Happy Wednesday! Here's what's on tap for the show today: with the release of "12 Years a Slave", Oscar buzz is heating up for the slavery drama's star, Chiwetel Ejiofor one of several black actors up for major acting awards this season. And while that is welcome and unprecedented news in Hollywood, Kia Makarechi of the Huffington Post argues there's still a major race problem in Hollywood: that black actors are only ever nominated for roles that can only be played by black actors. Award-winning, hyper-articulate rapper Shad performs from his new album, "Flying Colours". Indie film producer and actress Jennifer Podemski and rising actress Cara Gee on Jennifer's passion project - the movie "Empire of Dirt", the story of three generations of Aboriginal women who are faced with the chance to put the past behind them.
