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Hudson joined the Academy as CEO in 2011 and
was tasked with overseeing its 450-person staff in Los Angeles,
New York and London and running the awards, membership and
marketing.
Hudson was also responsible for the Academy Museum of Motion
Pictures, which opened in Los Angeles last month and displays
movie memorabilia including a pair of red slippers from "The
Wizard of Oz," the Rosebud sled from "Citizen Kane" and a R2-D2
model from "Star Wars".
Under Hudson, the Academy, which has been criticized for
honoring few movies and creators of color, last year published
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detailed inclusion and diversity guidelines that filmmakers will
have to meet in order for their work to be eligible for a best
picture Oscar, starting in 2024.
The move came after criticism of the film academy intensified in
2016 with the social media hashtag #OscarsSoWhite, a backlash
against two consecutive years of an all-white field of acting
contenders.
Hudson has also led the Academy through the COVID-19 pandemic.
The 93rd edition of the awards were held in April and marked a
dramatic departure from televised Oscar presentations of the
past, with no opening monologue, no live orchestra or any of the
glitzy song-and-dance numbers that typically fill the show.
(Reporting by Noor Zainab Hussain in Bengaluru; Editing by Maju
Samuel)
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