Toronto Film Festival booking will allow Paul Thomas Anderson's "The Master" to kick off awards season and capitalize on Scientology's media attention in the wake of Tom Cruise's divorce

In annual revision of Oscar campaign rules, Academy clamps down on emails, limits post-nomination screening invites and bans use of third-party mailing lists

Academy continues restructuring of executive offices, creates CFO position for longtime controller Andy Horn

Incoming members of AMPAS Board of Governors include Dick Cook, who replaces outgoing Academy president Tom Sherak

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

Adjustments to the Academy Awards rules will increase the number of potential Best-Song nominees to four, and tweak the processes for Foreign Language, Makeup and Visual Effects categories

Student films from USC, CalArts, Columbia and the U.K. qualify for next year's Oscars; NYU wins top documentary award at Student Academy Awards ceremony

Academy debuts its new outdoor Hollywood theater with an open-air screening of "Field of Dreams," and some presidential popcorn scoopers

IDA's annual showcase receives a promise that the L.A. Times will review all its films, satisfying tightened Academy regulations

The Academy Museum's two newly appointed managing directors say the long-delayed project is now on the fast track. A $100M fund-raising campaign is underway

The 85th Oscar telecast will air Feb. 24 and nominations will be announced Jan. 15

A rare collection of Oscar statues are auctioned for a record-breaking sum