Singer-transgender announced boycott of the Oscar award

On the eve of the long-awaited announcement of the names of Oscar winners, various news related to this extremely important event appear in the media.

So, the vocalist Anohni, who used to be named Anthony Hegarty, commented on the publication of Pitchfork's attitude to the prizes of the American Film Academy.

- I can not but express my gratitude to all those who voted for my candidacy. Your voice allowed me to become the first transgender singer in the history of the Oscar. But I was never invited to the show ... I decided that there was no point in going there at all, "Anony said.

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For some reason, musicians-nominees for the award were not invited to the gala concert. Not only Anonie herself, but her colleague from Korea Cho Sumi. But, in the program there was a place for Dave Grohl, who has nothing to do with the award ...