Kristie Alley Hits Out At Oscars Over New ‘Representation And Inclusion’ Rules For Best Picture

Actress Kristie Alley has hit out the Oscars after the Academy Awards announced that movies will have to meet new diversity and inclusion standards to be eligible to win in the ‘Best Picture’ category from 2024.

“This is a disgrace to artists everywhere...can you imagine telling Picasso what had to be in his f**king paintings,” she wrote on Twitter.

“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 to hire more cast and crew from Black, female, LGBT+ or disabled groups or address themes that affect those communities.

As ‘Daily Mail’ reports, 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.

“I've been in the motion picture Academy for 40 years. The Academy celebrates freedom of UNBRIDLED artistry expressed through movies,” she continued.

“The new RULES to qualify for 'best picture' are dictatorial .. anti-artist..Hollywood you're swinging so far left you're bumping into your own a*s.”

Alley signed off her post with: “Diversity and inclusion should be taught, taught so well and so naturally and genuinely that it becomes second nature to our children.”

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