The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and sciences announced the nominations for the 87th Academy Awards, honoring the films shown during the year of 2014.[8] For the first time since 1998, all 20 nominees for acting were white.[9] Following the announcement, April Reign coined the hashtag “Oscars So White” in her tweet, “#OscarsSoWhite they asked to touch my hair.” The hashtag caught on this year for the Oscars Ceremony, but it gained momentum during the next year’s Oscars Awards Ceremony.[10]