The Academy Awards,
the biggest night of the year for actors
and red carpet salesmen.
Today, the Academy announced this year's nominations,
and as always, it was who got left out
that's got everyone talking.
This year's Oscar nominations were announced this morning.
And there were some big surprises
and some big snubs, as well.
Joker taking the lead with 11 nominations.
No women nominated in the director's category.
Greta Gerwig definitely was snubbed this morning
for Little Women.
ISSA RAE: The Irishman, Martin Scorsese.
Joker, Todd Phillips.
1917, Sam Mendes.
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Quentin Tarantino.
And Parasite, Bong Joon-ho.
Congratulations to those men.
(laughter, groaning)
Wow. Issa Rae. Damn.
You know you're in trouble
when someone can throw shade by congratulating you.
And I'll be honest-- I get why she said that, right?
Because those aren't just all male directors.
Those are all very male movies.
Like, if you take out Parasite,
women probably have ten minutes of dialogue
in all the other films combined.
Like, there's no reason women shouldn't have bigger roles
in these movies, except for 1917,
because women weren't invented until the '30s.
-(laughter) -That's a fact.
I mean, like, where's Little Women?
-Personally, I loved the movie, right? -(applause and cheering)
Also, the Oscar voters loved the movie, which is weird.
It's really strange, because it was nominated for six awards,
including best picture, best screenplay,
two acting nominations,
but then somehow Greta Gerwig wasn't nominated for director.
How the hell does that happen? Uh, it was just two people like,
"What an amazing movie."
"Yeah, and did you know the movie directed itself?"
"Wow. That's incredible!"
I mean, I'm glad
that at least one black woman was nominated for best actress.
Congratulations, Cynthia Erivo. That's exciting.
(applause and cheering)
Although, it is kind of predictable
that it was for playing a slave. Yeah.
I'm not saying she didn't deserve it, but just imagine
if every white actor who was nominated got it
for playing a supervisor at Whole Foods, huh?
White people, you're more than just that!
But you know what was the biggest snub for me?
Film editing. How are you not gonna nominate the guy
who edited the Jeffrey Epstein security tapes?
How?! How?!
Speaking of snubs,
the Democratic Party has been criticized recently
for its debate stage becoming as white as the Oscars.
And today's news is not gonna help.
MAN: Breaking news on the 2020 race.
Senator Cory Booker is out.
The senator making that announcement online
just moments ago.
Today, I'm suspending my campaign for president
with the same spirit with which it began.
Campaigning over this last year
has been one of the most meaningful experiences
of my life.
That's right.
Cory Booker has announced
that he is officially quitting
the Democratic presidential race.
And look, you can quit however you want,
but I do think it's weird
that his quitting video doesn't look like he's quitting.
(laughter)
He's out there with crowds, shaking hands.
(laughter)
And everyone does this. My opinion is,
if you're going to drop out of the race,
your video should look like you dropped out of the race.
It should just be you sitting alone on a park bench,
or cleaning out your desk.
I want it to look depressing!
(laughter)
But, yeah, whatever happens in November,
America will not be electing a black president.
And you know, Obama must be secretly happy about this. Yeah.
He's probably in Martha's Vineyard like,
"Ah, that's right. Ah, first and last, bitches!"
(cheers and applause)
"I'm the blackest of all time.
What you know about that?"
And you have to admit, between the Oscars and this,
this is definitely not a great week
for liberals in America, right? Because think about it.
Democrats in Hollywood are always talking
about how important diversity is,
but they're the ones who always seem
to end up celebrating a bunch of white people, you know.
And this is almost like finding out
Greta Thunberg secretly hunts polar bears in a race car.