The Academy announced on Wednesday that it’s inviting 774 new members — a record-breaking number.

It marks the second year in a row that the institution has broken its own record; last year, it set a new high-water mark by inviting 683 new members. Additionally, people of color make up 30% of the new class — a significant statistic following the #OscarsSoWhite protest that made waves in 2016. According to the Academy’s announcement, there has been a 331% increase of people of color invited to join the Academy from 2015-2017. The Academy has vowed to make its membership better reflect the world demographics, after many years of criticism that women, racial minorities and international artists were under-represented. As a result, the number of new-member invitations has risen steadily. [Source]

Actors

Robert Picardo – “Hail, Caesar!,” “TheMeddler”
Amy Poehler – “Inside Out,”“Sisters”
Chris Pratt – “Guardians of the Galaxy” series, “Jurassic World”
Zachary Quinto – “Star Trek” series, “Snowden”
Édgar Ramírez – “The Girl on the Train,” “Joy”
Phylicia Rashad – “Creed,” “For Colored Girls”

I’ve updated the gallery with photos of Chris’s appearance on The Ellen Show a few weeks ago. Check out the videos below for some bits of the interview.

Chris was a guest on Late Night with Seth Meyers last week. Check out the photos and videos

Chris was on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert a couple of days ago, check out the photos of the episode and the videos snippet.

Chris & his GOTG Vol. 2 father Kurt Russell were on BBC’s show The One Show. Check out the interview below and some pictures of Chris arriving to the studio.

I’ve updated the gallery with over 900 photos of Chris during the ceremony accompanying the reveal of his star on Hollywood’s walk of fame. Check out the full video below and then head to the gallery to see the pictures.