Despite glowing reviews and an anticipated Oscar nod, David Oyelowo, who portrays Martin Luther King Jr. in Selma, was left out of the Best Actor category filled instead by Steve Carell (Foxcatcher), Bradley Cooper (American Sniper), Benedict Cumberbatch (The Imitation GameBirdman) and Golden Globe winner Eddie Redmayne (The Theory of Everything). Oyelowo would have been a glimmer of diversity in an otherwise white-washed field of nominees in every acting category, but alas, The Academy failed to recognize his work.
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