‘Can you imagine telling Picasso what had to be in his f**king paintings!’ Kirstie Alley hits out at the Oscars over new ‘representation and inclusion’ rules for Best Picture

Cheers actress Kirstie Alley has hit out at the Academy Awards after it announced that movies will have to meet new diversity and inclusion standards to be eligible to win in the Best Picture category from 2024. Alley, 69, who has never been nominated for an Oscar during her career, branded the new requirements a ‘disgrace’ to artists in a scathing Twitter rant Wednesday. ‘This is a disgrace to artists everywhere…can you imagine telling Picasso what had to be in his f**king paintings,’ she blasted. ‘You people have lost your minds. Control artists, control individual thought .. OSCAR ORWELL.’ Her comments came in response to the Academy’s unveiling of its updated standards, which encourages films hire more cast and crew from black, female, LGBT or disabled groups or address themes that affect those communities. The standards require films put forward for the Best Picture award to meet two of four diversity standards in on-screen representation, creative leadership, industry access and audience development. The Academy has long come under fire for its lack of diversity with only one black actor receiving a nomination for the 2020 awards. Hitting out: Kirstie Alley (left in 2018 and right in Cheers in 1983) has hit out at the Academy… Read full this story

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