Academy Awards invite record number new members

Organizers of the Academy Awards have invited a record number of new members to join the organization.

This week, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Board of Governors invited 774 members to join the organization.

Among the high-profile actors invited to the Academy are ‘Wonder Woman’ star Gal Gadot, Oscar nominee Naomie Harris, Donald Glover, Chris Hemsworth, Dwayne Johnson, Adam Driver, Priyanka Chopra, Betty White, Amy Poehler, Chris Pratt, Anna Faris, Margot Robbie, Channing Tatum, Kristen Stewart, and Rupert Grint.

The Academy also selected more female members to join its Board of Governors.

The Board of Governors is charged with setting the Academy’s strategy and rules for future event ceremonies, as well as looking after the organization’s financial well-being, and staying on track with the Oscars and its other film missions.

Famous American cineastes such as Whoopi Goldberg and Kimberly Peirce now make up 38 percent of the 2017–18 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Board of Governors.

Other female members of the Board of Governors include Mandy Walker, Isis Mussenden, and Christina Kounelias, among others.

Newly elected male members of the Board of Governors include Billy Crystal, David Linde, and Larry Karaszewski, among others.

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