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With the recent release of the eligibility list, we’ve found several films on our contenders list that are no longer eligible for the Oscars. Below are some titles we’ll be removing entirely from the list. After that, some shortlisted films that aren’t eligible for other categories. I’ll also highlight the films that were not eligible…

Sorry I’m a bit late on this one, but here it is. There was a lot of hand-wringing in the last couple of years since the inclusion initiatives were started about all the films that would be disqualified. Sure, 56 films not featuring in Best Picture is a large number, but none of the major…

JIMMY KIMMEL BACK TO HOST 96TH OSCARS FOR THE FOURTH TIME MOLLY MCNEARNEY RETURNS AS AN EXECUTIVE PRODUCER FOR THE SHOW THE OSCARS SET TO AIR LIVE MARCH 10, 2024, ON ABC LOS ANGELES, CA – Emmy® Award-winning late-night talk show host and producer Jimmy Kimmel will return to host the 96th Oscars®, and Emmy-nominated…

Born March 29, 1908 in New York, New York, to Irish immigrants, his father a hotel worker, his mother a housewife, Arthur O’Connell attended St. John’s High School and College in Brooklyn before making his stage debut in a 1929 production of The Patsy. A travelling vaudevillian for a time, he made his film debut…

Every week, we’ll take a look back at how Oscar-nominated films performed at the box office. Due to the lack of data prior to 1980, some of these early years may have minimal information. From the mid-1990s back to 1980, the data exists, but is sometimes spotty. Everything after that should be accurate. We’ll look…

Born April 28, 1930 in Amarillo, Texas to a barber and his wife, Carolyn (Sue) Jones, along with her younger sister and her mother, moved in with her maternal grandparents in their Amarillo home after her father abandoned the family in 1934. Unable to attend films due to her acute asthma, Jones became an avid…

THE ACADEMY ANNOUNCES NEW DATE FOR 14TH GOVERNORS AWARDS ANGELA BASSETT, MEL BROOKS, CAROL LITTLETON AND MICHELLE SATTER TO BE HONORED WITH OSCARS® LOS ANGELES, CA – The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced the 14th Governors Awards will be held on Tuesday, January 9, 2024, at the Fairmont Century Plaza in…

Born November 8, 1921 in New York, New York, Walter Mirisch was the youngest of three sons born to Josephine and Max Mirisch, a tailor.  He had two half-brothers from his father’s first marriage, his first wife having died young.  He graduated from DeWitt Clinton High School in 1939.  His first job was as an…

JANET YANG RE-ELECTED ACADEMY PRESIDENT ACADEMY BOARD OF GOVERNORS 2023-2024 OFFICERS ELECTED LOS ANGELES, CA – Producer Janet Yang was re-elected president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences by the organization’s Board of Governors. Also elected to officer positions by the Board: Bonnie Arnold, Vice President (chair, Membership Committee) Howard Berger, Vice…

THE ACADEMY OF MOTION PICTURE ARTS AND SCIENCES ANNOUNCES NEW ACQUISITIONS TO THE ACADEMY COLLECTION New Acquisitions to the Largest Film-Related Collection in the World Include Key Pieces from Best Picture Oscar® Winner Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022); Collections of Gregg Araki, Gale Anne Hurd, and Harold Ramis; and the Steven Spielberg Animation Collection,…