Those include Awkwafina in "The Farewell" (best actress winner at the Golden Globes and nominee at the Critics' Choice Awards), Jennifer Lopez in "Hustlers" (best supporting actress nominee at the Golden Globes, Critics' Choice Awards, SAG Awards and Independent Spirit Awards), Eddie Murphy in "Dolemite Is My Name" (best actor nominee at the Golden Globes and Critics' Choice Awards), Zhao Shuzhen in "The Farewell" (best supporting actress nominee at the Critics' Choice Awards and Independent Spirit Awards), Lupita Nyong'o in "Us" (best actress nominee at the SAG Awards), Alfre Woodard in "Clemency" (best actress nominee at the Independent Spirit Awards) and Jamie Foxx in "Just Mercy" (best supporting actor nominee at the SAG Awards). Some awards pundits had also pegged Song Kang-ho in "Parasite" as a potential surprise Oscar nominee for best supporting actor.
The Academy membership almost followed in the footsteps of the BAFTA Film Awards, which nominated an all-white slate of acting nominees for this year's ceremony — a move Marc Samuelson, the chair of BAFTA's film committee, called "infuriating." Samuelson subsequently announced a "careful and detailed review" of the BAFTA Film Awards' voting process, but Erivo declined an invitation to sing at the ceremony.

Screaming at the last part.