “” Mad Max: Fury Road “

BEST DIRECTOR: Tom McCarthy (” Spotlight “), Alejandro González Iñárritu (” The Revenant – The returnees “), George Miller ( “Mad Max: Fury Road”), Lenny Abrahamson (“Room”), Adam McKay (“The Big Short”)

Best Actress: Cate Blanchett (“Carol”) , Brie Larson (“Room”), Saoirse Ronan (“Brooklyn – A love between two worlds”), Charlotte Rampling (“45 years”), Jennifer Lawrence (“Joy – Anything but ordinary”)

Best Actor : Leonardo DiCaprio (“The Revenant – The returnees”), Michael Fassbender (“Steve Jobs”), Eddie Redmayne (“The Danish Girl”), Bryan Cranston (“Trumbo”), Matt Damon (“The Martians – Save Mark Watney”)

Best Supporting Actress: Jennifer Jason Leigh (“The Hateful Eight”), Rooney Mara (“Carol”), Rachel McAdams (“Spotlight” ), Alicia Vikander (“Ex Machina”), Kate Winslet (“Steve Jobs”)

Best Supporting Actor: Christian Bale (“The Big Short”), Mark Ruffalo (“Spotlight”), Mark Rylance (“Bridge of Spies – The Negotiator”), Sylvester Stallone (“Creed – Rocky’s Legacy”), Tom Hardy (“The Revenant – The returnees”)

Best Foreign Language Film : “Son of Saul” (Hungary), “Theeb” (Jordan), “A War” (Denmark), “Mustang” (France), “The shaman and the serpent” (Colombia)