Common, Oyelowo Diversify Film Academy Membership

In choosing its newest members, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences went for younger and more diverse.   Kevin Hart, Common, Emma Stone, Dev Patel and Whiplash writer-director Damien Chazelle were among the 322 new academy members announced Friday.   "It's really gratifying to see the big increases in genre, people of color, age and national origin,'' academy president Cheryl Boone Isaacs said in an interview.   Other new inductees include...

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