Sunday, November 10, 2024

Oscars: Academy Invites Include Brothers (Murdoch) and Sisters (Wachowski) Who Used to Be Brothers

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Among the new members of the Academy are a pair of brothers and a pair of sisters who used to be brothers.

Under Studio Executives, James Murdoch and Lachlan Murdoch, sons of Rupert, are now Oscar voters. They own Fox Studios so it does make sense. Will they just push right wing films?

Under Directors: Lana and Lilly Wachowski, who used to be Larry and Andy. The directors of “The Matrix” are certainly the first ever sibling transgenders to become part of the Academy. I’m surprised they weren’t in as brothers. (If so, then it’s even steven, as Jerry Seinfeld used to say.)

It’s really a new day.

Roger Friedman
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Roger Friedman began his Showbiz411 column in April 2009 after 10 years with Fox News, where he created the Fox411 column. His movie reviews are carried by Rotten Tomatoes, and he is a member of both the movie and TV branches of the Critics Choice Awards. His articles have appeared in dozens of publications over the years including New York Magazine, where he wrote the Intelligencer column in the mid 90s and covered the OJ Simpson trial, and Fox News (when it wasn't so crazy) where he covered Michael Jackson. He is also the writer and co-producer of "Only the Strong Survive," a selection of the Cannes, Sundance, and Telluride Film festivals, directed by DA Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus.

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