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Oscars forces directors to hire more black, female or gay cast – but stars hit out at ‘woke’ award diversity rule
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thesun.co.ukTHE Oscars are going woke - with directors now forced to hire more black, female or gay stars in order to win a gong. Academy bosses today unveiled plans for 2025 in which films competing for Best Picture will have to meet certain diversity criteria.
Stars including US actress Kirstie Alley were quick to hit out at the four new "standards" set out by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science.The Cheers star, 69, ranted on Twitter: "This is a disgrace to artists everywhere...can you imagine telling Picasso what had to be in his f**king paintings."You people have lost your minds.
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