Oscars more diverse as pandemic, protests shake up Hollywood
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22/04/2021 - 04:29 (L-R) British actor Daniel Kaluuya, the late Chadwick Boseman, South Korea s Youn Yuh-jung and Viola Davis are all among the favorites to win Oscars reflecting the increased diversity in the 2021 nominees Chris Delmas, Valerie MACON, ANNE-CHRISTINE POUJOULAT, LISA O CONNOR AFP 5 min
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Actors of color are favorites in each category, and two female directors are nominated for the first time this year s Oscars could set new benchmarks for diversity, thanks to long-brewing industry changes as well as Covid-19 s transformation of Hollywood, experts say.
Dann Gire traverses the year s Nomadland in search of Oscar winners Director Chloe Zhao, left, will likely win an Oscar Sunday night for Nomadland. The film is also a sure bet for Best Feature, though actress Frances McDormand, right, is in one of the tighest races. Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures
Posted4/22/2021 6:00 AM
Part of me secretly hopes I am wrong about my predictions for the 93rd Academy Awards.
Predicting many of the winners seems way too easy.
Surely, a dark horse upset or a fumbled winner s announcement will inject some surprises into a TV viewing experience that Johnny Carson once described as Two hours of sparkling entertainment spread out over a four-hour show.
Oscars more diverse as pandemic, protests shake up Hollywood
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LOS ANGELES, April 22, 2021 (BSS/AFP) – Actors of color are favorites in each category, and two female directors are nominated for the first time this year’s Oscars could set new benchmarks for diversity, thanks to long-brewing industry changes as well as Covid-19’s transformation of Hollywood, experts say.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has drastically reformed its membership in recent years, admitting large batches of new Oscars voters each year who better reflect society’s diversity, after much criticism for its mainly white, male base.
“I think that this Oscars will be forever remembered as the one where changes in the voting body made six years ago in the wake of #OscarsSoWhite has delivered on a promise by the Academy to reform itself,” Black US actor Dwayne Barnes (“Menace II Society”) wrote in a column for industry site Deadline.