A divine night, sorta, for Black actors at the Oscars

Of the 20 performers nominated for the four major acting awards, a quarter of them — Randolph, Danielle Brooks, Colman Domingo, Jeffrey Wright and Sterling K. Brown — were Black. The five nominations, along with a Best Picture nomination for “American Fiction,” were proof that 2023 was loaded with amazing Black performances. But as inevitable as Randolph’s win was, and as great as each of their performances was, their lanes for getting the coveted statues were narrow. This was one of those years when Hollywood returned with grand movies like...