Los Angeles, March 3 -- The Oscars 2025 ceremony held at the famed Dolby Theatre venue in Los Angeles has not gone down well with billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk.

Musk slammed the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on the "Representation and Inclusion Standards" arguing that the nominations in categories like Best Picture and acting should be based purely on merit and not influenced by diversity quotas.

The nominations should be based solely on merit, he said.

"This is messed up. Should just be who is best, not best with an asterisk!" Musk wrote on X.

The Academy's "Representation and Inclusion Standards," introduced in 2020, are a set of guidelines that aim to promote equitable representation in Hollywood by requiring fil...