Controversy has surrounded many things in 2015: presidential candidates, former Olympic athletes and now the Oscars.

Celebrities and movie fans around the country have expressed their outrage after the nominee list was released, featuring an exclusively white panel of nominees.

Comedian Chris Rock is scheduled to host the awards, but after the nominations emerged many African Americans among other celebrities have strongly encouraged him to boycott, 50 Cent and Tyrese Gibson in particular. In addition, many celebs have announced they themselves will not be attending. Jada Pinkett Smith, Will Smith’s wife, posted a Facebook video stating she is participating in the boycott. Will Smith, star of “Concussion,” which did not receive an Oscar nod, defended his wife on “Good Morning America.”

“Had I been nominated and no other people of color were, [Pinkett Smith] would have made the video anyway,” he said. “We would still here be having this conversation. This is so deeply not about me. This is about the children that are going to sit down and watch this show and they aren’t going to see themselves represented.”

“Family Guy” creator Seth Macfarlane tweeted an original take on a Barry Manilow song as both comedic relief and a subtle opposition to the lack of diversity in the nominations, “Lovin’ so warm, Oscars so white/Closin’ our eyes and feelin’ the light/We’ll just go on burnin’ bright/Somewhere in the night.” Macfarlane also appeared on “Real Time with Bill Maher” and briefly discussed the issue at hand.

One of the several “The View” stars Whoopi Goldberg explained that instead of boycotting the Oscars, people should boycott movies that don’t include diversity.

“The issue is not the academy,” she told Us magazine. “Even if you fill the academy with black and Latino and Asian members, if there is no one on the screen to vote for, you’re not going to get the outcome you wanted.”

The list of nominations seem repetitive, “The Revenant” and “Mad Max: Fury Road” receiving the most nods including Best Motion Picture, Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor.

The Oscars will air Feb. 28, hosted by (as of right now) Chris Rock.