The Academy Invites 928 New Members, from Daniel Kaluuya to Sufjan Stevens
In an astonishing move to swell the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences membership ranks, a record 928 artists and executives from 59 countries have been invited to join this year. The branches have increasingly actively sought eligible people to become Academy members, but the Board of Governors makes the final call; this year, they did not invite Kobe Bryant although he won an Oscar for animated short “Dear Basketball.”
Clearly, people of color (38 percent) and women (49 percent) are among the many invites, as the Academy continues to address its long-term white-male dominance. As always, actors make up the largest branch of the Academy, but many new members also come from overseas.
In 2017, the Academy invited 744 new members.
Seventeen Oscar winners are among the new invited members (Melissa Etheridge) and 92 Oscar nominees (Daniela Vega, Yance Ford, Timothee Chalamet, Kumail Nanjiani and Emily Gordon). Nine of the 17 branches invited more women than men. The percentage of women in the Academy has risen from 25 percent in 2015 to 31 percent in 2018. For people of color, the needle moved from 8 percent in 2015 to 16 percent. Not all invitees will accept. (Ryan Coogler, for example, declined.) The new total assuming most accept their invites will be about 8200.
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“Tag” Gallery update
Latest ING Direct advert
Here’s another recent ING Direct advert with Isla:
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“Arrested Development” Season 5 screencaptures & episode guide
The 5th season of Arrested Development premiered on Netflix at the end of last month, and as posted about before Isla reprised her role of Rebel Alley. This season was shorter than the previous one, and Isla appeared in 4 out of the 8 episodes – her character continued to be a source of conflict for main characters Michael (Jason Bateman) and George-Michael (Michael Cera) Bluth although her screen-time was less than last season.
HD screencaptures have been added to the Gallery, an episode guide has been written, and the filmography information page is being updated right now.
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MTV News: Isla Fisher & Hannibal Buress on the ‘TAG’ Cast Being the Comedic Avengers
Isla Fisher (Tag) and Hannibal Buress (Blockers) talk with MTV News’ Josh Horowitz about working on their upcoming film ‘Tag’ at CinemaCon.
Isla promotes “Tag” on Access Live
Isla appeared on Access Hollywood Live on Wednesday, to promote Tag and her latest ‘Marge’ book. She also chatted about date nights with her husband:
Isla promotes ‘Marge’ in Good Morning Britain
Isla appeared (via videolink) on Good Morning America a few weeks ago, to promote the latest in her ‘Marge’ book series. She chatted about the book, Wedding Crashers, the #TimesUp movement, and the recent Royal Wedding. Unfortunately this video cuts off mid-way through the interview, but here’s some of it for you:
Isla at the “Tag” Press Conference
Isla is in the midst of promoting her latest comedy movie, Tag, and last weekend attended the press conference for the film. Isla looked chic in a powder blue suit with a black and white blouse. Find high quality photos in our Gallery. Lots to catch up on here, stay tuned… 🙂
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