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Fine. Then go try and get funding for a $150 million action-adventure movie - like Jurassic World - starring an unknown African-American actor. There is nothing in the world stopping you or anyone else from buying or leasing an affordable hand-held digital camera and making your own film featuring nothing but unknown…

Blockbuster movies like The Martian and Jurassic World are made as much for international box office success as domestic. And with the amount of money spent on making these movies, it’s imperative to have a lead that can open a movie, one whose name is recognizable in marketing efforts to even the most casual of movie…

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It's easy to think of the Academy as a monolithic entity, but it’s not. An individual can only belong to one branch of the Academy. Members who are actors can only vote in the acting categories. Members who are cinematographers can only vote in that category. The exception is Best Picture. All voting members can…