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Oscars more diverse as pandemic, protests shake up Hollywood


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
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Los Angeles (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. ....

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Oscars more diverse as pandemic, protests shake up Hollywood | Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS)


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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. ....

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