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The Academy of the Oscars will include more than 400 women among its members
The committee of the United States Film Academy has announced the invitation to 842 new members, of which 400 are women. Among the new members that will include names like Lady Gaga, Claire Foy and Marina de Tavira.
This decision by the Academy of the Oscars has been due to the lack of diversity among the voting community of this famous committee. In this way, more than 50% of the new members will be women, while 29% will be represented by people of color.
The new strategies by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences are due to the public spectrum that was generated from the 2016 awards, where all the nominees for the actor categories turned out to be white people. In addition, it was also promoted by the claims of human rights defenders about the lack of diversity in the film community.
In the event that all the people invited agree to be part of the voting committee of the Oscars, it would mean having 32% women members and 16% non-white people.
The new members that will include the Academy of the Oscars
There is a long list of celebrities expected to be included in the upcoming Oscars. The main names that have echoed have been Lady Gaga, Tom Holland and Marina de Tavira.
The famous singer Lady Gaga, recently awarded a statuette for her song "Shallow", has been invited to be part of the voting committee on the subject of acting and music, from which the artist must select one of them.
Among other female characters, Adele, Claire Foy and Elisabeth Moss stand out. Female artists with an incredible track record in the world of Hollywood arts.
Some people from the Latin and Spanish community were also invited this year. In this way, we find names like Irene Escolar, Juan Diego Botto and Bruno Bichir.
