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    SG folk invited to vote at Emmys (SciFi Wire)

    http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index...ory=0&id=37041

    12:00 AM, 12-JULY-06

    Academy Welcomes SF&F


    The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences invited 120 people to join this year, including the guy who played the Hulk, the Charlotte's Web girl, the ingenue from the Pirates of the Caribbean movies and many other SF&F stars, an academy spokesperson told SCI FI Wire. Rules are stricter now, and just because you're nominated doesn't mean you're in the select group that picks the Oscars each year. "The academy decided to slow membership growth and to become even more selective in choosing members," academy president Sid Ganis said in a statement. An academy spokesperson added that people are invited for their overall body of work, not just because of a specific genre such as science fiction and that they must turn their paperwork back in time to be allowed in, so just because they're invited doesn't mean they're part of the academy.

    Among the 120 new invitees are many who have SF&F backgrounds and who may be more likely to consider genre films in future Oscar competitions. Among the actors asked to join the prestigious academy are Hulk star Eric Bana, Dakota Fanning (War of the Worlds, Dr. Seuss's Cat in the Hat and the upcoming Charlotte's Web), Keira Knightley (Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, Star Wars: Episode I—The Phantom Menace), Heath Ledger (A Knight's Tale, Brothers Grimm,) and Amy Adams (the upcoming Underdog, Enchanted), as well as Ving Rhames (Mission: Impossible), Joaquin Phoenix (The Village, Signs), Rachel Weisz (The Mummy, The Fountain), Liev Schreiber (The Omen), Maria Bello (The Dark), Jake Gyllenhaal (The Day After Tomorrow, Donnie Darko) and Barry Pepper (Battlefield Earth), who were invited in by other members of the academy.

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    Set directors in the list included Victor Zolfo (The Day After Tomorrow, Stargate) and Tom Reta (Blade, Anaconda). Art director Thomas P. Wilkins (Spider-Man 2, Men in Black 2) was also asked to join.


    *more at link above*
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