
He just oozes douchiness.
Via Guardian:
George Clooney has added his voice to a rising chorus of protest at the Oscars’ failure to nominate a single actor of colour for an award, saying that the Academy is “moving in the wrong direction”.
For the second year running, the Academy nominated 20 white actors in the acting categories, leading to protests and a boycott of the event led by director Spike Lee and actor Jada Pinkett Smith and joined by documentary maker Michael Moore.
Speaking to Variety, Clooney said that more African Americans were nominated a decade ago. “I think around 2004, certainly there were black nominees – like Don Cheadle, Morgan Freeman. And all of a sudden, you feel like we’re moving in the wrong direction.”
Clooney said that he was surprised Creed, Beasts of No Nation and Straight Outta Compton had been overlooked by the Oscars, and that Will Smith had not received a best actor nomination for Concussion.
“I think that African Americans have a real fair point that the industry isn’t representing them well enough,” said the actor. “I think that’s absolutely true.”
