{"id":118560,"date":"2017-09-19T05:30:32","date_gmt":"2017-09-19T09:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=118560"},"modified":"2017-09-19T05:30:32","modified_gmt":"2017-09-19T09:30:32","slug":"film-academy-president-welcomes-new-members-at-private-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/09\/19\/film-academy-president-welcomes-new-members-at-private-party\/","title":{"rendered":"Film academy president welcomes new members at private party"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_118575\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-118575\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/10248830_10152311899818057_177208160_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-118575\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/10248830_10152311899818057_177208160_n.jpg\" alt=\"John Bailey says the real benefit of belonging to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is being connected to the past and future of filmmaking. (Photo: Academy of Motion Pictures Los Angeles Events\/Facebook)\" width=\"960\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/10248830_10152311899818057_177208160_n.jpg 960w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/10248830_10152311899818057_177208160_n-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/10248830_10152311899818057_177208160_n-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/10248830_10152311899818057_177208160_n-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-118575\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">John Bailey says the real benefit of belonging to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is being connected to the past and future of filmmaking. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheAcademyLAEvents\/photos\/a.464420470329852.1073741851.195483110556924\/501241289981103\/?type=3&amp;theater\">Photo:<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheAcademyLAEvents\/\"> Academy of Motion Pictures Los Angeles Events\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.\u2014 The president of the film academy says being a member isn&#8217;t just about getting all those free DVD screeners during Oscar season.<\/p>\n<p>John Bailey says the real benefit of belonging to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is being connected to the past and future of filmmaking.<\/p>\n<p>Bailey made the remarks at a private reception Monday for the organization&#8217;s newest members at the academy&#8217;s headquarters in Beverly Hills, California. The group invited its largest class in history 774 people to join its ranks in June.<\/p>\n<p>Academy chief Dawn Hudson said the new membership class reflects a \u201cre-envisioning of the academy as a truly international institution.\u201d The group has been working in recent years to diversify its historically white, male membership.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.\u2014 The president of the film academy says being a member isn&#8217;t just about getting all those free &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":118575,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[24309,24308,24310,20843],"class_list":["post-118560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-academy-of-motion-picture-arts-and-sciences","tag-film-academy","tag-free-dvd","tag-john-bailey","mauthors-sandy-cohen","mauthors-the-canadian-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118560","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118560"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118560\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/118575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}