Ten of the invitees were invited by more than one branch and can decide which one to affiliate with. For example, at least four actors who regularly lend their voices to The Simpsons made the cut: Yeardley Smith, who voices Lisa Julie Kavner, aka Marge Harry Shearer, aka Ned Flanders and Principal Skinner and Hank Azaria, who plays everyone from Apu to Moe. The list also is a potential gold mine for trivia buffs. Other famous names that picked up invitations include Melissa Etheridge and Kendrick Lamar, who were both invited to join the music branch, and Harry Potter creator J.K. When it comes to winning Oscars, comedies often face an uphill battle, but this year the Academy is welcoming several comic performers to its ranks, including Dave Chappelle, Mindy Kaling, George Lopez, Amy Schumer and Sarah Silverman. Their film credits notwithstanding, a number of the acting invitees have names that are more associated with the theater, such as Eileen Atkins and Audra McDonald, or television, such as Christine Baranski ( The Good Wife) and Randall Park ( Fresh Off the Boat). But it also includes such veteran performers as Jennifer Grey, who made her mark in 1987’s Dirty Dancing Ann Dowd, the Emmy winner from The Handmaid’s Tale, who currently is appearing in Hereditary and Wendell Pierce ( Selma, The Wire). The eclectic list includes lots of relative newcomers, such as Taron Egerton of Kingsman: The Secret Service, Tiffany Haddish of Girls Trip, Trevante Rhodes of Moonlight and Daisy Ridley of Star Wars: The Force Awakens. The actors branch alone invited in 168 new members, the most of any branch. Thirty-eight percent of the new invitees are people of color, which, should they all accept, would bring their overall percentage of the Academy to 16 percent.Īmong the new members, 17 are Oscar winners, while 92 are Oscar nominees, including recent acting nominees like Call Me by Your Name‘s Timothee Chalamet and Get Out‘s Daniel Kaluuya. Will Oscar Voters Even Consider Voting for Will Smith for 'Emancipation'? "We Have to Allow People to Grow," "No Chance," "F*** Him"įorty-nine percent of the class of 2018 are female, and, should all accept membership, that will bring overall percentage of women in the Academy to 31 percent.
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