You may remember back in 2016 when the Academy Awards nominees all looked a little similar.

The 20 names announced as nominees among the four main acting categories were all Caucasian, prompting allegations of a lack of diversity within The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

The incident spurred the campaign #OscarsSoWhite, which in turn pushed The Academy to transform its membership.

That practice is being followed through in the announcement of its latest batch of members.

Of the 842 industry professionals who have been invited to join The Academy, 50% are female and 29% are non-white.

They include big names such as Lady Gaga, Claire Foy, Sterling K. Brown, Mark Ronson, Jamie Bell, Jennifer Ehle, Tom Holland, Damian Lewis, Elisabeth Moss, Archie Panjabi, Amanda Peet, and Alexander Skarsgard.

The new additions have likely caused the number of members to surpass 9,000, while 8,000 will be eligible to vote in the upcoming Oscars next February.

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The first season of the drama, based on the book by Liane Moriarty, ended on quite a dramatic note.

The characters played by Nicole Kidman, Reese Witherspoon, Shailene Woodley, Laura Dern, and Zoë Kravitz are now suspects in the murder of Nicole’s abusive husband, played by Alexander Skarsgård.

And his mother, played by newcomer Meryl Streep (you may have heard of her), won’t let them forget it.

“My son is dead,” she says to Reese’s character Madeline. “And I want to know what happened that night. Very tempted to ask you, but I don’t think I would get the truth, would I?”

Eeek. Ladies, play nice…

The teaser also revealed that season two of the hit series will return to HBO on the 9th of June.

The post The Official Trailer for “Big Little Lies” is Already Making Us Uneasy appeared first on TheDailyDay.

You may remember back in 2016 when the Academy Awards nominees all looked a little similar.

The 20 names announced as nominees among the four main acting categories were all Caucasian, prompting allegations of a lack of diversity within The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

The incident spurred the campaign #OscarsSoWhite, which in turn pushed The Academy to transform its membership.

That practice is being followed through in the announcement of its latest batch of members.

Of the 842 industry professionals who have been invited to join The Academy, 50% are female and 29% are non-white.

They include big names such as Lady Gaga, Claire Foy, Sterling K. Brown, Mark Ronson, Jamie Bell, Jennifer Ehle, Tom Holland, Damian Lewis, Elisabeth Moss, Archie Panjabi, Amanda Peet, and Alexander Skarsgard.

The new additions have likely caused the number of members to surpass 9,000, while 8,000 will be eligible to vote in the upcoming Oscars next February.

The post The Academy Continues to Push for Diversity with New Membership appeared first on TheDailyDay.

The first season of the drama, based on the book by Liane Moriarty, ended on quite a dramatic note.

The characters played by Nicole Kidman, Reese Witherspoon, Shailene Woodley, Laura Dern, and Zoë Kravitz are now suspects in the murder of Nicole’s abusive husband, played by Alexander Skarsgård.

And his mother, played by newcomer Meryl Streep (you may have heard of her), won’t let them forget it.

“My son is dead,” she says to Reese’s character Madeline. “And I want to know what happened that night. Very tempted to ask you, but I don’t think I would get the truth, would I?”

Eeek. Ladies, play nice…

The teaser also revealed that season two of the hit series will return to HBO on the 9th of June.

The post The Official Trailer for “Big Little Lies” is Already Making Us Uneasy appeared first on TheDailyDay.