http://www.oscars.org/press/ Press Releases | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences | Oscars.org en-us Copyright 2009, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:00:00 GMT 5 http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20091120.html <p><a href="http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20091120.html"></a>Beverly Hills, CA — he Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that 10 animated short films will advance in the voting process for the 82nd Academy Awards®. Thirty-seven pictures had originally qualified in the category.</p> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:00:00 GMT http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20091120.html http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20091118a.html <p><a href="http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20091118a.html"></a>Beverly Hills, CA — The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that 15 films in the Documentary Feature category will advance in the voting process for the 82nd Academy Awards. Eighty-nine pictures had originally qualified in the category.</p> Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:00:00 GMT http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20091118a.html http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20091118.html <p><a href="http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20091118.html"></a>Beverly Hills, CA — Hamish Hamilton will direct the 82nd Academy Awards® telecast, show producers Bill Mechanic and Adam Shankman announced today. It will be Hamilton’s first time directing the Oscar show.</p> Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:00:00 GMT http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20091118.html http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20091112.html <p><a href="http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20091112.html"></a>Beverly Hills, CA — For the second consecutive year, David Rockwell will serve as production designer for the 82nd Academy Awards® Oscar telecast producers Adam Shankman and Bill Mechanic announced today.</p> Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:00:00 GMT http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20091112.html http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20091111.html <p><a href="http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20091111.html"></a>Beverly Hills, CA — Twenty features have been submitted for consideration in the Animated Feature Film category for the 82nd Academy Awards.</p> Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:00:00 GMT http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20091111.html http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20091105.html <p><a href="http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20091105.html"></a>Beverly Hills, CA — The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will present a screening of 1953 Best Picture winner “From Here to Eternity” on Wednesday, November 18, at 7:30 p.m. at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. The evening will feature the premiere of a new digital restoration, as well as an onstage discussion with actor Ernest Borgnine.</p> Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:00:00 GMT http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20091105.html http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20091104b.html <p><a href="http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20091104b.html"></a>Beverly Hills, CA — The Academy Foundation of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has awarded $450,000 to 24 U.S. film festivals for the 2010 calendar year, Festival Grants Committee Chair Buffy Shutt announced today.</p> Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:00:00 GMT http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20091104b.html http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20091104.html <p><a href="http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20091104.html"></a>Beverly Hills, CA — “Blessed Is the Match: The Life and Death of Hannah Senesh” and “Pray the Devil Back to Hell” will screen as part of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ 28th annual “Contemporary Documentaries” series on Wednesday, November 11, at 7 p.m. at the Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood. Admission is free.</p> Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:00:00 GMT http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20091104.html http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20091103.html <p><a href="http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20091103.html"></a>Beverly Hills, CA — Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin will serve as co-hosts of the 82nd Academy Awards®, Oscar telecast producers Bill Mechanic and Adam Shankman announced today.</p> Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:00:00 GMT http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20091103.html http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20091029a.html <p><a href="http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20091029a.html"></a>Beverly Hills, CA — Oscar® winners Jonathan Demme, Anjelica Huston and Quentin Tarantino, along with past Honorary Award recipient Kirk Douglas, will be among the presenters at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ inaugural Governors Awards event on November 14, Academy President Tom Sherak announced today. The evening will feature presentations of the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award to producer-executive John Calley, and Honorary Awards to actress Lauren Bacall, producer-director Roger Corman and cinematographer Gordon Willis.</p> Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:00:00 GMT http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20091029a.html http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20091029.html <p><a href="http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20091029.html"></a>Beverly Hills, CA — Six writers have been selected as winners of the 24th annual Don and Gee Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Each writer or writing team will receive a prestigious $30,000 prize, the first installment of which will be distributed at a gala dinner in Beverly Hills on November 12.</p> Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:00:00 GMT http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20091029.html http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20091028.html <p><a href="http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20091028.html"></a>Beverly Hills, CA — The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and mtvU, MTV’s 24-hour college network, today announced their second annual “Oscar Correspondent Contest,” giving college journalists nationwide the chance to win a trip to Los Angeles to cover red carpet festivities and backstage activities at the 82nd Academy Awards.