Filmworld
Kajol, Suriya invited to join Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Los Angeles, June 29
Popular Tamil star Suriya, Bollywood actress Kajol, award-winning filmmaker Nalin Kumar Pandya aka Pan Nalin, Oscar-nominated documentary makers Sushmit Ghosh and Rintu Thomas, and Indian American 'Deadpool' and 'Murder on the Orient Express' producer Adiya Sood have been inducted into the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the body that presents the Oscars each year.
Our correspondent from Chennai reports that Suriya is the first South Indian actor to be inducted into the Academy till date.
On Tuesday, the Academy released the list of 397 distinguished artistes and executives it had invited to join the organisation in 2022. The Academy said the new members had been selected on the basis of their professional qualifications and their "ongoing commitment to representation, inclusion and equity".
'Variety' notes that if all of this year's invitees accept membership, it will bring the total number of Academy members to 10,665, with 9,665 eligible to vote for the 95th Oscars set to take place on March 12, 2023.
The new invitees, 50 per cent of whom are from 53 countries and territories outside the United States, include 71 Oscar nominees, including 15 winners.
Some of the big names invited are recent winners Ariana DeBose ('West Side Story]) and Troy Kotsur ('CODA'), and nominees Jessie Buckley ('The Lost Daughter'), Jesse Plemons and Kodi Smit-McPhee ('The Power of the Dog').
Also invited, according to 'Variety', are a slew of global artistes such as Robin de Jess ('Tick, Tick ... Boom!'), Olga Merediz ('In the Heights') and Vincent Lindon ('Titane'), director Reinaldo Marcus Green ('King Richard'), screenwriters Jeremy O Harris ('Zola') and Jon Spaihts ('Dune'), and pop star Billie Eilish, who also sang for 'No Time to Die'.
Lindon, incidentally, was the president of the competition section jury of the 75th Cannes Film Festival.
18 hours ago
Risk of famine still present in Gaza: WHO
18 hours ago
Over 400 hospitalised in Vietnam due to suspected food poisoning
18 hours ago
Germany summons Russian diplomat over cyberattack on ruling party
20 hours ago
Pew Research Center: Indian Migrants Among Top Three Asian Groups Sending Money Home
20 hours ago
Virginia Senator Hashmi is running for lieutenant governor and is trying to win over the party's endorsement.
21 hours ago
A vibrant and joyous Gujarat-Maharashtra Day celebration was conducted at the Indian Consulate in New York.
21 hours ago
Immigrants covered by Biden's health insurance programme will have more options
21 hours ago
Report suggests that US cows were likely infected with bird flu for at least four months prior to diagnosis.
21 hours ago
To back up Biden's claim that China, Russia, Japan, and India are "xenophobic," the White House has issued a statement.
22 hours ago
India retain top spot in ODIs, T20Is rankings after annual update
23 hours ago
Reluctant Rahul Gandhi finally steps in Raebareli to keep family flag high
23 hours ago
Ruchir Sharma's warning to West: Beware of bigger governments you wish for
23 hours ago
ChatGPT not reliable tool to gauge development delays in children, finds research