Sylvester Stallone and Michael B. Jordan

: Of course, the fault lies as much with the industry from which the Academy draws its nominees as with the Oscars themselves: White men completely dominate Hollywood on both sides of the camera, according to Globe and Mail. But the issue matters because, however tired, unrepresentative or stupidly sentimental the particular choices may be, the Oscars symbolize the movies and the movies in turn symbolize popular culture. Analysts can always find explanations for particular Oscar snubs and nods – Concussion was poorly reviewed, which may have hurt Will Smith chances; Sylvester Stallone nomination for Creed is probably sentimental recognition for lifetime achievement, not a racist oversight of his co-star Michael B. Jordan – and putting artistic accomplishments to a vote always produces weird vagaries. For good or for ill, the stories told by Hollywood are the myths and legends of our time. Most of us, however, know and judge Hollywood simply by what we see on screen. As it polls annual numbers on Hollywood lack of diversity, San Diego Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film argues that getting more women and minorities behind the camera will change the movies themselves, and so it focuses not only on minority representation in films – its researchers memorably concluded you are almost as likely to see a female alien in a movie as you are to see an Asian woman or Latina – but also on the number of women and minorities directing, producing and shooting movies. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.