“Let’s let the Academy do them, with all grace and love.

And let’s do us, differently.

There are more reasons than you might think to avoid the Oscars.

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And for a sleepy few, it seems, theAcademy Awardsare an unworthy distraction from a good nap.

The Oscarsdid not allow Zoom calls that year.

3.Will Smithdecided to boycottthe 2016 ceremony due to the Oscars' lack of diversity.

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4.Jada Pinkett Smithalso boycotted the 2016 Oscars, for the same reason.

6.Katharine Hepburn won four Oscars, and attended the ceremonyfor zero of them.

7.Terrence Malick hasn’t ever attended the Oscars, partly because of a Vanity Fair interview.

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He asked her to decline the award for him.

Except, it turned out that “someone else” was a randomer and a thief.

She won Best Actress that year.

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13.Spike Leeannounced he would beboycotting the 2016 Oscars for its complete and utter lack of diversityvia Instagram.

19.Think you’re a hater?

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Man in a leather jacket and cap walking on the red carpet

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Marlon Brando as Vito Corleone in a suit and Sacheen Littlefeather in traditional attire holding a paper

Three vintage film characters, two women seated in an old car, with a man standing outside, all in period attire

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Man in a suit with a flower on lapel and woman in a fur-trimmed cloak stand together in a vintage photo

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Black and white photo of Australian opera singer Richard Watson

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