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Racial controversy mires Academy Awards nominations

This year's Academy Awards ceremony is mired in a racial controversy. There's been a call to boycott the ceremony because African-American actors and actresses were not nominated for a second consecutive

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Jan 19, 2016, 11:27 PM

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