Nominations for the 90th Academy Awards were announced this morning, and here's what stood out to me. Good news: Oscar doesn't seem #sowhite this year. Jordan Peele's racial horror movie Get Out was nominated for best picture. Peele picked up two nods, for directing and screenwriting. And Daniel Kaluuya was nominated for best actor. Mudbound, based on a novel by Dallas' Hillary Jordan, matched Get Out's four nominations. Among its honorees was best supporting actress nominee Mary J. Blige, who joined The Shape of Water's Octavia Spencer in that category.
DeLand, Florida. DeLand is a city in the U.S. state of Florida. It is the county seat of Volusia County. The city sits approximately 34 miles (55 km) north of the central business district of Orlando, and approximately 23 miles (37 km) west of the central business district of Daytona Beach. As of the 2010 U.S. Census, the city had a population of 27,031.
Lake Dora, Beauclair and Carlton make up the eastern Harris Chain lakes. Located in Central Florida's Lake County, Lake Dora is approximately 6 miles long and about 3/4 miles wide. Covering 4,502 acres of water, the lake is the connected to Lake Eustis via the Dora Canal and Lake Apopka through the Apopka Beauclair Canal.