MicroWave@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 1 year agoTrans model and actor is crowned Miss Netherlands and will compete for Miss Universelockwww.nbcnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square36fedilinkarrow-up1142arrow-down124
arrow-up1118arrow-down1external-linkTrans model and actor is crowned Miss Netherlands and will compete for Miss Universelockwww.nbcnews.comMicroWave@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square36fedilink
minus-squareVentraSqwal@links.dartboard.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up11·1 year agoNah. While the general public will often still say actor or actress, in the industry, actor is the preferred nomenclature now. It’s why the Oscar categories are “best male actor” and “best female actor” not actress.
minus-squareKerrigor@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoGotcha, makes sense. Maybe I’m just used to the local paper always using actor vs actress
minus-squareFlowVoidlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoThe Oscars are actually one of the holdouts, for now they are still using “best actress”.
Nah. While the general public will often still say actor or actress, in the industry, actor is the preferred nomenclature now. It’s why the Oscar categories are “best male actor” and “best female actor” not actress.
Gotcha, makes sense. Maybe I’m just used to the local paper always using actor vs actress
The Oscars are actually one of the holdouts, for now they are still using “best actress”.