Leave it to Helen Mirren to be classy about #OscarSoWhite. The Academy Award-winning actress sat down with Channel 4 News in the U.K. to talk about Trumbo, the Oscars and the race between Ted Cruz and He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named.
Mirren said that the Academy's system isn't necessarily flawed, but that this year's nominations "just happened to work out that way" — "that way" being a race that includes only white actors, for the second year in a row.
She also cited Idris Elba's award-winning performance in Beasts of No Nation, which "absolutely would've been nominated for an Oscar" if the movie had been seen by more people. Read more...
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