A List Of Things Thrown Five Minutes Ago

MIYAGI UNDERSTAND PROBLEM PERFECT: You know I've got my gripes about the Academy and films with majority-black casts, but as it turns out, Asian actors may have a bigger beef with the Oscars. After reviewing the absence of any acting nominations for the multi-nominated-and-winning The Last Emperor, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Memoirs of a Geisha and now Letters from Iwo Jima, Wayman Wong concludes:

Apparently, the Academy is more likely to nominate an Asian if he is in a supporting role mentoring a younger Caucasian actor, like Ken Watanabe in 'The Last Samurai' or Noriyuki Morita in 'The Karate Kid.' Even when the Asian has the most screen time in a film, like Haing S. Ngor in 'The Killing Fields,' he gets bumped down to supporting actor, while the better-known Caucasian star (Sam Waterston) gets positioned for best actor. In the Oscar world, Asians still have a long way to go.