The Oscar nominations were announced today,
and diversity was clearly on people's minds.
Regina King was nominated for Best Supporting Actress.
Well-deserved.
And this was amazing to me.
Spike Lee got his first nomination for Best Director.
(cheering and applause)
And it's crazy. It's crazy that it took that long
for him to be recognized after he spent years
directing the Indiana Pacers to go (bleep) themselves.
But this year... this year is different.
I mean, it's gotten so black
that two of the Best Picture nominees
had the word "black" in them.
Yeah. It's like Academy voters were like,
"Okay, we don't want another #OscarsSoWhite.
"Uh, Black Panther. Uh, BlacKkKlansman.
"You know, screw it. Let's nominate Black Mirror, too.
Put Black Mirror in there." "It's a TV show."
"I don't care. We're playing it safe."
So, here to talk about the rest of the nominations
is someone who was in one of the year's biggest movies,
Crazy Rich Asians.
Our very own Ronny Chieng, everybody.
-(cheering and applause) -Thank you.
Ronny, it's always an exciting day
when the Oscar nominations come out.
It's a wide-open field.
Who do you think is gonna take home Best Picture?
Trevor, who gives a shit about Best Picture, all right?
The story this year is all about the deserving nominees
who were snubbed.
Snubs, snubs and more snubs,
especially in the only category
that anyone actually cares about,
Best Supporting Actor.
For Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role,
Mahershala Ali in Green Book,
Adam Driver in BlacKkKlansman,
Sam Elliott in A Star Is Born,
Richard E. Grant in Can You Ever Forgive Me?,
and Sam Rockwell in Vice.
Oh, wow. Great job, Academy.
Solid group of nominees.
But maybe you're snubbing someone?
Someone like, I don't know, me, Ronny Chieng,
supporting actor in Crazy Rich Asians,
-available on iTunes and airplanes everywhere? -Wait.
Wait, Ronny, you genuinely think you've been snubbed?
I think I've been... Yeah, of course I've been snubbed.
I lost to a bunch of no-name hacks.
Oh, come on, Ronny. Those are great actors in this category.
Sam Elliott was amazing in A Star Is Born.
Sam Elliott. Listen, Trevor, everyone in the business knows
his mustache is doing all the acting, okay?
I could have grown a mustache like that,
but I care too much about the craft
to rely on cheap facial props like that, okay?
Also, my lip can't do that.
Okay, well... Okay, well, fine.
What about Adam Driver in BlacKkKlansman?
(scoffs) You mean emo Darth Vader
who brought whining to a galaxy far, far away?
Big deal. He played a Jewish guy pretending to be in the KKK.
I was playing a Chinese person from Hong Kong
when I'm really a Chinese person from Malaysia, okay?
That's range.
Plus, in the movie, I had to play an asshole
when in reality I'm more of a dick, okay?
And understanding that subtle difference
is what separates the best supporting men
from the best supporting boys, okay?
And what about Mahershala Ali?
Huh? He just sat in a car for two hours.
I do that every time I take an Uber.
All I get is two stars.
And don't get me started on Richard E. Grant.
I bet you're like, "Who's that?" Right, Trevor?
No, actually, we know him. He's the veteran actor.
He's a character actor. He's been in movies for decades.
Okay, well, shut up, Trevor, all right?
You know what? I should nominate you
for Least Supportive Friend.
Besides, this guy's movie only made $8 million.
I know Instagram stories that made more money, all right?
Last and certainly the least, Sam Rockwell in Vice.
Again. He already won last year.
Are we going to... are we just gonna keep nominating him?
Is this the Best Supporting Actor award
or the Best Sam Rockwell award?
Plus, there's already another Sam nominated, okay?
Too many Sams. #OscarsSoSams.
Wow. Wow. Wow. Ronny.
(applause)
You... you really seem angry about this, man.
Oh, yeah? Well, guess what, Trevor?
I'm-I'm actually not angry. That was all just acting.
(laughter)
-Oh, wow! That was great. -(cheering and applause)
Yeah! Oh, wow.
Dude, I'm not gonna lie.
-You actually had us going. -Yeah, thank you.
And, uh, I hope the Academy will consider this episode
for next year's Oscars.
Well, we're on TV,
so it's not eligible for those awards.
Goddamn it! Will the snubs never end?!
Ronny Chieng, everybody.