Oscars 2017: How Trump's Election is Affecting the Race
Mahershala Ali, Ruth Negga, Denzel Washington, Viola Davis and more are likely to bag Academy Award nominations.
by Tom Shone
Jan 20, 2017
3 minutes
It didn’t take long. Just days after Donald Trump’s election as the 45th president of the United States, as political pundits were weighing such matters as, “Will the emoluments clause be sufficient to curb the president-elect’s conflicts of interest?,” awards pundits as well were addressing an urgent question. Namely: Who will give the most fiery denunciation of Trump at this year’s Oscars?
Too early, you say? The Oscar season, like the presidential election, has become grossly elongated; it’s
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