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Academy Gets Collection of B-Movie Posters From Golden Era

January 29, 2013 By Todd Cunningham 16 weeks ago

The 1,088-poster donation, from Chicago real estate developer Dwight Cleveland, fills a gap in the Motion Picture Academy's collection

  

Academy Shows Some Respect to Costume Designers, Makeup Artists With Branch Changes

January 25, 2013 By Steve Pond 17 weeks ago

AMPAS Board of Governors creates a new Costume Designers Branch, and gives full representation on the board to the Makeup Artists and Hairstylists Branch

  

Academy Announces Scientific and Technical Achievement Honorees

January 3, 2013 By Tim Kenneally 20 weeks ago

Nine technical achievements that have impacted the art of moviemaking will have their day in the sun on Feb. 9.

  

Motion Picture Academy, Mary Pickford Foundation Team Up to Bring New Attention to Film Legend

August 14, 2012 By Brent Lang 40 weeks ago

Multi-year initiative will include screenings and digitization of Pickford's films

  

Matthew McConaughey, Jessica Chastain, Terrence Malick Get Academy Invites

June 29, 2012 By Steve Pond 47 weeks ago

Academy invites 176 filmmakers, artists and executives to become new members; list is more than 25 percent female and strongly international

  

It's About to Get Tougher to Compete for Documentary Oscar

January 8, 2012 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

Under the new rule, only documentaries that have been reviewed in The New York Times or the Los Angeles Times will be eligible for Oscar consideration

  

Entertainment Groups Unite in Opposition to Iranian Treatment of Filmmakers

October 19, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

Nine organizations speak up against imprisonment of actress Marzieh Vafamehr and director Jafar Panahi

  

Academy's Nicholl Fellowships Go to California, Oklahoma Writers

October 18, 2011 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

Five winning scripts, chosen from field of almost 7,000 entries, will receive $30,000 prizes

  

Dawn Hudson: New Academy Museum on Fast Track

October 5, 2011 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

AMPAS CEO says revived museum could open in three years in old May Company building owned by L.A. County Museum of Art

  

Academy Funds Telluride's Guest Director Program with $50K Grant

August 31, 2011 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

AMPAS underwrites program for fourth straight year; Caetano Veloso to serve as Guest Director

  

Academy Preserves Alamo Drafthouse Posters (Slideshow)

July 11, 2011 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

Posters of "Frankenstein," "Inglourious Basterds" and "The Empire Strikes Back" among those that will join Academy's collection

  

Bruce Davis Departs: Snapshots From a 30-Year Academy Run

July 1, 2011 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

On the retirement of the Academy's top staffer, a look back at snafus, power plays and battles won and lost

  

Spielberg's Drawings, Hitchcock's Designs in Academy's Production Art Database (Slideshow)

June 28, 2011 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

Academy launches online database with thousands of drawings, production designs

  

Next Year's Oscars Set for Feb. 26

April 26, 2011 By Steve Pond 2 years ago

Although Academy has considered moving the awards into January, they'll remain in their usual late-February slot for at least another year

  

Considering the New Dawn for Oscar

April 11, 2011 By Steve Pond 2 years ago

Oscar-watchers consider new AMPAS chief Dawn Hudson, and what her appointment means for the Academy

  

New AMPAS COO Ric Robertson Says He's 'Absolutely' Sticking Around

April 8, 2011 By Steve Pond 2 years ago

Passed over for top position, longtime Academy exec says he's committed to working with Dawn Hudson as COO

  

The New Academy Execs: It Really Takes Two?

April 8, 2011 By Steve Pond 2 years ago

The new CEO and COO of the Academy are a study in contrasts

  

Academy Names Dawn Hudson CEO, Ric Robertson COO

April 8, 2011 By Steve Pond 2 years ago

AMPAS board replaces retiring executive director Bruce Davis with one longtime staffer, one outsider

  

Academy Yanks Credentials After Nikki Finke Spoils Oscars

February 26, 2011 By Steve Pond 2 years ago

After website publishes entire lineup of Oscar show, reporter Mike Fleming's credentials are revoked

  

A Guide to the Academy's Interactive Oscar Features

February 25, 2011 By Steve Pond 2 years ago

AMPAS goes into new areas (including that social network) to lure younger, more wired viewers

  

Is Bruce Davis Actually Leaving the Academy Anytime Soon?

February 16, 2011 By Steve Pond 2 years ago

Four months after the Executive Director announced his retirement, the Academy still hasn't seen any replacement candidates.

  

AMPAS Screenings Mix 'n' Match with Odd Pairings

January 28, 2011 By Steve Pond 2 years ago

Want to see a double bill of "Rabbit Hole" and "Salt"? Academy members will get the chance with official voters' screenings

  

List of Oscar-qualifying Films Shrinks to 248

December 20, 2010 By Steve Pond 2 years ago

Here's the entire field, which is significantly smaller than it was in 2009 and 2008

  

Good Morning Oscar, November 5: Money, Misery, Too Many Men

November 5, 2010 By Steve Pond 2 years ago

The Academy hands out something besides statuettes

  

Tom Sherak on Replacing Bruce Davis: We Started Looking 2 Weeks Ago

October 13, 2010 By Steve Pond 2 years ago

Academy president: "It’s going to be a bump, but somebody else will come in and fill those shoes"

  

Lost John Ford Movie Coming to Academy

August 2, 2010 By Steve Pond 2 years ago

Long-lost silent film found in New Zealand, restored for AMPAS screening

  
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