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Film academy skips Spike Lee, Regina King in Oscar nominations

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By Lisa RichwineLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Directors Spike Lee and Regina King were left off the list of this year's Academy Awards contenders, though voters made history by nominating two women in the directing category for the first time.

Lee's Vietnam War film "Da 5 Bloods," which is vying for the top movie honor at the upcoming Screen Actors Guild awards, was nearly absent from this year's Oscar nominees.

It earned one Academy Award nomination for best original score. King's directorial debut, "One Night in Miami," earned three nominations, including best supporting actor for Leslie Odom Jr.

and best screenplay. But King was not nominated as a director, and the movie about a meeting between Black civil rights leaders in 1964 did not make.

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