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Film Academy Invites Ariana Grande, Kieran Culkin and More to Be Members
LOS ANGELES COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, JUN 26 – The Academy's 2025 class includes 91 Oscar nominees and 26 winners, with 41% women, 45% from underrepresented communities, and 55% from 60 countries, advancing diversity goals.
- On June 27, 2025, the organization behind the Oscars extended membership invitations to 534 professionals from around the world, including actors, technicians, and industry executives.
- This invitation follows the Academy's ongoing efforts to increase inclusion and representation after backlash over lack of diversity in earlier years.
- The group of new invitees features 91 individuals who have been nominated for Oscars, among them 26 past winners like Mikey Madison and Kieran Culkin, and represents talent from 60 different countries, enhancing both international representation and gender diversity.
- Bill Kramer and Janet Yang expressed their excitement in announcing the addition of a diverse group of new members—including artists, technologists, and industry professionals—to the Academy, with the incoming class comprising 41% women, 45% individuals from underrepresented communities, and 55% from outside the United States.
- If all accept, total membership will reach 11,120 with 10,143 voting members, making it the largest Academy membership and further diversifying Oscar voting.
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Halina Reijn is one of the more than five hundred new members of the Academy, the organization that awards the Oscars each year. Several other Dutch people such as Victoria Warmerdam, Trent, Nina Gantz and Margje de Koning have also been chosen, according to the list that was published on Thursday.
Ariana Grande, Brazilian Fernanda Torres, Puerto Rican Adria Arjona and Spanish director Albert Serra are among the 534 artists and executives of the film industry that the Hollywood Academy invited to join its organization.
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