Legendary horror author Stephen King seemed to have walked back his remarks about how "quality" of Oscar nominees should matter over "diversity," which sparked backlash from the left. King, one of the thousands of Oscar voters, stressed how the "quality" of the film should be considered in the nominating process and not diversity. "As a writer, I am allowed to nominate in just 3 categories: Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Original Screenplay. For me, the diversity issue -- as it applies to individual actors and directors, anyway -- did not come up. I also said, in essence, that those judging creative excellence should be blind to questions of race, gender or sexual orientation," King wrote.

Source: Fox News January 28, 2020 02:15 UTC