Vice President Kamala Harris gave an invigorating and reaffirming speech on June 19, at the Greek Theatre, in Los Angeles. In the outside auditorium, a camera captured the audience, which featured an abundance of afros, braids, bald heads, and straight hair attached to different hues of bodies filling the frame of the lens.
The Favourite and Roma tied for the most Oscar nominations with 10 each, thereby besting Golden Globe Best Picture-winners Green Book and Bohemian Rhapsody which only landed 5 apiece. Still, the most surprising news is the love lavished by the Academy on Spike Lee, who was nominated for Best Director for the first time in his 40-year career.
It was an historic power grab. Not the Republicans taking back the White House after a controversial, razor-thin win by George W. Bush over Al Gore. It was the vice president-elect, Dick Cheney, out-maneuvering George Jr. and becoming the puppet master.