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Post by Ripley on Jun 29, 2016 20:22:28 GMT -5
As I read the lists, my only thought was " I assumed X was already an Academy member"... "The Academy invited a record 683 new members, with members of the new class being 46% female and 41% people of color, it announced on Wednesday. The new members include “Star Wars” actor John Boyega, Idris Elba and last year’s best actress winner Brie Larson. Also invited: Kate Beckinsale, “Creed” director Ryan Coogler, Michael B. Jordan and Emma Watson. The Academy membership, with the new class included, is now 27% female and 11% people of color. Before the announcement of the new class, it was just 25% female and 8% people of color, which represents a 2% increase in female members overall and a 3% increase in people of color, according to the statistics... link
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Post by dark sister on Jun 29, 2016 21:12:09 GMT -5
Academy membership is so strange. I thought it was automatically given if an actor was nominated, but it isn't.
I'm glad they added more members though. They need it.
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Post by Ripley on Jun 29, 2016 22:00:01 GMT -5
I was glad to see Sharon Bialy now has membership Plus Michael B Jordan, Anika Noni Rose, and many more.
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Post by Ripley on Jul 11, 2016 9:44:25 GMT -5
"Crunching the numbers: How the motion picture academy moved the needle on its diversity push" "...In the latest and most dramatic move in its effort to diversify the nearly 90-year-old institution in the wake of the #OscarsSoWhite controversy, the academy opened its arms to the largest, most diverse new class of invitees ever.... ...According to a new Times analysis, with the 2016 class of invitees the academy has, in a single stroke, gone 52% of the way toward its goal of doubling the number of nonwhites in its ranks. When it comes to boosting the numbers of women, though, the academy is lagging slightly behind pace; the new class brings the academy roughly a fifth of the way toward its 2020 benchmark... ...To meet the goals it has publicly laid out, in the next three years The Times estimates the academy will have to invite 85 people of color to become members each year – a seemingly feasible challenge given that, according to the academy’s breakdown, there were some 280 nonwhites in this year’s class alone. In what may prove to be a more difficult hurdle, the academy will need to add 395 women to its ranks per year to hit its target – more than the 314 it brought in this year...." www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-academy-invitees-data-analysis-20160627-snap-story.html
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Post by Ripley on Sept 7, 2016 16:02:56 GMT -5
AN update- some members are pushing back against being ruled "emeritus " for inactivity. Interesting piece from THR on this. DIversity ploy or time to clean house and get rid of dustbunnies? #oscarssowhite "The Academy may be headed to court over its controversial new policy to strip "inactive" members of Oscar voting privileges. Robert Bassing, 91, a member of the writers branch since 1958, says he plans to take legal action against the organization for age discrimination after receiving a letter this summer from Lorenza Munoz, the Academy's managing director of membership and awards, informing him that he is one of an unspecified number of members who may lose their ability to vote because of inactivity in the business. "Based on published information researched by the Academy, it appears you may qualify for emeritus status," Munoz wrote in her letter, a copy of which was obtained by THR. She asks recipients to inform the Academy if it is missing any "important information" that could influence a decision. Members then will be notified and given a chance to appeal. Munoz also reassured recipients that they would still receive movie screeners even if their voting privileges are stripped. Bassing says he interprets the offer as, "We're going to put you in a very comfortable cattle car." In January, Academy CEO Dawn Hudson and president Cheryl Boone Isaacs announced plans for an annual review of its members, originally linking the initiative to efforts to diversify in the wake of the #OscarsSoWhite outcry. But after many older members objected — actor Tab Hunter, 85, tells THR "it's a thinly veiled ploy to kick out older white contributors, the backbone of the industry" — the Academy insisted in an April follow-up that it was acting to ensure the Oscars remain relevant. That message failed to assuage many longtime members..." link
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Post by Ripley on Sept 7, 2016 16:03:45 GMT -5
AN update- some members are pushing back against being ruled "emeritus " for inactivity. Interesting piece from THR on this. DIversity ploy or time to clean house and get rid of dustbunnies? #oscarssowhite "The Academy may be headed to court over its controversial new policy to strip "inactive" members of Oscar voting privileges. Robert Bassing, 91, a member of the writers branch since 1958, says he plans to take legal action against the organization for age discrimination after receiving a letter this summer from Lorenza Munoz, the Academy's managing director of membership and awards, informing him that he is one of an unspecified number of members who may lose their ability to vote because of inactivity in the business. "Based on published information researched by the Academy, it appears you may qualify for emeritus status," Munoz wrote in her letter, a copy of which was obtained by THR. She asks recipients to inform the Academy if it is missing any "important information" that could influence a decision. Members then will be notified and given a chance to appeal. Munoz also reassured recipients that they would still receive movie screeners even if their voting privileges are stripped. Bassing says he interprets the offer as, "We're going to put you in a very comfortable cattle car." In January, Academy CEO Dawn Hudson and president Cheryl Boone Isaacs announced plans for an annual review of its members, originally linking the initiative to efforts to diversify in the wake of the #OscarsSoWhite outcry. But after many older members objected — actor Tab Hunter, 85, tells THR "it's a thinly veiled ploy to kick out older white contributors, the backbone of the industry" — the Academy insisted in an April follow-up that it was acting to ensure the Oscars remain relevant. That message failed to assuage many longtime members..." ...He (Bassing) sums up the Academy's tactics as simply " trying to reduce the number of old white men so they can meet their numbers, and that's not right."link
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