oscar snubs

The Academy Awards shut Carol out of major categories and didn't nominate a single actor of color. Will you be tuning in this year? 

Milk, the timely and prescient biopic about gay rights activist Harvey Milk, landed eight Academy Award nominations, the Academy announced Thursday. However, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button led the way with 13 nominations, while Revolutionary Road was virtually shut out. Penelope Cruz picked up a nod for playing bisexual.

With Blue Is the Warmest Color's stars shut out of acting categories we thought we'd take a look at the snubs that would not have happened on our watch.

Oscar-winning screenwriter and actor Ben Affleck might be legitimately pissed about being snubbed for an Oscar nomination for directing the excellent film Argo this year, but if his 1993 directorial debut is any indication, Affleck hasn't always had such a keen directorial eye.

SheWired.com Senior Editor Tracy E. Gilchrist and Advocate.com Editor-in-Chief Ross von Metzke take on Aretha Franklin's Inauguration chapeau, Kate Winslet and the Revolutionary Road Oscar snub and Pink's hot ass in her new video. Plus Cher, Meryl Streep and Glenn Close references, and there's the usual, sniping, dirty talk and generally bad behavior.

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