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The Academy Awards,
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the biggest night of the year for actors
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and red carpet salesmen.
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Today, the Academy announced this year's nominations,
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and as always, it was who got left out
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that's got everyone talking.
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This year's Oscar nominations were announced this morning.
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And there were some big surprises
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and some big snubs, as well.
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Joker taking the lead with 11 nominations.
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No women nominated in the director's category.
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Greta Gerwig definitely was snubbed this morning
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for Little Women.
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ISSA RAE: The Irishman, Martin Scorsese.
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Joker, Todd Phillips.
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1917, Sam Mendes.
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Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Quentin Tarantino.
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And Parasite, Bong Joon-ho.
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Congratulations to those men.
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(laughter, groaning)
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Wow. Issa Rae. Damn.
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You know you're in trouble
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when someone can throw shade by congratulating you.
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And I'll be honest-- I get why she said that, right?
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Because those aren't just all male directors.
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Those are all very male movies.
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Like, if you take out Parasite,
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women probably have ten minutes of dialogue
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in all the other films combined.
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Like, there's no reason women shouldn't have bigger roles
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in these movies, except for 1917,
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because women weren't invented until the '30s.
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-(laughter) -That's a fact.
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I mean, like, where's Little Women?
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-Personally, I loved the movie, right? -(applause and cheering)
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Also, the Oscar voters loved the movie, which is weird.
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It's really strange, because it was nominated for six awards,
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including best picture, best screenplay,
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two acting nominations,
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but then somehow Greta Gerwig wasn't nominated for director.
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How the hell does that happen? Uh, it was just two people like,
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"What an amazing movie."
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"Yeah, and did you know the movie directed itself?"
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"Wow. That's incredible!"
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I mean, I'm glad
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that at least one black woman was nominated for best actress.
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Congratulations, Cynthia Erivo. That's exciting.
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(applause and cheering)
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Although, it is kind of predictable
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that it was for playing a slave. Yeah.
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I'm not saying she didn't deserve it, but just imagine
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if every white actor who was nominated got it
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for playing a supervisor at Whole Foods, huh?
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White people, you're more than just that!
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But you know what was the biggest snub for me?
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Film editing. How are you not gonna nominate the guy
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who edited the Jeffrey Epstein security tapes?
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How?! How?!
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Speaking of snubs,
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the Democratic Party has been criticized recently
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for its debate stage becoming as white as the Oscars.
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And today's news is not gonna help.
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MAN: Breaking news on the 2020 race.
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Senator Cory Booker is out.
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The senator making that announcement online
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just moments ago.
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Today, I'm suspending my campaign for president
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with the same spirit with which it began.
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Campaigning over this last year
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has been one of the most meaningful experiences
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of my life.
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That's right.
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Cory Booker has announced
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that he is officially quitting
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the Democratic presidential race.
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And look, you can quit however you want,
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but I do think it's weird
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that his quitting video doesn't look like he's quitting.
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(laughter)
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He's out there with crowds, shaking hands.
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(laughter)
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And everyone does this. My opinion is,
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if you're going to drop out of the race,
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your video should look like you dropped out of the race.
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It should just be you sitting alone on a park bench,
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or cleaning out your desk.
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I want it to look depressing!
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(laughter)
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But, yeah, whatever happens in November,
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America will not be electing a black president.
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And you know, Obama must be secretly happy about this. Yeah.
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He's probably in Martha's Vineyard like,
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"Ah, that's right. Ah, first and last, bitches!"
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(cheers and applause)
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"I'm the blackest of all time.
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What you know about that?"
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And you have to admit, between the Oscars and this,
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this is definitely not a great week
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for liberals in America, right? Because think about it.
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Democrats in Hollywood are always talking
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about how important diversity is,
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but they're the ones who always seem
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to end up celebrating a bunch of white people, you know.
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And this is almost like finding out
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Greta Thunberg secretly hunts polar bears in a race car.
