Academy of Motion Picture Archives - The Playlist https://theplaylist.net/tag/academy-of-motion-picture/ Mon, 01 Jul 2019 21:21:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.5 https://cdn.theplaylist.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/14214807/cropped-cropped-media-47-1-32x32.png Academy of Motion Picture Archives - The Playlist https://theplaylist.net/tag/academy-of-motion-picture/ 32 32 Adele, Lady Gaga, Sterling K. Brown & 839 More Invited To Join The Academy https://staging2.theplaylist.net/adele-lady-gaga-academy-membership-20190701/ https://staging2.theplaylist.net/adele-lady-gaga-academy-membership-20190701/#respond Mon, 01 Jul 2019 21:21:47 +0000 https://theplaylist.net/?p=400530 Adele, Lady Gaga, Sterling K. Brown & 839 More Invited To Join The Academy

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences started off the month by inviting 842 new members into the mix. Assuming they all agree to join, which is never the case, this swells the membership to almost 9,000 members. This year’s class also helps AMPAS come closer to many of the diversity goals it has strived for since the #OscarsSoWhite controversy in 2016.

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According to the Academy, 50% of the new members are women and push the overall percentage from 25 to 32%.

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