Story highlights For the second consecutive year, no minorities were nominated for major Oscars

Critical and commercial hits "Creed," "Straight Outta Compton" are largely overlooked

(CNN) Oh, no, not again. For many movie fans, Thursday's Oscar nominations brought a dispiriting feeling of deja vu.

For the second consecutive year, no minorities were nominated in any of the four acting categories. One year after the critically acclaimed "Selma" was largely snubbed by academy voters, sparking protests, actors and filmmakers of color are again being ignored -- and Twitter is not happy.

"It's actually worse than last year. Best Documentary and Best Original Screenplay. That's it. #OscarsSoWhite," tweeted April Reign , an editor who was credited with launching that hashtag in protest after last year's nominations were announced.

Idris Elba had been expected to score a nomination for his performance as an African warlord in "Beasts of No Nation," but he was passed over. Other hopefuls such as "Concussion" star Will Smith, "Creed" star Michael B. Jordan, that movie's writer-director, Ryan Coogler, and the cast of N.W.A biopic "Straight Outta Compton" also were ignored.

The best original screenplay nomination noted by Reign went to the co-writers of "Compton" -- both of whom are white.