Billie Eilish, on the red carpet at the 2022 Met Gala. Aghora is a member of the Hollywood Academy, along with her brother Finneas. Photo EFE / EPA / Justin Lane
The Academy of Hollywood, the institution that organizes the Oscars annually, has been invited to join as members 397 representatives from all film industriesamong which stand out singer Billie Eilish and actors Jamie Dornan, Ariana DeBose, Troy Kotsur and Anya Taylor-Joy.
Like every northern summer, the Academy’s board of directors invites new members who, if they fully accept, would bring the list of members to 10,665.
Of that total, 9,665 will have chance to vote in the next Oscars. The 95th episode of the most important film awards will take place on 12 March 2023.
This year’s proposal includes 44 percent of women, 37 percent of “underrepresented racial communities” and 50 percent of 53 territories outside the United States, according to Hollywood portals.
Anya Taylor-Joy, the “Lady’s Gambit” actress, now a member of the Hollywood Academy. Instagram photo.
DeBose, Plemons and other Oscar nominees
Among the statements, there are 71 Oscar nominees, including 15 winnersincluding DeBose (the Latin-born actress who won Love Without Barriers), deaf actor Troy Kotsur (who won her statuette for tail) and candidates Jessie Buckley (the dark daughter), Jesse Plemons and Kodi Smit-McPhee (the power of the dog).
The filmmakers include both the director and the screenwriter of King Richard, Reinaldo Marcus Green and Zach Baylin; and Siân Heder, the Oscar-winning screenwriter for tail.
Also there is a significant international presencewith invitations for the Iranian Amir Jadidi of To the herothe Norwegian Renate Reinsve of The worst person in the worldthe French Vincent London of Titanthe Nigerian Funke Akindele (Jenifa), the Japanese Hidetoshi Nishijima (Drive my car) and Jonas Poher Rasmussen (run away).
In the musical branch, in addition to Billie Eilish, her brother Finneas O’Connell are also invited alongside Dan Romer de Luca and Nathan Johnson de Knives out (Between knives and secrets).
A union with the new members of the Hollywood Academy. Andrew Ahn, Mariano Barroso, Lori Tan Chinn, Pawo Choyning Dorji and Robin de Jesús, Jamie Dornan, Billie Eilish, Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Jeremy O. Harris, Gaby Hoffmann, Amir Jadidi, Troy Kotsur, Adele Lim, Olga Merediz and Hidetoshi Nishijima, bottom row from left, Finneas O’Connell, Jesse Plemons, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Kodi Smit-McPhee and Anya Taylor-Joy. AP photo
Guest writers also include Jeremy O. Harris of ZolaAdele Lim of Rich and crazy AsiansAlex Ross Perry from Listen to Filippo (Analyzing Filippo), Jon Spaiths of Dune and Craig Mazin of Did it happen yesterday? Second part.
A more inclusive academy
Each year, the academy invites a new group of entertainment professionals to join the organization. While an Oscar nomination is not a requirement, it is often taken as a starting point. Hence, the 2022 guest pool includes 71 nominees and 15 winners.
The Academy for years it has been striving to diversify its ranks. If all of this year’s guests agree, 34% of its members will be women, 19% non-white representatives, and 23% non-US representatives.
The announcement comes when the academy is in the midst of an impending leadership transitionas Academy Museum Director Bill Kramer prepares to take over next month as executive director of the organization that is now led by Dawn Hudson, the chief executive who has led the academy through difficult times and many transformations. .
From the controversial #OscarsSoWhiteThe Academy reached the 2020 target of doubling the number of women and non-whites among its members.
Despite this, the organization has slowed the pace of growth in recent years. The number of guests this year is almost the same as last year, which was 395.
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Source: Clarin