THE ACADEMY OF OSCARS IS FEMINIZED

The category of directors, even recruited more women than men, said in its release the Academy of Arts and Science of Cinema.

The Academy, judged too masculine and too white To reflect the diversity of society, in the new promotion 29% chose "people of color" - black, Asian, Latin American, Arab, Polynesian, Métis, etc. -, according to the usual definition for statistics in the United States. The institution has doubled the proportion of "people of color", which will represent 16% of its members against only 8% four years ago.

If the new members accept the invitation (this is generally the case, with the notable exception of Woody Allen and more recently Emmanuelle Seigner, to protest against the expulsion of her husband Roman Polanski), the proportion of women in Academy will increase this year to 32%, compared to 25% in 2015.

Among the newcomers, several Black Panther cast artists, such as actors Sterling K. Brown, Winston Duke and Letitia Wright, and the team of Crazy Rich Asians, director Jonathan Chu and actress Gemma Chan are listed here. . Mexican actress Marina de Tavira, nominated in February at the Oscars for Roma, thanked the Academy on Twitter for having done her "this honor".

The pop star Lady Gaga was also chosen. However, she will have to choose between the category "actress", for his film A Star Is Born, and that of "music", which earned him the statuette of the best song. In the second case, the American would join Annie Lennox, who won an Oscar for the best song for the Lord of the Rings, the English Adele and his accomplice producer Mark Ronson.

Claire Foy (The First Man, The Crown) and Elizabeth Moss (The Handmaid's Tale ...), as well as Tom Holland, the latest Spider-Man and Katsuhiro Otomo, father of the legendary manga Akira, are also among the most noticed

French artists are well represented: Camille Cottin (Ten percent, Connasse, princess of hearts ...) is invited as an actress, Jean-Louis Trintignant (A man and a woman, And god created the woman ...) as actor and Mélanie Laurent as a director (Respire, Galveston ...). Among the lucky ones on the screenwriters side are Jean-Pierre Bacri, Agnès Jaoui, Coline Serreau, Cédric Klapisch, Maïwenn and Josiane Balasko.

In the very long list of new members of the category "animation", we note the presence of the Japanese Katsuhiro Otomo, father of the mythical manga Akira and its adaptation on the big screen.