Academy Reveals Who Will Get to Vote for 86th Oscars (Analysis)

The Academy, thanks to the elimination of quotas on new members and to the addition of a casting directors branch, now has over 6,000 active members for the first time in its 86-year history. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has released a branch-by-branch breakdown of its members, just as it does every December before Oscar ballots are mailed to its members, and the numbers help to illustrate the ways in which the Academy is changing. The main headline is that there are 6,028 act...