Oscars
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Aaron Sorkin In, Steven Spielberg Out in Already Strange Awards Season
“The Trial of the Chicago 7” proved that it’s a real contender, but “West Side Story” decided to wait until next year
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USC, NYU Lead in 2020 Student Academy Awards
Foreign Student Oscars go to filmmakers from Germany, Norway, Mexico, Belgium and Estonia
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Oscars Set New Inclusion and Diversity Standards for Best Picture Eligibility
The standards are designed to nudge the industry in the direction of increased representation throughout all stages of film production, by using the lure of the movies’ most coveted prize
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Oscars Academy Gives Film Scholars Grants to Author Books About Race in Hollywood
Racquel Gates and Rebecca Prime will each receive $25,000 from the Academy’s Film Scholars Grants program, which supports film scholarship
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Oscars Academy Elects David Rubin to Second Term as President
The news was announced by the Academy a few hours after Rubin was nominated for an Emmy Award
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Why Producer Michael Shamberg Sued the Oscars Academy: ‘They Don’t Want to Listen to Anybody’
“They have both a failing business model and a failing management structure because they won’t ask for help,” the “Erin Brockovich” producer tells TheWrap
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‘The Painted Bird’ Director Explains Why His ‘Brutal’ WWII Film Is Timelier Than ‘The Avengers’
TheWrap Oscar magazine: “I don’t want to live in the world of the Avengers, I do this for the real world,” writer-director Vaclav Marhoul says
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Oscars Academy Nails Diversity Goals for Membership, Eligibility Rules Could Be Next
Even as AMPAS reaches the benchmarks set in 2016, the organziation is making dramatic changes to Oscar eligibility to fight bias
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Awkwafina, John David Washington, Florence Pugh Among the 819 Invited to Join Oscars Academy
12 different people associated with the 2020 Best Picture winner “Parasite” were also invited to join
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Oscars Finally Give Agents the Vote
Agents are now classified as Members-at-Large rather than Associate members
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4 Ways the Oscars in April Could Shake Up This Years Awards Season
What will other film festivals do, and could Netflix be a big contender?
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Academy Postpones Next Year’s Oscars to April 25
This will be the latest the Oscars have been held since 1932; Academy Museum opening is also delayed because of coronavirus
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Oscars Academy Introduces New Inclusion Initiatives, Expands Best Picture Category
The Board of Governors voted for the changes after nationwide protests over systemic racism in the wake of the killing of George Floyd
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Academy Elects Ava DuVernay, Whoopi Goldberg to Board of Governors
The number of female Academy governors increases from 25 to 26, and the number of people of color increases from 11 to 12 and includes the three governors-at-large
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Whoopi Goldberg Faces Challenge From Richard Dreyfuss, Rita Wilson in Oscars’ Board of Governors Election
Other contenders for the 17 open seats include Ed Begley, Jr., Michael Mann, Ava DuVernay, Brett Ratner, Jason Blum and John Ridley