</p> Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:00:00 GMT http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20091028.html http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20091026.html <p><a href="http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20091026.html"></a>Beverly Hills, CA — “David McCullough: Painting with Words” and “GLASS: a portrait of Philip in twelve parts” will screen as part of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ 28th annual “Contemporary Documentaries” series on Wednesday, November 4, at 7 p.m. at the Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood. Admission is free.</p> Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:00:00 GMT http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20091026.html http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20091021.html <p><a href="http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20091021.html"></a>Beverly Hills, CA — Exploring the art and technology of sound in motion pictures and the vital role it plays in shaping horror films, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will present “The Sound behind the Image III: Real Horrorshow!,” on Thursday, October 29, at 7:30 p.m. at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.</p> Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:00:00 GMT http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20091021.html http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20091020.html <p><a href="http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20091020.html"></a>Beverly Hills, CA — Bill Mechanic and Adam Shankman will produce the 82nd Academy Awards® telecast, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Tom Sherak announced today. This will be the first major Oscar show involvement for both men.</p> Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:00:00 GMT http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20091020.html http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20091015.html <p><a href="http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20091015.html"></a>Beverly Hills, CA — Sixty-five countries have submitted films for consideration in the Foreign Language Film category for the 82nd Academy Awards, Academy President Tom Sherak announced today.</p> Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:00:00 GMT http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20091015.html http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20091012.html <p><a href="http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20091012.html"></a>Beverly Hills, CA — “Encounters at the End of the World” and “Flow” will screen as part of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ 28th annual “Contemporary Documentaries” series on Wednesday, October 21, at 7 p.m. at the Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood. Admission is free.</p> Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:00:00 GMT http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20091012.html http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20091009.html <p><a href="http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20091009.html"></a>Beverly Hills, CA — The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that the field of Documentary Short Subject contenders for the 82nd Academy Awards® has been narrowed to eight films, of which three to five will earn Oscar® nominations.</p> Fri, 09 Oct 2009 16:00:00 GMT http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20091009.html http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20091008a.html <p><a href="http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20091008a.html"></a>Beverly Hills, CA — “One Day in September,” “Bowling for Columbine” and “The Fog of War” will be among the 12 Oscar®-winning short and feature documentaries that will screen as part of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ “Oscar’s Docs, Part Five: Academy Award®-Winning Documentaries 1998–2003” beginning Monday, October 19, at 7:30 p.m. at the Academy’s Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood. The screenings will be held Monday evenings through November 23.</p> Thu, 08 Oct 2009 16:00:00 GMT http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20091008a.html http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20091008.html <p><a href="http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20091008.html"></a>Beverly Hills, CA — Eleven writers have been selected as finalists for the 24th annual Don and Gee Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Their scripts will now be read and judged by the Academy’s Nicholl Committee, which may award as many as five of the prestigious $30,000 fellowships.</p> Thu, 08 Oct 2009 16:00:00 GMT http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20091008.html http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20091007a.html <p><a href="http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20091007a.html"></a>Beverly Hills, CA — Rarely seen home movies shot by and featuring Hollywood legends such as Marlon Brando, Gene Kelly, Sophia Loren and Natalie Wood will screen during the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ presentation of “Hollywood Home Movies II: Treasures from the Academy Film Archive” on Saturday, October 17, at 7 p.m. at the Academy’s Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood. This event is sold out, but standby tickets may become available.</p> Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:00:00 GMT http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20091007a.html http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20091007.html <p><a href="http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20091007.html"></a>Beverly Hills, CA — The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ four-week exploration of the art and craft of film editing concludes with an evening dedicated to the work of editing legend Anne Coates on Wednesday, October 14, from 7 to 10 p.m. at the Academy’s Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood.</p> Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:00:00 GMT http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20091007.html http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20091006.html <p><a href="http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20091006.html"></a>Beverly Hills, CA — The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the UCLA Film & Television Archive will present a series of recent Iranian films, each followed by discussion with one or more of the film’s principal creators in “Up Close and Personal: Iranian Filmmakers in Their Own Words.” The five-night screening series will begin on Friday, October 9, at UCLA’s James Bridges Theater with a panel discussion hosted by Academy past president Sid Ganis. It will conclude at the Academy’s Linwood Dunn Theater on Friday, October 16, with a program hosted by Oscar-nominated actress Alfre Woodard.</p> Tue, 06 Oct 2009 16:00:00 GMT http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20091006.html http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20091002.html <p><a href="http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20091002.html"></a>Beverly Hills, CA — The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will present “Linwood Dunn: Celebrating a Visual Effects Pioneer,” a program exploring the contributions of Linwood Dunn and the techniques he used in creating optical effects for Orson Welles’s “Citizen Kane,” on Friday, October 9, at 8 p.m. at the Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood. The evening also will feature a screening of a newly struck print of “Citizen Kane” from the Academy Film Archive.