Superstars head for Oscar vote
Indian stars Amitabh Bachchan, Aamir Khan, SAlMAN KHAN, Priyanka Chopra, Aishwarya Rai and filmmakers like Goutam Ghose and Buddhadeb Dasgupta are among the 774 people who have been invited to vote in the Oscars.
According to The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences website, the 2017 invitees come from 57 countries, with the list comprising 39 per cent female and 30 per cent people of colour.
Irrfan Khan, Deepika Padukone, Monsoon Wedding costume designer Arjun Bhasin, writer Sooni Taraporevala and documentary filmmaker Anand Patwardhan are among other invitees from India. “We're proud to invite our newest class to the Academy. The entire motion picture community is what we make of it,” Cheryl Boone Isaacs, Academy president, said in a statement. “It's up to all of us to ensure that new faces and voices are seen and heard, and to take a shot on the next generation the way someone took a shot on each of us.”
Indian-origin visual effects director Mohit Kallianpur, behind animated films like Frozen and Tangled, is also on the list. Elle Fanning is the youngest invitee at 19, while Betty White at 95 is the oldest. The list of actors also includes Israeli actress and Wonder Woman star Gal Gadot.
‘If you don't show a return on the investment, they (producers) will stop investing in you. You have to make the industry and the audience realise that you're not here just because of your surname. And only you can do that — in front of the camera. In most other businesses you get degrees, in most other jobs there are qualifications. Our profession doesn't offer a certificate of capability beforehand. You have to earn it.
— ARJUN KAPOOR
Model Ashley Graham said she is desperate to model for Victoria's Secret. The 29-year-old fashion star, who was the first plus-size model to grace the cover of Sports Illustrated’s swimsuit issue last year, said she is eagerly waiting for the lingerie company to ask her to walk the runway for them, reported Contactmusic.
Speaking about her dream job on Watch What Happens live with Andy Cohen!, the brunette beauty said, “Victoria's Secret, call me. I will walk your runway. I will wear those wings, honey. And I will wear it with confidence! Right, wouldn't you say yesIJ”
‘Sexism in Hollywood akin to racism’
Game of Thrones actress Emilia Clarke has opened up about the hardships she has been dealing with for being a woman in the male-dominated film and TV industry and compared it to racism.
“I feel so naive for saying it, but it's like dealing with racism,” Clarke said in an interview to Rolling Stone magazine. “You're aware of it, but one day, you go, ‘Oh, my God, it's everywhere!' It took me a really a long time to see that I do get treated differently. But I look around, and that's my daily life,” the 30-year-old actress added.
However, being treated differently doesn't stop Clarke, who will reprise her role of Mother of Dragons Daenerys Targaryen in the anticipated season 7 of GoT, from being a feminist. “like, guess whatIJ Yes, I've got mascara on, and I also have a high IQ, so those two things can be one and the same.”