- The 2020 Oscar nominations took place Monday morning.
- Jennifer Lopez was snubbed in the best supporting actress category for her work in “Hustlers.”
- Laura Dern, Kathy Bates, Scarlett Johansson, Florence Pugh, and Margot Robbie were nominated instead.
- Fans were outraged on social media by the oversight and lack of diversity in the nominations.
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Nominations for the 92nd Academy Awards were announced Monday morning in Los Angeles, California, by John Cho and Issa Rae and there was at least one glaring omission from the nods.
Jennifer Lopez failed to receive a nomination for her work in STX’s well-reviewed movie “Hustlers.”
In the film, Lopez is a tour de force as Ramona Vega, a veteran no-nonsense stripper who takes a crew under her wing to rob the wealthy men of Wall Street. The 50-year-old actress even trained with a Cirque du Soleil performer to carry out an impressive pole dance on her own at the film’s start.
Lopez’s performance was so good that, at the time, many thought she was on her way to land an Oscar nod.
Instead, here are the actresses nominated in the supporting actress category:
Kathy Bates ("Richard Jewell") Laura Dern ("Marriage Story") Scarlett Johansson ("Jojo Rabbit") Florence Pugh ("Little Women") Margot Robbie ("Bombshell")
In case you didn't notice, all of the nominees are white.
Johansson, meanwhile, was nominated for two Oscars. She received a second leading actress nomination for her work in Netflix's "Marriage Story."
Fans and critics were not impressed.
https://twitter.com/aherman2006/status/1216713356523913218?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfwhttps://twitter.com/kimnieve/status/1216720296306077696?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfwhttps://twitter.com/zblay/status/1216713699794268160?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
ME: I won’t get frosty about any dumb Academy snubs this year.
ALSO ME: SCARJO TWICE AND NO JLO ARE YOU JOKING? pic.twitter.com/u2ypj9nMAA— Joanna Robinson (@jowrotethis) January 13, 2020
It happened. They snubbed Jennifer Lopez. I'm done and not surprised. These absolute snobs. #OscarNoms pic.twitter.com/Dt7eAm8ghK
— Principe 🫅🏾 (@Pri_Letterman) January 13, 2020
y'all forgot about jennifer lopez you monsters! #OscarNoms
— Candice Frederick (@ReelTalker) January 13, 2020
They reached sky high for kathy bates.
I imagine them sitting in a room wondering, "is there anyone ANYONE we can nominate instead of jennifer Lopez? Oh, wasn't kathy bates in a movie? Yeah, that." https://t.co/VMfLmoR6LU
— Candice Frederick (@ReelTalker) January 13, 2020
Jennifer Lopez was snubbed from her first ever Oscar nomination so others could be recognized for playing the same basic white women characters 🤬🤦🏻♂️ pic.twitter.com/feVq2UFYxA
— Ron Rubin (@ronaldrubin) January 13, 2020
Many started tweeting the hashtag #JusticeForJLo
https://twitter.com/TheFlemishSeth/status/1214008458418089984?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Once again #JusticeForJLo pic.twitter.com/4CHtw3XvJc
— J_CH (@jlo_channel) January 6, 2020
Uhmmm... no shade to those on the list, but where is @JLo at?!? 🧐🤔 #justiceforjlo https://t.co/NpCxIQKI7t
— Steven Canals (@StevenCanals) January 13, 2020
I love Laura Dern but saying a story about divorce is going to change the world is...a little much. #justiceforjlo #GoldenGlobes #goldenglobe2020 pic.twitter.com/Z1DRKta9PK
— Catherine (@catmiggs) January 6, 2020
The 92nd Oscars will air live from Hollywood's Dolby Theatre on Sunday, February 9, 2020, at 8 p.m. ET on ABC.