Kirstie Alley Calls New Diversity Rules For Best Picture Oscar A ‘Disgrace To Artists Everywhere’

Academy Awards in 2024. Best picture nominees will have to meet specific requirements addressing gender, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity and disability in front of and behind the camera in order to qualify.The American Academy’s diversity and inclusion standards were inspired by similar efforts by the British Film Institute, which supports and helps fund U.K.

Britain’s film academy is shaking up its membership and its awards voting rules in a review prompted by the glaring lack of diversity in the nominations.

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Most people are pleased with the progress the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ has made when it comes to diversity. Bill Maher is not one of them.

plan to introduce a “Best Popular Film” category.The organisation whipped social media into a frenzy Tuesday when it announced new diversity guidelines mandating that films fulfil two of four requirements in order to be eligible for the Oscars top Best Picture prize. The inclusion standards focus on (A) onscreen representation, themes and narratives, (B) creative leadership, (C) industry access and opportunities and (D) representation in marketing, publicity and distribution.

diversity-focused new rules that will govern eligibility for the Best Picture Oscar starting in 2024. And Tucker Carlson, naturally not a fan, devoted a segment on his Fox news show Thursday to complaining about it with guest Mark Steyn.“The Academy Awards have announced that by 2024 all feature films will need to meet several ‘diversity’ requirements in order to win Best Picture.

Wow. Some big news about the future of how the Academy Awards are going to determine eligibility came through on Tuesday night.

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Pete Hammond Awards Columnist/Chief Film Critic“These are not Tablets from the mountain,” Paramount Pictures Chairman Jim Gianopulos told me earlier this morning in explaining how the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences went about creating new standards  of inclusion and representation for entry in to the Best Picture race. The controversial new requirements, set to take full effect in 2024, are actually the result he says of taking a wide ranging pulse of the industry.

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Clayton Davis The Oscars made a historic move when they announced their new inclusion requirements for best picture eligibility. For some, this was a welcomed change from the Academy, while others found it to be intrusive to the sanctity of movies and the stories that people want to tell.For people like me, it was the single bravest act I’ve witnessed from an awards body that I’ve loved my entire life.

New standards for the Oscar’s best picture nominations require films to have racial, LGBTQ, and gender diversity, both in their films and behind the scenes.

Kirstie Alley weighed in on The Academy’s new inclusion eligibility rules for the Oscars’ best picture category — and it’s safe to say she’s not impressed.The Cheers alum, 69, took to Twitter on Tuesday, September 8, to express her dissatisfaction with the new requirements. “This is a disgrace to artists everywhere … can you imagine telling Picasso what had to be in his f–king paintings,” she wrote in a since-deleted tweet. “You people have lost your minds.

The following language comes straight from The Academy: STANDARD A:  ON-SCREEN REPRESENTATION, THEMES, AND NARRATIVESTo achieve Standard A, the film must meet one of the following criteria:A1.

Oscars to improve the diversity of its nominees.Set to come into effect for the 96th Oscars in 2024, the Academy say that their new guidelines are “designed to encourage equitable representation on and off screen in order to better reflect the diversity of the movie-going audience”.Four “standards” will be introduced to meet this goal, and films that are hopeful of being nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars from 2024 onwards must meet two of the four “standards” to be deemed eligible.Those

Kirstie Alley doesn’t really love the new rules The Academy has implemented for the Best Picture award.

Kirstie Alley is sharing her thoughts on the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' new representation and inclusion standards for Best Picture eligibility. The actress took to Twitter on Tuesday to call the list of new requirements «a disgrace to artists everywhere.»«This is a disgrace to artists everywhere...can you imagine telling Picasso what had to be in his f**king paintings,» she tweeted.