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FILE - In this Feb. 26, 2017 file photo, Ezra Edelman accepts the award for best documentary feature for &quot;O.J.: Made in America&quot; at the Oscars in Los Angeles. The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences has ruled documentary series like the recent Oscar winner “O.J.: Made in America” will no longer be eligible for the Academy Awards. The academy on Friday announced a handful of rule changes, most notably that “multi-part or limited series” will not be admitted in the documentary category. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)

Film academy rules ineligible documentary series like ‘O.J.’

By JAKE COYLE - Associated Press

In a Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2015, file photo, Spike Lee attends the premiere of &quot;Chi-Raq&quot; at the Ziegfeld Theatre, in New York. Calls for a boycott of the Academy Awards are growing over the Oscars’ second straight year of mostly white nominees, as Spike Lee and Jada Pinkett Smith each said Monday, Jan. 17, 2016, that they will not attend this year’s ceremony. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)

Calls for boycott of Oscars grow over diversity of nominees

By Jake Coyle - Associated Press

This Feb. 21, 2015, file photo shows an Oscar statue as preparations are made for the 87th Academy Awards in Los Angeles. The 88th Academy Awards nominations will be announced on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2016, at 5:30 a.m. PST in the Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, Calif. The Oscars will be presented on Feb. 28, 2016, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP, File)

Academy Award nominations could see repeat of ‘OscarsSoWhite’

By Jake Coyle - Associated Press