KELLY OCONNELL SHOW: Anti-Trump Oscars

The Politicized Oscars Makes a Massive Mistake. Is politics the only game in town these days? The wrong winner was declared. The musical LALALAND was announced while the real winner -- Moonlit -- A tale of a child abuse surviving Black drug out who comes out of the closet in Miami won.

A number of notable celebrities spoke against President Trump as if his name was Ayatollah Satan. Further, an Iranian director even boycotted:

Iranian director Asghar Farhadi took home the Academy Award for best foreign film for his drama The Salesman. The director had previously said he was not attending the Oscars in revolt against Trump's immigration ban and it was accepted on his behalf by Iranian astronaut Anousheh Ansari.

'I'm sorry I'm not with you tonight. My absence is out of respect for the people of my country and the other six nations whom have been disrespected by the inhumane law that bans entry of immigrants to the U.S,' he said in a statement read out on his behalf.

'Dividing the world into the U.S. and our enemies categories creates fear. A deceitful justification for aggression and war. These wars prevent democracy and human rights in countries which have themselves been victims of aggression.

'Filmmakers can turn their cameras to capture shared human qualities and break stereotypes of various nationalities and religions. They create empathy between us and other. An empathy which we need today more than ever