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.
DeLand is located at approximately halfway between Orlando and Daytona According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 17.8 square miles (46.1 km 2), of which 17.6 square miles (45.6 km 2) is land and 0.19 square miles (0.5 km 2), or 1.06%, is water.