It’s that time of year again. The time when Academy membership dreams are met or (in some cases) crushed. For 2023, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences invited 398 new members, up only one candidate from 2022’s 397 candidates.
The 2023 class includes a number of notable figures including none other than billion-dollar touring sensation Taylor Swift.
READ MORE: Angela Bassett, Mel Brooks & Carol Littleton To Recieve Honorary Oscars The Music Branch invited the global music sensation for contributions including original songs for films such as “Where the Crawdads Sing,” “Fifty Shades Darker,” “Cats” and “The Hunger Games.” Besides Swift, the songwriters also invited Abel Makkonen Tesfaye (aka The Weeknd), David Byrne, and “Naatu Naatu” songwriters M.M.
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