Category: Press

  • 96th Oscars Eligibility Lists

    96th Oscars Eligibility Lists

    The Academy has announced the films eligible in the Animated Feature, Documentary Feature, and International Feature categories. Below is their press release. ANIMATED, DOCUMENTARY AND INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILMS ELIGIBLE FOR 96TH OSCARS® ANNOUNCED LOS ANGELES, CA – The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced feature films eligible for consideration in the Animated…

  • 96th Oscars Airing an Hour Earlier

    96th Oscars Airing an Hour Earlier

    ‘THE OSCARS®’ SET TO AIR LIVE MARCH 10, FOR THE FIRST TIME BEGINNING AT 7:00 P.M. EDT/4:00 P.M. PDT ON ABC Pre-Show Festivities To Kick Off at 6:30 P.M. EDT/3:30 P.M. PDT Original Episode of ‘Abbott Elementary’ To Follow Live Telecast LOS ANGELES, CA – Today, ABC announced that “The Oscars®” will air live coast…

  • Student Academy Awards Medalists Revealed

    Student Academy Awards Medalists Revealed

    MEDALISTS REVEALED AT 2023 STUDENT ACADEMY AWARDS® International Student Film Competition Celebrates Its 50th Anniversary; Ceremony Held at Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater LOS ANGELES, CA — The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences tonight honored its student winners from colleges and universities around the world at the 50th Student Academy Awards® ceremony. The Gold,…

  • Academy Announces 96th Oscars Creatives

    Academy Announces 96th Oscars Creatives

    RAJ KAPOOR TAPPED AS EXECUTIVE PRODUCER AND SHOWRUNNER AND KATY MULLAN AS EXECUTIVE PRODUCER OF THE 96TH OSCARS® HAMISH HAMILTON TO DIRECT THE OSCARS MISTY BUCKLEY AND ALANA BILLINGSLEY RETURN AS OSCARS PRODUCTION DESIGNERS OSCARS RED CARPET AND KEY ART CREATIVES RETURN: KENNY GRAVILLIS, DAVID CHAMBERLIN, LISA LOVE AND RAÚL ÀVILA THE OSCARS SET TO…

  • Academy Replacing Hattie McDaniel’s Decades Late

    Academy Replacing Hattie McDaniel’s Decades Late

    Good that they are finally doing it, but this seems like a decision that should have been made decades ago. THE ACADEMY AND ACADEMY MUSEUM OF MOTION PICTURES TO PRESENT HOWARD UNIVERSITY A REPLACEMENT OF HATTIE MCDANIEL’S BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS ACADEMY AWARD® Hattie McDaniel was the First Black Person to Be Nominated for and Win…

  • Student Academy Award Winners Announced

    Student Academy Award Winners Announced

    ACADEMY REVEALS 2023 STUDENT ACADEMY AWARD® WINNERS INTERNATIONAL STUDENT FILM COMPETITION CELEBRATES ITS 50TH ANNIVERSARY IN OCTOBER ALL WINNING FILMS NOW ELIGIBLE FOR 96TH OSCARS® LOS ANGELES, CA – The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has voted 14 students as winners of the 50th Student Academy Awards® competition. This year, the Student Academy…

  • Gold Fellowship for Women Recipients Announced

    Gold Fellowship for Women Recipients Announced

    ACADEMY ANNOUNCES RECIPIENTS OF SIXTH GOLD FELLOWSHIP FOR WOMEN 2023 Fellowship Presented in Partnership with CHANEL LOS ANGELES, CA – Erica Eng and July Jung have been selected as the U.S. and international recipients, respectively, of the 2023 Academy Gold Fellowship for Women. Part of the Academy Gold global talent development and inclusion initiative, the…

  • Academy’s Sci-Tech Contenders Announced

    Academy’s Sci-Tech Contenders Announced

    THE ACADEMY INVESTIGATES 10 SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL AREAS FOR 2023 AWARDS CONSIDERATION LOS ANGELES, CA — The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today that 10 distinct scientific and technical investigations have been launched for 2023 in the lead-up to the Scientific and Technical Awards on Friday, February 23, 2024. These investigations are…

  • New Academy Invitees

    New Academy Invitees

    After their elections every summer, the Academy does this kind of thing. They’ve already announced the honorary Oscar recipients and now new invitees. THE ACADEMY INVITES 398 TO MEMBERSHIP LOS ANGELES, CA – The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is extending invitations to join the organization to 398 artists and executives who have…

  • Academy Announces Honorary Recipients

    Academy Announces Honorary Recipients

    The Academy has announced its honorary recipients and one of them smells of “sorry you didn’t win last year.” Bassett is A) too young and B) not lacking in honors. There are plenty of aging actors (see James Hong) who are more deserving of an accolade now. Bassett could wait another decade and still be…