People say some color is missing from the current crop of Oscar nominees.  While the discussion is widespread, the call for a boycott came from Jada Pinkett Smith.  It’s somewhat ironic that the call for recognition of the great work actors of color are doing came from someone who spent most of the past year promoting Magic Mike XXL!  Doesn’t that really get to the heart of the issue?  It’s an age-old battle of doing films that are “important” and receive critical acclaim vs. doing films that are going to make oodles of money.  Do you think Kevin Hart is sad that he’s not getting Oscar nominations?  His latest oeuvre, Ride Along 2, just bumped Star Wars out of the number-one spot at the box office.  Given the choice of accolades or cash, Hart went for the cash – he can buy his own damn statue.  When I openly wondered why Julianne Moore appeared in those God-awful Hunger Games movies, I was reminded that she has to do some blockbusters so that she can do good movies for zero dollars.  It’s all about the hard choices.  On the flip side, Charlotte Rampling says that calls for a boycott are not only rubbish, but actually “racist to white people”.  “One can never really know, but perhaps the black actors did not deserve to make the final list.”  It’s a good question, but one I ain’t gonna bring up at the NAACP Image Awards!