June 29th 2023.
Keke Palmer has achieved a major milestone in her career with her latest achievement. She has been invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences alongside hundreds of renowned artists. Taylor Swift, Oscar winner Ke Huy Quan, and Stephanie Hsu are among the 398 new members.
This invitation is a start for the Academy's push for diversity and inclusion, with 40% of the invitees being women, 34% coming from underrepresented ethnic and racial communities and 52% being international. Furthermore, 22 of the invitees are Academy Award winners and 76 are Oscar-nominated.
This move comes after years of outcry for the lack of diversity in Oscar nominees and award winners. In 2012, an analysis from the Los Angeles Times found that Oscar voters were 94% white and 77% male at the time. Similarly, in 2021, it was revealed that the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, the group that hands out the Golden Globes, had no Black members, leading to NBC pulling the awards off the air in 2022.
This year's invites come in four branches, all of which included more women than men. The branches include actors, musicians, casting directors, costume designers, makeup artists and hairstylists, and marketing and public relations. Among the directors branch, invitees include Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, who won Best Director this year for “Everything Everywhere All at Once.” The music branch includes Swift and David Byrne, and the executive branch invites include Warner Bros. Discovery Chief Executive David Zaslav and Netflix Chief Content Officer Bela Bajaria.
The Academy is proud to have these artists and professionals as members of its organization. They represent extraordinary global talent across cinematic disciplines and have made a vital impact on the arts and sciences of motion pictures and on movie fans worldwide. This is a huge step towards increasing diversity and inclusion in the entertainment industry, and we can't wait to see what other strides the Academy takes in the future.
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