Oscars announce plans to reform voting pool
Film academy president Cheryl Boone Isaacs announced Friday that the academy will double the number of female and minority members by 2020, and will immediately diversify its leadership by adding three...
View ArticleOscars make changes to Academy membership rules after diversity crisis
Rather than waiting until a board meeting next week, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences took dramatic action last night to approve changing membership rules in the wake of the...
View ArticleFilm academy leader announces plans to increase diversity after ‘racism’ claims
When the Oscar nominations revealed a second consecutive year of all-white acting nominees, it lit a fire under film academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs, the first African-American to lead the...
View ArticleFilm academy announced reforms to diversify
The film academy is pledging to double the number of female and minority members by 2020, and will immediately diversify its leadership by adding three new seats to its board of governors. Academy...
View ArticleFilm academy leader announces plans to increase diversity
When the Oscar nominations revealed a second consecutive year of all-white acting nominees, it lit a fire under film academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs, the first African-American to lead the...
View ArticleKicking it into 'high gear,' Academy president says Oscar changes are 'the...
Following a week of protests and intense scrutiny, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' 51-member board of governors on Thursday night unanimously approved a series of sweeping and historic...
View ArticleCheadle questions whether reforms will work
(AP) — The latest on Friday's statement by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on a series of diversity reforms approved by the board of governors late Thursday (all times PST): Because the...
View ArticleAmid Oscars controversy, film academy announces plan to diversify
The film academy is pledging to double the number of female and minority members by 2020, and will immediately diversify its leadership by adding three new seats to its board of governors. Academy...
View Article'Academy is going to lead,' president says.
(AP) — The latest on Friday's statement by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on a series of diversity reforms approved by the board of governors late Thursday (all times PST): The...
View ArticleFilm academy president: 'We need to step this up'
Film academy president Cheryl Boone Isaacs says that despite the organization's internal efforts toward inclusion, a second year of all-white acting Oscar nominees made her think, "We need to step this...
View ArticleFilm academy adopts changes to address diversity
After a week of protests and intense scrutiny, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ 51-member board of governors on Thursday night unanimously approved changes designed to diversify its...
View ArticleHow The Academy Will Attempt To Fix Its Diversity Problem At The Oscars
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has been under a microscope in recent weeks due to the perceived lack of diversity in its annual Oscar nominations. For a second consecutive year, all 20...
View Article‘Whiteout’ Oscars boycott prompts Academy pledge to double women and minority...
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Friday promised sweeping reforms designed to help diversify its membership in the face of a major controversy over the second straight year of...
View ArticleAP Newsbreak: Film academy announced reforms to diversify
The film academy is pledging to double the number of female and minority members by 2020, and will immediately diversify its leadership by adding three new seats to its board of governors. Academy...
View ArticleOscars: Academy pledges to double its membership of women and minorities by 2020
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, organisers of the Oscar awards, pledged on Friday to double its membership of women and minorities by 2020 through an ambitious affirmative action plan...
View ArticleFilm academy makes dramatic rule changes to address diversity
In a unanimous vote Thursday night, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' 51-member board of governors approved a sweeping series of changes designed to diversity its membership, the academy...
View ArticleAcademy Pledges Immediate Diversity Reforms Following Oscars Uproar
The film academy is pledging to double the number of female and minority members by 2020, and will immediately diversify its leadership by adding three new seats to its board of governors. Academy...
View ArticleAPNewsBreak: Film academy announced reforms to diversify
Click photo to enlarge FILE - In this Jan. 14, 2016 file photo, Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs announces the Academy Awards nominations at the 88th Academy Awards nomination ceremony in Beverly...
View ArticleFilm academy takes dramatic action to address diversity
In a unanimous vote Thursday night, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ 51-member Board of Governors approved a sweeping series of changes designed to diversity its membership, the group...
View ArticleCheadle says diversity issue goes beyond Academy
(AP) — The latest on Friday's statement by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on a series of diversity reforms approved by the board of governors late Thursday (all times PST): "(This) has...
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