Oh wow! now that is a great recognition of AR's talent! Woohoo! am so happy for AR!
--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Bivin Chandra <bivinchan...@...> wrote: > > The Academy Invites 134 To Membership, Hathaway, Jackman, Rahman and Telsey > Among Invitees > > The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is extending invitations to > join the organization to 134 artists and executives who have distinguished > themselves by their contributions to theatrical motion pictures. Those who > accept the invitation will be the only additions in 2009 to the Academy's > roster of voting members. > > "These filmmakers have, over the course of their careers, captured the > imagination of audiences around the world," said Academy President Sid Ganis. > "It's this kind of talent and creativity that make up the Academy, and I > welcome each of them to our ranks." > > The Academy's membership would have allowed a maximum of 166 new members in > 2009, but as in the previous years, the several branch committees endorsed > fewer candidates than were proposed to them. Voting membership in the > organization has now held steady at just under 6,000 members since 2003. > > New members will be welcomed into the Academy at an invitation-only reception > at the Academy's Fairbanks Center for Motion Picture Study in Beverly Hills > in September. > The 2009 invitees are: > > Actors > > Casey Affleck > Emily Blunt > Michael Cera > Viola Davis > James Franco > Brendan Gleeson > Anne Hathaway > Taraji P. Henson > Emile Hirsch > Hugh Jackman > Melissa Leo > Jane Lynch > Eddie Marsan > James McAvoy > Seth Rogen > Paul Rudd > Amy Ryan > Michael Shannon > Michelle Williams > Jeffrey Wright > > ' > ' > ' > Music > > Jeff Danna > Andrew Dorfman > Peter Gabriel > Clint Mansell > A.R. Rahman > http://broadwayworld.com/article/The_Academy_Invites_134_To_Membership_Hathaway_Jackman_Rahman_and_Telsey_Among_Invitees_20090630 >
