Beautiful and talented actress who has worked hard all her life perfecting her craft. Remember her with Paul Newman in The Verdict? Yep, they're right. If she were black there would be no way she would be nominated. I guess I'm one of these naïve people that actually still believes that the people nominated and who win Oscars are the most deserving. I'm of the opinion that it's an award that is highly coveted. I'm of the opinion that there is NO racism involved in the selection and voting. I'm of the opinion that if there are no blacks, Greeks or Puerto Ricans nominated this year, then it means there was no one representing this race who were good enough to be nominated. How many times do you have a year where EVERY SINGLE CRITIC says this movie or this actor will win, then it goes to someone else...and people say..."YOu know they were right, that was the best movie." Any attempt to add quotas to the Oscars will taint it. If you want to add some token ethnic choices, fine, but in the end award the winners. BTW, I haven't checked, but were black actors and movie people excluded from Golden Globe Awards also? I'm check and be back in a minute.... Nope as far as movies go, only Will Smith and Idris Eldra were nominated but didn't win. Denzil Washington won the Cecil B. Demille Award. So, I guess that meand Golden Globes are racist also.