</p> Fri, 02 Oct 2009 16:00:00 GMT http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20091002.html http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20090930.html <p><a href="http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20090930.html"></a>Beverly Hills, CA — The art and craft of editing documentary films will be explored during the third installment of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ four-part seminar series “Perspectives on Editing,” on Tuesday, October 6, from 7 to 10 p.m. at the Academy’s Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood.</p> Wed, 30 Sep 2009 16:00:00 GMT http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20090930.html http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20090929.html <p><a href="http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20090929.html"></a>Beverly Hills, CA — “The Garden” and “Crips and Bloods: Made in America” will screen as part of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ 28th annual “Contemporary Documentaries” series on Wednesday, October 7, at 7 p.m. at the Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood. Admission is free.</p> Tue, 29 Sep 2009 16:00:00 GMT http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20090929.html http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20090924.html <p><a href="http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20090924.html"></a>Beverly Hills, CA — Thursday, October 1, is the deadline to submit entries in the Live Action Short Film, Animated Short Film and Foreign Language Film categories to be considered for the 82nd Academy Awards. Complete entries must arrive at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences by 5 p.m. PT that day.</p> Thu, 24 Sep 2009 16:00:00 GMT http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20090924.html http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20090923.html <p><a href="http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20090923.html"></a>Beverly Hills, CA — The art and craft of editing for animation will be explored during the second installment of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ four-part seminar series “Perspectives on Editing,” on Tuesday, September 29, from 7 to 10 p.m. at the Academy’s Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood.</p> Wed, 23 Sep 2009 16:00:00 GMT http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20090923.html http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20090916.html <p><a href="http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20090916.html"></a>Beverly Hills, CA — Actors Barry Primus and Doris Roberts and Oscar-nominated sound mixers Jim Webb and Theodore Soderberg will join director Mark Rydell in the onstage discussion following the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ 30th anniversary screening of “The Rose” on Friday, September 25, at 7:30 p.m. at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. Los Angeles Times film critic Betsy Sharkey will host the evening. Oscar-nominated actress Bette Midler was originally scheduled to participate in the event, but has had to cancel for personal reasons. Instead, she will provide a special video message dedicated to the cast, crew and fans of the film.</p> Wed, 16 Sep 2009 16:00:00 GMT http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20090916.html http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20090915.html <p><a href="http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20090915.html"></a>Beverly Hills, CA — The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will launch its 28th annual “Contemporary Documentaries” screening series with Oscar® winner “Man on Wire” and “In a Dream” on Wednesday, September 30, at 7 p.m. at the Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood. Admission to all screenings in the series is free.</p> Tue, 15 Sep 2009 16:00:00 GMT http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20090915.html http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20090910a.html <p><a href="http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20090910a.html"></a>Beverly Hills, CA — The Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences voted tonight to present the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award to producer-executive John Calley, and Honorary Awards to actress Lauren Bacall, producer-director Roger Corman, and cinematographer Gordon Willis. All four awards will be presented at the Academy’s inaugural Governors Awards event on Saturday, November 14, at the Grand Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland Center.</p> Thu, 10 Sep 2009 16:00:00 GMT http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20090910a.html http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20090910.html <p><a href="http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20090910.html"></a>Beverly Hills, CA — Oscar fans will soon have a chance to be a part of the “Biggest Movie Event of the Year.” Beginning on Monday, September 14, at noon ET/9 a.m. PT, and continuing for only one week, fans from throughout the world may apply on www.oscars.org/bleachers to take part in a random drawing for seats on the 82nd Academy Awards® red carpet.</p> Thu, 10 Sep 2009 16:00:00 GMT http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20090910.html http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20090909.html <p><a href="http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20090909.html"></a>Beverly Hills, CA — Posters for “Dr. No,” “The Great Escape,” “In the Heat of the Night,” “Ragtime” and dozens of other films will be on display in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ new exhibition, “Art of the Movie Poster: Illustrated One-Sheets and Design Concepts from the Paul Crifo Archive,” opening on Thursday, September 17, in the Academy’s Grand Lobby Gallery in Beverly Hills. Admission is free.</p> Wed, 09 Sep 2009 16:00:00 GMT http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20090909.html http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20090904.html <p><a href="http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20090904.html"></a>Beverly Hills, CA — The Scientific and Technical Awards Committee of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today that 11 scientific and technical achievements have been selected for further awards consideration.</p> Fri, 04 Sep 2009 16:00:00 GMT http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20090904.html http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20090903.html <p><a href="http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20090903.html"></a>Beverly Hills, CA — The career of legendary production executive Irving Thalberg – the original “Boy Wonder” – will be explored in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ new exhibition, “Irving Thalberg: Creating the Hollywood Studio System, 1920–1936,” opening on Thursday, September 17, in the Academy’s Fourth Floor Gallery in Beverly Hills.