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Rogen, Hathaway, Jackman, Franco, Rudd Join the Academy
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Seth Rogen and James Franco have taken the pineapple express to Oscar credibility.
As if expanding the Best Picture nominee pool and potentially nixing the Best Song category wasn't enough to modernize the usually staid Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, surely its welcoming of cinema's preeminent bong jokesters is.
Rogen and Franco are two of 134 new artists and movie industry executives who have been extended invitations to join the Academy and, in doing so, secure voting rights for all future Oscar ceremonies beginning in 2010.
The smokin' Pineapple Express duo are joined by fellow Judd Apatow repertory players Michael Cera, Paul Rudd and Jane Lynch, along with Casey Affleck, Viola Davis, Anne Hathaway, Emily Blunt, Taraji P. Henson, James McAvoy, Tyler Perry, Danny Boyle, Emile Hirsch, Michelle Williams, Amy Ryan, Slumdog soundtracker A.R. Rahman, Peter Gabriel, Tom Cruise's producing partner-in-crime, Paula Wagner, Milk man Dustin Lance Black and Mr. Oscar himself, Hugh Jackman.
"These filmmakers have, over the course of their careers, captured the imagination of audiences around the world," AMPAS head honcho Sid Ganis said in a statement. "It's this kind of talent and creativity that make up the Academy, and I welcome each of them to our ranks."
The new members, which keeps the Academy's voting membership to just under 6,000, will be welcomed at an invitation-only reception in Beverly Hills this September.
Here's the complete list of invitees:
ACTORS
Casey Affleck
Emily Blunt
Michael Cera
Viola Davis
James Franco
Brendan Gleeson
Anne Hathaway
Taraji P. Henson
Emile Hirsch
Hugh Jackman
Melissa Leo
Jane Lynch
Eddie Marsan
James McAvoy
Seth Rogen
Paul Rudd
Amy Ryan
Michael Shannon
Michelle Williams
Jeffrey Wright
ANIMATORS
J.J. Blumenkranz
Konstantin Bronzit
Kendal Cronkhite
Rodolphe Guenoden
Byron Howard
Kunio Kato
Doug Sweetland
Chris Williams
ART DIRECTOR
Andrew Ackland-Snow
AT-LARGE
Matthew D. Loeb
Redmond Morris
CASTING DIRECTORS
John Papsidera
Bernie Telsey
CINEMATOGRAPHERS
Russ T. Alsobrook
Anthony Dod Mantle
Henner Hofmann
Claudio Miranda
Rodney Taylor
Mandy Walker
COSTUME DESIGNERS
Deborah Hopper
Louise Mingenbach
Michael O’Connor
Michael Wilkinson
DIRECTORS
Rachid Bouchareb
Danny Boyle
David Frankel
Rod Lurie
Thomas McCarthy
Tyler Perry
Henry Selick
DOCUMENTARY
William Gazecki
Rachel Grady
Rory Kennedy
Scott Hamilton Kennedy
James Marsh
Megan Mylan
Doug Pray
EXECUTIVES
Daniel D.A. Battsek
Steve Beeks
Graham W. Burke
Joe Drake
Erik Feig
Paul Hanneman
Donald P. Harris
Claudia Lewis
FILM EDITORS
Roger Barton
Hank Corwin
Chris Dickens
Elliot Graham
Kathryn Himoff
Leo Trombetta
Brent White
Pam Wise
LIVE ACTION SHORT FILMS
Reto Caffi
Jochen Alexander Freydank
F. Carter Pilcher
MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLISTS
Howard Berger
Mike Elizalde
Louis Lazzara
Gerald Quist
Jeff Danna
Andrew Dorfman
Peter Gabriel
Clint Mansell
A.R. Rahman
PRODUCERS
Mark Ciardi
Christian Colson
Gordon Gray
Broderick Johnson
Cathy Konrad
Andrew Kosove
James Lassiter
Russell Smith
Paula Wagner
PRODUCTION DESIGNERS
Donald Graham Burt
Michael Carlin
Jane Ann Stewart
Kevin Thompson
PUBLIC RELATIONS
Michael D. Camp
Marc Cohen
Megan Colligan
James C. Gallagher
David Kaminow
Sal Ladestro
Maria Pekurovskaya
Elizabeth Petit
SET DECORATORS
Rebecca Alleway
Peter Lando
Barbara Munch-Cameron
SCENIC ARTIST
Robert Topol
SOUND
Michael Barry
Derek Casari
Aaron Glascock
Ren Klyce
Peter F. Kurland
Karen Baker Landers
Hamilton Sterling
Deborah Wallach
Kim Waugh
VISUAL EFFECTS
Christopher Bond
Matthew Butler
Chris Corbould
Rob Engle
Scott Gordon
Hal Hickel
Van Ling
Shane Mahan
Steve Preeg
Tim Webber
Edson Williams
WRITERS
John August
Dustin Lance Black
Courtney Hunt
Howard A. Rodman
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