Bill Mechanic’s Academy Exit Blasts CEO Dawn Hudson, Inclusion Efforts, #MeToo Response
“We have failed to the move the Oscars into the modern age, despite decades of increased competition and declining ratings,” Mechanic writes
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‘Hacksaw Ridge’ Producer Bill Mechanic Resigns From Film Academy Board
Mechanic, who co-produced the Academy Awards show in 2010, gives no reason for departure
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Women Dominate as Academy Unveils Nicholl Screenwriting Winners
Each recipient gets a $35,000 prize
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Women Outnumber Men on Academy’s Shortlist for Screenwriting Honor
Seven of the 13 screenwriting finalists for the 2016 Academy Nicholl Fellowships are women
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Academy Doesn’t Show Much Appetite for Change in Board of Governors Voting
Election doubles African-Americans, but female representation could actually drop with one branch runoff remaining
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‘Game of Thrones’ Michiel Huisman Joining Natalie Dormer, Teresa Palmer in Two Thrillers (Exclusive)
He replaces Benjamin Walker in Paul Currie’s “2:22” and is in talks to co-star in Jason Zada’s “The Forest”
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Pierce Brosnan, William Hurt’s ‘The Moon and the Sun’ Gets Spring 2015 Release Date
Sean McNamara’s adaptation of Vonda N. McIntyre’s historical romance novel stars Brosnan as King Louis XIV
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Hollywood Breakthrough: “Coraline’s” Mechanic
All the studios looked at “Coraline” as if you can’t scare kids, forgetting that the classic Disney pictures all did it.
