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Cannes: ‘Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon’ Sequel Books Famous Director, Uma Thurman to Play Anita Bryant

May 16, 2013 By Lucas Shaw 4 weeks ago

Michelle Yeoh returns to star while fellow martial artist Donnie Yen joins as Silent Wolf

  

USC, Ringling, School of Visual Arts Top Student Academy Award Winners

May 14, 2013 By Steve Pond 5 weeks ago

Former Student Oscar winner Bob Saget will host the June 8 ceremony

  

Academy Celebrates Heavy Voter Turnout, But Most Members Still Chose Paper Ballots

May 5, 2013 By Steve Pond 6 weeks ago

Voting figures released by AMPAS reveal that two-thirds of the voters opted not to use the new online voting

  

Testy Foreign Language-Exchange Mars Academy Love-Fest

May 4, 2013 By Steve Pond 6 weeks ago

Academy wins praise for its first all-members meeting, but tensions flare during foreign-language discussion

  

Academy Changes Rules, Will Let Everyone Vote in Foreign-Language Category

May 4, 2013 By Steve Pond 6 weeks ago

Announcement of new rules also includes the unprecedented revelation that 90 percent of the Academy voted for this year's Oscars

  

Matthew McConaughey's Oscar Bait 'Dallas Buyers Club' Acquired by Focus

April 23, 2013 By Lucas Shaw 8 weeks ago

Matthew McConaughey stars as man diagnosed with HIV at the height of AIDS hysteria

  

Seth MacFarlane: Thoughts on the Once (and Future?) Oscar Host

April 22, 2013 By Steve Pond 8 weeks ago

Speculation swirls about Seth MacFarlane's return as Oscar host, but do the Oscars really need to make a big deal about continuity?

  

Academy Rehires Craig Zadan, Neil Meron to Produce Oscars

April 16, 2013 By Steve Pond 8 weeks ago

Producers will return after receiving mixed reviews but high ratings

  

Academy Unveils Plans for 'Landmark' Museum

April 11, 2013 By Steve Pond 9 weeks ago

Drawings and details of the Renzo Piano/Zolta Pali design call for six levels of exhibition and multi-use spaces

  

Is the Academy Building a Death Star at its New Museum?

April 11, 2013 By Steve Pond 9 weeks ago

AMPAS tweets plans of a new structure that Luke Skywalker might be inclined to attack

  

David Geffen Contributes $25 Million to Academy Museum

April 8, 2013 By Steve Pond 10 weeks ago

Academy will name the museum's theater the David Geffen Theater in honor of the largest donation received for the project

  

Academy Asks Members to Sound Off on Oscars Future

April 4, 2013 By Steve Pond 10 weeks ago

A new invitation to the May 4 "Future of Our Academy" meeting supplies more details on the unprecedented event

  

Oscars Overhaul Short-Documentary Rules, Plan to Expand Doc Branch

March 27, 2013 By Steve Pond 11 weeks ago

A year after revamping the feature-documentary rules to bring in more voters, the Academy's Documentary Branch changes more rules and plans for a larger branch

  

BAFTA Awards Happening 2 Weeks Before Oscars

March 27, 2013 By Brent Lang 11 weeks ago

BAFTAs will be broadcast on Feb. 16

  

Oscars Move Into March for 2014

March 25, 2013 By Steve Pond 12 weeks ago

Oscars will shift to March 2 next year to avoid the Winter Olympics, but will move back to late February for 2015

  

UTA Signs Barbra Streisand; Famed Singer to Direct More

March 6, 2013 By Lucas Shaw 14 weeks ago

Barbra Streisand has won two Oscars, five Emmys, 10 Grammys, A Tony and 12 Golden Globes

  

Jamie Lee Curtis Rips 'We Saw Your Boobs' Oscars Song

March 4, 2013 By Tim Molloy 15 weeks ago

Actress says she never liked doing nude scenes, but did what roles required

  

How Oscar-Nominee 'War Witch' Improvised the Gut-Wrenching Tale of Child Soldiers

February 27, 2013 By Steve Pond 15 weeks ago

Using non-professional actors working from a script they didn't -- or couldn't -- read, "War Witch" director Kim Nguyen relied on brutal honesty

  

10 Moments to Remember From a Long, Strange Awards Season

February 26, 2013 By Steve Pond 15 weeks ago

The new schedule confused things, the Best Director nominations shocked people, and the movie that was in trouble in January came roaring back in February

  

Seth MacFarlane's Oscars Had a Deaf Ear and a Blind Eye to Women

February 26, 2013 By Martha Lauzen 16 weeks ago

Guest blog: The latest Academy Awards proved that the Academy’s younger cohort can be just as sexist as the old guard

  

Oscars 2013: How Tippet Studio Brought 'Ted' to Life

February 25, 2013 By Greg Gilman 16 weeks ago

Tippet Studio has shared how it brought a CGI-animated teddy bear to life on live television during the Oscar telecast

  

Oscars 2013: 'In Memoriam' Snubs Carry Over From Telecast to Web

February 25, 2013 By Alexander C. Kaufman 16 weeks ago

Actress Lupe Ontiveros' exclusion from both the telecast and online memorial tributes angered some Latinos

  

5 Things We Want to Know About That Oscar Show

February 25, 2013 By Steve Pond 16 weeks ago

Why all the love for "Chicago?"

  

Oscars 2013: Inside the After-Parties (Photos)

February 25, 2013 By Mikey Glazer 16 weeks ago

Elton John clears $6 million net on viewing and after-party, a Barbra Streisand supergroup at the Governors Ball, Seth's overnight orchestra, and the late-night scene at the Chateau

  

Ratings: Oscars Climb to 40.3M, Draw Younger Viewers (Updated)

February 25, 2013 By Tim Molloy 16 weeks ago

Seth MacFarlane leads higher-rated ceremony

  

Iran State TV Blasts 'Argo' Oscar Win

February 25, 2013 By Alexander C. Kaufman 16 weeks ago

Iran state television called "Argo" an advertisement for the CIA

  
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