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Streaming giant Netflix has faced backlash over its Oscar nominations from Steven Spielberg.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has received a letter from the U.S. Department of Justice suggesting the organization could be violating antitrust law if it attempts to exclude Netflix from the Oscars.

Netflix's production"Roma" won three statuettes from ten nominations at this year's Academy awards but multiple Oscar-winning filmmaker Steven Spielberg — who is also a member of the Academy's board of governors — is an outspoken critic of Netflix's inclusion in the glitzy ceremony.

 

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Nothing is out of bounds for dictators? What's next ppl or maybe the ship has sailed?

spielberg is getting senile?

Really? I though the Hollywood elites were above the law and fear no one......

Only when partisans run the Justice Dept. and the courts.

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