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Academy Awards president ‘happy’ about 6 black actor nominations

By AFP
25 Jan 2017 | 6:00 am | 0m 53s

Academy Awards President Cheryl Boone Isaacs is 'extremely happy' that six black actors are nominated, one year after the 'Oscars So White' movement denounced the lack of diversity at the awards.

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