for example, in our first year, that we gave the best actress award, we handed it to phillies lee hoffman and we had quite a few people who were angry with us because of that. and we had to explain to them that, you know, every year and probably this year we ll have a few surprises where we re going to have to explain the fact that, you know, we as black african-american film critics, we enjoy all types of movies and recognize excellence regardless of skin color. kevin, you tell me a couple of things t.j., sounds like you wanted to pick up on that point and i was about to pick up on it as well. are black actors and actresses still battling out there in hollywood? no question about that. i think this country is made up of all kinds of people and different cultures and so, it s great when we can celebrate those. there are a lot of great actresses and actors that get overlooked during awards season but at the same time just because you re an african-american film critic doesn t me
african-american films. gil and i were talking about the fighter. we loved the movie and thought the performances were fantastic. it s the kinds of movie you don t have to be an african-american to enjoy. christian bail, you see him there, he s fantastic and these are folks who will also be nominated for, i believe, should be nominated come oscar time. but the point being that, one, we re not overlooking the great african-american performances throughout. like i said, kimberly and michael elie for core lored girls. and look at all of these people and you say, anthony mackey, another great actor. so we re not overlooking people but we re celebrating the great efforts in cinema this year. wrap it up, kev. let people know when the awards are happening and when they can see them. you can see the awards monday night in los angeles and i ll be hosting and gil will be there and make sure you check back. all right.