Academy Reaches Gender Parity in 2019 New Member Invitations

GoneGirl and Widows writer Gillian Flynn has been invited to join The Academy

Half of the 842 new members invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences are women, the group announced on Monday. The organization, which votes on the annual Academy Award winners, also disclosed that 29% of the new invitees are people of color. Should those people accept , the [...

In Gerster’s latest film, “Lara,” Corinna Harfouch portrays a woman, who, on her 60th birthday, plans to attend the premiere of piano concerto performed by her [...]As black filmmakers gain more traction within the Hollywood studio system, the Locarno Film Festival is putting the spotlight on black cinema around the world with a major retrospective titled Black Light set to kick off with Spike Lee’s “Do The Right Thing” freshly restored by Universal in 4K for the landmark race drama’s 30th [...

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