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Kirstie Alley: New Oscars Inclusion Requirements ‘A Disgrace To Artists Everywhere’

"You people have lost your minds."

Paul Bois
Kirstie Alley: New Oscars Inclusion Requirements ‘A Disgrace To Artists Everywhere’
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On Tuesday, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) released its new guidelines for inclusion, which dictated that movies must meet a diversity threshold, employing specific minority individuals in front of or behind the camera to qualify for Best Picture. As The Los Angeles Times reported:

Those standards require one of the following: at least one of the lead actors or significant supporting actors is from an underrepresented racial or ethnic group; at least 30% of all actors in secondary and more minor roles are from certain underrepresented groups; or the main storyline, theme or narrative is centered on an underrepresented group.

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