user: input: Article: Nearly 700 people were invited, with a focus on women and ethnic minorities.
Should all of those agree to join, the demographic of the membership would only slightly change from being mostly white, male and over 60.
Male membership would slip from 75% to 73% - white membership from 92% to 89%.
There are currently more than 6,000 members of the academy.
Almost half the people who have been asked to join are women and almost as many are people of colour.
The new invitees include Star Wars actor John Boyega, Swedish Oscar winner Alicia Vikander, Beasts of No Nation star Idris Elba and Tina Fey the Academy said in a statement, which listed the invitees in full.
Boyega tweeted his gratitude at being invited to join, saying that it was "always a blessing to be one of the many Oscar voters that will hopefully spark change".
Other British inclusions include Harry Potter star Emma Watson and Belle director Amma Asante, who wrote: "I cannot lie. I like this!"
Brie Larson, who won the best actress Oscar this year for her performance in Room, was also invited.
She tweeted: "I got in! Excited to use my vote to nominate talent that reflects the real world we live in - DIVERSITY."
From the music world Sia, Mary J Blige, will.i.am and Ice Cube have been nominated.
Ugly Betty star America Ferrera also thanked the Academy, tweeting that it was a chance to "create opportunity" for others.
Dreamgirls and Roots actress Anika Noni Rose, also tweeted her gratitude.
"I'd like to thank @TheAcademy!...for welcoming me (& so many fabulous artists) to the class of 2016."
Jacob Vargos who has starred in The 33 and Jarhead, thanked Lou Diamond Phillips and Esai Morales on Twitter for nominating him.
"Thank you @TheAcademy for inviting me join this group of talented film makers. I am truly honoured," he said.
For the second year in a row, all of the acting nominees at February's 88th Academy Awards were white, sparking an outcry.
The protests led to an unprecedented debate about racial equality in the film industry - characterised on social media by the hashtag #OscarsSoWhite -  and caused several Hollywood stars to boycott the awards ceremony.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences then agreed to a shake up of its membership - traditionally seen as old, white and male - to bring in more women and members of ethnic minorities.
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output: The organisers of the Oscars have invited a record number of new members to vote in next year's Academy Awards, in response to criticism of a lack of diversity at this year's ceremony.


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Article:Doubts are growing that a solution to Greece's debt problem will be found, and German finance minister Wolfgang Schaeuble says he is not optimistic.
The benchmark FTSE 100 index dropped 16.5 points to 6,857.05.
Centrica shares fell 2.8% to 278.80 after a broker cut its price target for the stock and reports suggested the firm will report a big drop in profits.
Citi cut its price target for the British Gas owner to 285p. Reports have also suggested that the energy firm will post a near-30% fall in annual operating profits on Thursday.
Mining company Fresnillo was another firm to be hit by broker comments. Its shares slipped 4.3% after Morgan Stanley said it was "time to take profits".
Outside the FTSE 100, shares in 888 Holdings fell 11% after it said that talks over a possible takeover by William Hill had been scrapped.
888 said the discussions had been abandoned following a "significant difference of opinion on value with a key stakeholder". William Hill shares were up 0.76% following the news.
Shares in Jimmy Choo rose nearly 4% after HSBC raised its rating on the luxury shoe maker to "overweight" from "neutral".
On the currency markets, the pound fell 0.3% against the dollar to $1.5355 while against the euro was little changed at â‚¬1.3503.

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assistant: (Close): The FTSE 100 fell as investors remained cautious ahead of the latest meeting of European finance ministers.