Bill Mechanic’s Academy Exit Blasts CEO Dawn Hudson, Inclusion Efforts, #MeToo Response By Matt Donnelly | April 17, 2018 @ 5:55 PM “We have failed to the move the Oscars into the modern age, despite decades of increased competition and declining ratings,” Mechanic writes
‘Hacksaw Ridge’ Producer Bill Mechanic Resigns From Film Academy Board By Trey Williams | April 17, 2018 @ 12:30 PM Mechanic, who co-produced the Academy Awards show in 2010, gives no reason for departure
Women Dominate as Academy Unveils Nicholl Screenwriting Winners By Matt Pressberg | September 29, 2016 @ 1:16 PM Each recipient gets a $35,000 prize
Women Outnumber Men on Academy’s Shortlist for Screenwriting Honor By Meriah Doty | September 12, 2016 @ 3:45 PM Seven of the 13 screenwriting finalists for the 2016 Academy Nicholl Fellowships are women
Academy Doesn’t Show Much Appetite for Change in Board of Governors Voting By Steve Pond | July 18, 2016 @ 2:19 PM Election doubles African-Americans, but female representation could actually drop with one branch runoff remaining
‘Game of Thrones’ Michiel Huisman Joining Natalie Dormer, Teresa Palmer in Two Thrillers (Exclusive) By Jeff Sneider | January 23, 2015 @ 8:56 PM He replaces Benjamin Walker in Paul Currie’s “2:22” and is in talks to co-star in Jason Zada’s “The Forest”
Pierce Brosnan, William Hurt’s ‘The Moon and the Sun’ Gets Spring 2015 Release Date By Travis Reilly | August 15, 2014 @ 2:15 PM Sean McNamara’s adaptation of Vonda N. McIntyre’s historical romance novel stars Brosnan as King Louis XIV