What You Said About …

REMEMBERING DAVID BOWIE

Kudos for TIME’s Jan. 25 appreciation of the late rock star, by Isaac Guzmán, came from media as diverse as HLN and NBC’s Extra, as well as from readers. Stuart Harris of Dublin, Ohio, called the piece “excellent” and praised Guzmán for finding “a way to condense years of music and artistry” into six pages. Many readers were struck by the cover photo, an iconic 1989 Herb Ritts portrait of Bowie in a dazzling striped bodysuit. Ad Age called it “stunning,” and fans shared the image widely on social media. On Twitter, @janehmul wrote that it was an “amazing cover for an out of this world artist” and @Inwest hailed it as “the most iconic pop/fashion photograph of all time.”

TED CRUZ RISING

Alex Altman’s Jan. 25 piece on the growing chance that Cruz could be the GOP nominee prompted many readers to express their anxiety about Cruz’s appeal to religious conservatives. Robert Carver of New Orleans was left “deeply disturbed” by the prospect of a President who could “undermine the very foundation of our nation” with his ties to people he feels want to “impose a form of Christian nationalism on the U.S.” rather than uphold “the constitutional mandate to keep the government neutral in matters of religion.” Merlin Dorfman of San Jose, Calif., cautioned that those Cruz supporters “don’t represent all evangelicals, much less all Christians, and we should not let them pretend they do.”

OSCARS OMISSION

For the second year in a row, the Motion Picture Academy nominated only white actors for Oscars, which prompted criticism (see page 53). How does this period fare against years past? TIME Labs mapped out an interactive history of Oscars diversity dating back to the first awards in 1929. See the whole chart at labs.time.com.

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The awards for 2006 were more diverse than most, with Forest Whitaker, top, beating Will Smith for Best Actor.

Also nominated that year was Penélope Cruz, for her performance in Volver. (She lost to Helen Mirren for The Queen.)

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A new TIME.com video takes viewers door to door in New Hampshire with volunteer canvassers for Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders, highlighting the campaign work that can make or break a candidate’s success. Watch at time.com/canvassers.

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