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Taking 'Stand Up and Be Counted' Quite Literally
Although expected by many to land the Best Actress Oscar for her portrayal of a mother with wrongs to right in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, Frances McDormand started her acceptance speech with an air of unpredictability — and inspiration. First, she asked all female nominees in the crowd to stand. Then, she introduced viewers at home to the concept of an "inclusion rider," an equity clause that would allow actresses and actors to write into their contracts diversity and inclusion standards for the cast and crew of their projects.
Although expected by many to land the Best Actress Oscar for her portrayal of a mother with wrongs to right in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, Frances McDormand started her acceptance speech with an air of unpredictability — and inspiration. First, she asked all female nominees in the crowd to stand. Then, she introduced viewers at home to the concept of an "inclusion rider," an equity clause that would allow actresses and actors to write into their contracts diversity and inclusion standards for the cast and crew of their projects.
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