This Sunday, the Oscars are going to bring out a wide range of diverse presenters and performers to help compensate for the all-white lineup of their acting nominees.
Since The Academy Members Project is the largest public list of Oscar Voters -- and of NON-Voters -- that you’ll find on the web, we thought we’d take a look at the roster to find out which of these presenters are members of Academy and which are not.
What we found is that over a third of the announced presenters and performers are NOT Academy members yet. Which begs the question: If the Academy is supposed to represent the best artists in the industry, why do they have to go outside their ranks so often for the telecast?
Chris Rock (HOST) - VOTING MEMBER! (source).
J.J. Abrams - VOTING MEMBER! (source).
Patricia Arquette - VOTING MEMBER! (source).
Abraham Attah - NOT A MEMBER (source).
Sacha Baron Cohen - VOTING MEMBER! (source).
Cate Blanchett - VOTING MEMBER! (source).
Emily Blunt - VOTING MEMBER! (source).
Louis C.K. - UNCERTAIN (source).
Steve Carell - VOTING MEMBER! (source).
Henry Cavill - NOT A MEMBER (source).
Priyanka Chopra - NOT A MEMBER (source).
Common - VOTING MEMBER! (source).
Russell Crowe - VOTING MEMBER! (source).
Benicio del Toro - VOTING MEMBER! (source).
Chris Evans - NOT A MEMBER (source).
Tina Fey - NOT A MEMBER (source).
Morgan Freeman - VOTING MEMBER! (source).
Lady Gaga - NOT A MEMBER (source).
Jennifer Garner - VOTING MEMBER! (source).
Whoopi Goldberg - VOTING MEMBER! (source).
Ryan Gosling - VOTING MEMBER! (source).
Louis Gossett, Jr. - VOTING MEMBER! (source).
Dave Grohl - NOT A MEMBER (source).
Kevin Hart - VOTING MEMBER! (source).
Quincy Jones - VOTING MEMBER! (source).
Michael B. Jordan - NOT A MEMBER (source).
Byung-hun Lee - NOT A MEMBER (source).
John Legend - VOTING MEMBER! (source).
Jared Leto - VOTING MEMBER! (source).
Rachel McAdams - NOT A MEMBER (source).
Julianne Moore - VOTING MEMBER! (source).
Olivia Munn - NOT A MEMBER (source).
Dev Patel - VOTING MEMBER! (source).
Eddie Redmayne - VOTING MEMBER! (source).
Daisy Ridley - NOT A MEMBER (source).
Margot Robbie - NOT A MEMBER (source).
Jason Segel - VOTING MEMBER! (source).
Andy Serkis - VOTING MEMBER! (source).
Sarah Silverman - UNCERTAIN (source).
J.K. Simmons - VOTING MEMBER! (source).
Sam Smith - NOT A MEMBER (source).
Charlize Theron - VOTING MEMBER! (source).
Jacob Tremblay - NOT A MEMBER (source).
Sofia Vergara - NOT A MEMBER (source).
Kerry Washington - VOTING MEMBER! (source).
The Weeknd - NOT A MEMBER (source).
Pharrell Williams - VOTING MEMBER! (source).
Reese Witherspoon - VOTING MEMBER! (source).
For more information about who is -- and is not -- a member of the academy, check out The Academy Members Project: The largest public list of Oscar Voters you’ll find on the web.
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