LADY Gaga, Amy Adams and Rachel Weisz led the largest class of women nominees in Oscars history as they posed for a star-studded ‘class photo’ at a lunch on Monday.
Mexican director Alfonso Cuaron and African-American filmmaker Spike Lee were among scores of nominees who gathered for a group shot ahead of the Academy Awards ceremony in three weeks time, when only a handful will go home as winners.
Actors Glenn Close, Bradley Cooper and Rami Malek, along with dozens of producers, editors, costume designers, documentary makers and musicians in 24 categories were also among those attending the annual Oscar nominees lunch in Beverly Hills.
John Bailey, president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences whose members vote on the Oscar winners, said the class of 2019 was notable for its diversity.
“This year has the largest class of women nominees. Far from parity, and of course we need to do better. Gender parity is an industry matter, not just an Academy matter,” Bailey told the guests.
“Inclusion, diversity, racial, ethnic and gender equality are not just buzzwords. They go to the heart of what our Academy is doing,” he added.
But hundreds took to social media to blast the “so white” group shot and accuse the Academy of not doing enough to promote diversity.
“I knew the oscar photo was gonna be mostly white people but oh my god… that’s so bad,” one Twitter user said.
Another person tweeted: “The oscar noms photo is so white i had to lower the brightness of my screen and put on sunglasses to see it.”
One social media user added: “There’s still a long way to go, but at least they acknowledge there is a problem here.”
It comes three years after the #OscarsSoWhite controversy in 2016 when all 20 actors nominated in the lead and supporting acting categories were white, for a second year in a row.
Olivia Colman’s period comedy-drama The Favourite and Netflix’s black-and-white epic Roma lead this year’s Oscar race, with 10 nominations each.
The other contenders include A Star Is Born and Vice with eight each, followed by Black Panther with seven.
Black Panther is the first superhero movie to be nominated for best picture.
Colman is among the British acting nominees, alongside her co-star Rachel Weisz and Christian Bale for Vice.
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The lunch took place with still no official word on whether the Feb. 24 Oscar ceremony would go ahead without a host for only the second time in its 91-year history.
The Oscar show producers urged the eventual winners to keep their acceptance speeches short on the big night, particularly as the Academy has pledged to cut this year’s telecast by about 30 minutes to three hours.
Producer Glenn Weiss said the goal was to deliver “an enjoyable and entertaining evening while we work hard to produce a three-hour show for the first time.”
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