Oscars: New diversity targets announced for Best Picture nominees

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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.

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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.

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.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced that movies will have to meet new Inclusion Standards in order to be eligible for Best Picture at the Academy Awards, starting the ceremony to be held in 2024.  The new requirements are being put into place “to encourage equitable representation on and off-screen in order to better reflect the diversity of the movie-going audience.” Four different standards have been drafted and films will have to meet at least two of the standards in

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.

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.”

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.