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Former Saturday Night Live star Leslie Jones has revealed that she abstained from voting in a majority of the categories for the 2020 Oscars this year.

The reason why? The complete lack of diversity across the board in this year’s nominations.

“Welp I just finished voting for the Oscars. It didn’t take long cause there are no black people on it. So I voted for @CynthiaEriVo and abstained from the rest of the voting,” Leslie tweeted with the hashtag “more black people please,” before following up with, “Ok geeeez yes I voted for @MatthewACherry tooo didn’t think I needed to say that! The post was obvious! No chill. His film was on before @AngryBirdsMovie #iswearimdonewithyall”

Cynthia is up for the Lead Actress award for her work in Harriet and Matthew is up for Best Animated Short for Hair Love.

You can see the full list of Academy Award nominations this year if you haven’t already.

Rachel Bilson and Angela Sarafyan are beauties in black while attending the Christian Siriano show during New York Fashion Week on Thursday (February 6) at Spring Studios in New York City.

The ladies both sat in the front row while watching models like Coco Rocha walk the runway.

More stars in attendance included Heidi Klum, Saturday Night Live‘s Leslie Jones, Next in Fashion‘s Alexa Chung, Pose‘s Indya Moore, Clueless‘ Alicia Silverstone, and singer Zhavia Ward.

Rachel was there modeling the Clutter Couture Bag that Christian designed in celebration of the launch of Ziploc Brand Accessory Bags.

Christian took to his Instagram account to share a fun video of Leslie watching the show and how she reacted to Coco‘s walk on the runway.

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Leslie Jones paid a visit to The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Wednesday (January 22), and dished all about her Netflix stand-up special, Time Machine!

The 51-year-old SNL star explained her reasoning for wanting to do it. “People didn’t know me as a stand-up, [but] all my life I’ve been doing it,” she said. “That’s where my love is. I love people to laugh.”

Jimmy then asked his guest how she recruited the Game of Thrones writers, David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, to direct the show, to which Jones responded, “I had a list of directors I wanted.”

Leslie said that she asked Lorne Michaels about the possibility of Steven Spielberg, but Michaels said no. Then she asked about J.J. Abrams, but he was busy doing Star Wars. “Then I was like, who else could catch action, but somebody who shoots a dragon?” laughed Jones. “What am I? A dragon!”

Leslie Jones and Jimmy also got into a heated debate about Below Deck and their very different feelings about the cast.

READ MORE: Leslie Jones Confirms She’s Leaving ‘Saturday Night Live’

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Leslie Jones just confirmed that she’s moving on from Saturday Night Live and will no longer appear on the comedy variety show.

“Yes, it’s true I am leaving Saturday Night Live. I cannot thank NBC, the producers, writers, and amazing crew enough for making SNL my second home these last five years. Lorne Michaels, you’ve changed my life in so many ways! Thank you for being my mentor and confidant and for always having my back. You not only have my loyalty but you have my heart!! You have shown me skills I never imagined I had. I leave a better performer because of you,” Leslie posted on her Instagram.

She continued, “To the incredible cast members: I will miss working, creating and laughing with you. I will miss holding it down with Kenan everyday, I will miss Cecily’s impression of me making me laugh at myself often, I will miss Kate’s loving hugs and talks when I needed. And of course Colin, you porcelain-skinned Ken doll. I will miss all my cast mates!! Especially being at the table reads with them!! Everyone needs to know Leslie Jones couldn’t have done any of the things I did without these people.”

Leslie Jones concluded her note, writing, “One last thing – to the fans – you are the BEST!! Thank you for all the love and support through my SNL years and I know you will be as excited as I am when you see some of the amazing projects and adventures that I have coming up very soon! Love you all!! #iamnotdeadjustgraduating.”

News broke a few days ago that Leslie Jones would be departing, however, this is the first official confirmation we’ve received.

Leslie Jones has her next gig lined up following her departure from Saturday Night Live.

The 51-year-old actress has signed on to be the host of the upcoming Supermarket Sweep reboot, according to Deadline.

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In the gameshow, which previously had two revivals, contestants race around a supermarket with their shopping cart, collecting as high a dollar value in groceries that they can grab within a specified time limit.

There are reportedly multiple networks bidding on it, both traditional broadcasters and streamers.

Leslie will also executive produce the show.

Leslie Jones‘ departure from Saturday Night Live has just been announced.

The 51-year-old actress will not be returning for season 45, according to EW.

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Leslie began her run on the show back in 2014 when she took part in a Weekend Update segment. She was upped to a featured player later that year.

Her role on the show earned her two Emmy nods for Best Supporting Actress in 2017 and 2018.

During her run, Leslie took part in multiple films like 2016′s Ghostbusters and has several other feature films in the works.

She is also working on her own Netflix special, due out in 2020.

Sterling K. Brown, Josh Gad and Rachel Bloom teamed up for the premiere of their upcoming film The Angry Birds Movie 2!

The co-stars stepped out at the event on Saturday afternoon (August 10) in Los Angeles.

Josh was also joined by his daughters, eight-year-old Ava and five-year-old Isabella, while Sterling was accompanied by his wife Ryan Michelle Bathe and their son Andrew.

Other attendees included their co-stars Dove Cameron, Leslie Jones, Beck Bennett and Eugenio Derbez as well as supporters Viola Davis, Marla Sokoloff and Rebekka Johnson.

Angry Birds 2 hits theaters on August 16, the 10th anniversary of the hit video game.

FYI: Sterling is wearing Brunello Cucinelli pants, shirt and vest with Christian Louboutin shoes and a David Yurman watch.