--- description: #OscarsSoWhite is trending again title: The Oscars Are Very White This Year—Again image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0c25d13846d8d5f0/698879160a4a22cd3e9c7e55/oscar-nominees-best-actor-2016.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # The Oscars Are Very White This Year—Again by [Sarah Begley](/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 14, 2016 2:41 PM CUT  Oscar nominees for Best Actor are shown in this combination of file photos. From left to right, Bryan Cranston, Matt Damon, Michael Fassbender, Eddie Redmayne, and Leonardo DiCaprio. Oscar nominees for Best Actor are shown in this combination of file photos. From left to right, Bryan Cranston, Matt Damon, Michael Fassbender, Eddie Redmayne, and Leonardo DiCaprio.Reuters by [Sarah Begley](/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 14, 2016 2:41 PM CUT The [2016 Oscar nominations](http://time.com/4178963/oscar-nominations-2016/ "undefined") are in, and perhaps even more so than in recent years, the list presents very little in the way of diversity. While Mexican director Alejandro González Iñárritu swept the nominations with [_The Revenant_](http://time.com/4157304/the-revenant-movie-review/ "undefined")_,_ his film earned only nominations for white actors ([Leonardo DiCaprio](http://time.com/4172752/leonardo-dicaprio-best-roles/ "undefined") and Tom Hardy). Not a single non-white actor is nominated in any of the four acting categories. The Twitter hashtag [#OscarsSoWhite](http://time.com/3669143/oscars-2015-nominations-white/ "undefined") was revived accordingly on Thursday, with people complaining about the lack of diversity and naming non-white actors who could have picked up nods for their work this year. > [](https://twitter.com/RaminSetoodeh/status/687632492711514112) > [](https://twitter.com/Some1tosayHito/status/687636194931245056) > [](https://twitter.com/filmbuffcw/status/687638822012633088) > [](https://twitter.com/prenerk/status/687649431240364032) > [](https://twitter.com/WritersofColour/status/687649171545919488) > [](https://twitter.com/CarlosDiazB/status/687648786844377088) > [](https://twitter.com/ParkerMolloy/status/687635441252601856) Still, some were hopeful that at least Chris Rock would skewer the Academy’s disinterest in diverse representation when he hosts the award show on Feb. 28. > [](https://twitter.com/jsdilworth/status/687640212764229633) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4180433/oscar-nominations-white-diversity-oscarssowhite/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4180433/oscar-nominations-white-diversity-oscarssowhite/"},"headline":"The Oscars Are Very White This Year—Again","datePublished":"2016-01-14T14:41:55.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T14:07:46.523Z","description":"#OscarsSoWhite is trending again","url":"https://time.com/4180433/oscar-nominations-white-diversity-oscarssowhite/","keywords":["movies"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0c25d13846d8d5f0/698879160a4a22cd3e9c7e55/oscar-nominees-best-actor-2016.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sarah Begley","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0c25d13846d8d5f0/698879160a4a22cd3e9c7e55/oscar-nominees-best-actor-2016.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Oscar nominees for Best Actor are shown in this combination of file photos (L to R) Bryan Cranston, Matt Damon, Michael Fassbender, Eddie Redmayne, and Leonardo DiCaprio.","caption":"Oscar nominees for Best Actor are shown in this combination of file photos (L to R) Bryan Cranston, Matt Damon, Michael Fassbender, Eddie Redmayne, and Leonardo DiCaprio.","creditText":"Reuters","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4180433/oscar-nominations-white-diversity-oscarssowhite/","name":"The Oscars Are Very White This Year—Again"}}]}] ```