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Hollywood is making itself irrelevant, says q pop culture panel

Our q pop culture panellists take on the worthy, contentious, and crazy stories from the week in arts and entertainment.
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Leaving Idris Elba off the list of nominees was "one of the weirdest snubs in Hollywood history," says Stephen Marche. (Shawn Greene/Netflix/Canadian Press)
Q23:24Hollywood is making itself irrelevant, says q pop culture panel

Our q pop culture panellists — this week, Rachel Giese of Chatelaine, Esquire columnist Stephen Marche and Canadian filmmaker Charles Officer — take on the worthy, contentious, and crazy stories from the week in arts and entertainment.

At issue today:

  • For the second year in a row, every single acting nomination for the Oscars went to a white actor or actress. Is the Academy making itself irrelevant by ignoring diverse contenders and less conventional films? 
  • Famously, Leonardo DiCaprio has never won an Oscar. Now he's the front-runner for Best Actor with The Revenant. Our panellists place their bets. 
  • The show runners of The Good Wife have announced they're leaving at the end of the current season. Should the show go on without them? When is it best for a TV show to bow out? 

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