Oscars appoints new board members to increase diversity

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences have appointed three new members to the board of governors and a number of Academy members to various committees in their efforts to improve diversity. President Cheryl Boone Isaacs has appointed Reginald Hudlin - who produced the recent Academy Awards - to the the directors branch, Gregory Nava to the writers branch and Jennifer Yuh Nelson to short films and feature animation, and their three-year terms will begin immediately.