Avoiding another year of #oscarssowhite during awards season

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Avoiding another year of #oscarssowhite during awards season

At last year's Academy awards, white actors earned all 20 of the nominations in the lead and supporting categories. So will this year be any different?

John Stephens (R) and Lonnie Lynn pose with their Oscars for Best Original Song for "Glory" in the press room during the 87th Oscars on February 22, 2015 in Hollywood, California. AFP PHOTO / FREDERIC J. BROWN (Photo credit should read FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/Getty Images)

At last year's Academy awards, white actors earned all 20 of the nominations in the lead and supporting categories. So will this year be any different?

It's awards season in Hollywood.

This weekend is the Golden Globe Awards.

Next week the Oscar nominations come out.

It's a time of crazy campaigns, limited carb intake... and some would argue, a LOT of white people.

At last year's Academy awards, white actors earned all 20 of the nominations in the lead and supporting categories.

So will this year be any different?

Franklin Leonard, founder of the Blacklist, spoke with Alex Cohen to find out more.