</p> Thu, 03 Sep 2009 16:00:00 GMT http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20090903.html http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20090902a.html <p><a href="http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20090902a.html"></a>Beverly Hills, CA — Actress Ruby Dee will be the special guest at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ “Monday Nights with Oscar®” screening of “No Way Out,” on Monday, September 21, at 7 p.m. at the Academy Theater in New York City. Film historian and scholar Foster Hirsch will host the event, which will celebrate the centennial of director Joseph L. Mankiewicz’s birth. The evening will also celebrate the recent gift of the Joseph L. Mankiewicz papers to the Academy’s Margaret Herrick Library in Beverly Hills, California.</p> Wed, 02 Sep 2009 16:00:00 GMT http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20090902a.html http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20090902.html <p><a href="http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20090902.html"></a>Beverly Hills, CA — The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has awarded a $50,000 grant to underwrite the 2009 Telluride Film Festival’s Guest Director program, this year featuring the director and Oscar-winning screenwriter of “Sideways,” Alexander Payne.</p> Wed, 02 Sep 2009 16:00:00 GMT http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20090902.html http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20090831a.html <p><a href="http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20090831a.html"></a>Beverly Hills, CA — The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences confirmed today that it will be using the preferential voting system to determine which of the 10 contenders for its Best Picture award will receive the 2009 Oscar. The system has long been used in the round of voting which determines the nominees in most categories, but it has not been used on the final ballot for Best Picture since 1945.</p> Mon, 31 Aug 2009 16:00:00 GMT http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20090831a.html http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20090831.html <p><a href="http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20090831.html"></a>Beverly Hills, CA — The art and craft of motion picture editing will be explored in detail during the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ four-evening seminar series “Perspectives on Editing.” Sessions will be held on three consecutive Tuesdays, September 22, September 29 and October 6, concluding on Wednesday, October 14, with a tribute to Oscar®-winning editor Anne Coates. Each session will take place from 7 to 10 p.m. at the Academy’s Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood.</p> Mon, 31 Aug 2009 16:00:00 GMT http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20090831.html http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20090826.html <p><a href="http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20090826.html"></a>Beverly Hills, CA — Tuesday, September 1, is the deadline for documentary filmmakers to submit their short subject and feature documentaries to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for consideration for the 82nd Academy Awards.</p> Wed, 26 Aug 2009 16:00:00 GMT http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20090826.html http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20090825.html <p><a href="http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20090825.html"></a>Beverly Hills, CA — Oscar-nominated actress Bette Midler and director Mark Rydell will participate in an onstage discussion following the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ 30th anniversary screening of “The Rose” on Friday, September 25, at 7:30 p.m. at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.</p> Tue, 25 Aug 2009 16:00:00 GMT http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20090825.html http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20090821.html <p><a href="http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20090821.html"></a>Beverly Hills, CA — Over the course of three consecutive evenings, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will trace the history and evolution of motion picture formats from the silent era through the current digital age in “Behind the Motion Picture Canvas: Film Formats through the 21st Century,” beginning on Wednesday, September 9, at 8 p.m. at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. The presentation will continue with screenings of “Manhattan” (1979) on Thursday, September 10 and “The Black Stallion” (1979) on Friday, September 11. Both screenings will begin at 8 p.m. Academy Science and Technology Council member Rob Hummel will host each evening.</p> Fri, 21 Aug 2009 16:00:00 GMT http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20090821.html http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20090820.html <p><a href="http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20090820.html"></a>Beverly Hills, CA — Producer Bruce Cohen has been tapped to produce the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ inaugural Governors Awards event on Saturday, November 14, 2009, at the Governors Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland Center. As announced in June, it will be on this evening that one or more of the Academy’s highest honors – the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award, the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award and the Honorary Award – will be presented.</p> Thu, 20 Aug 2009 16:00:00 GMT http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20090820.html http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20090819.html <p><a href="http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20090819.html"></a>Beverly Hills, CA — Robert Rehme, an Executives Branch governor of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, was elected Tuesday night (8/18) as president of the Academy Foundation, the educational and cultural arm of the Academy.</p> Wed, 19 Aug 2009 16:00:00 GMT http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20090819.html http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20090818.html <p><a href="http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20090818.html"></a>Beverly Hills, CA — Tom Sherak was elected president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Tuesday night (8/18) by the organization’s Board of Governors.</p> Tue, 18 Aug 2009 16:00:00 GMT http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20090818.html http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20090730a.html <p><a href="http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20090730a.html"></a>Beverly Hills, CA — The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today that Edward Zwick has prevailed in the run-off for the open Directors Branch seat on the 2009-2010 Board of Governors; this will be his first term on the Board. Zwick will join Martha Coolidge and Curtis Hanson as the third governor representing the branch.</p> Thu, 30 Jul 2009 16:00:00 GMT http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20090730a.html http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20090730.html <p><a href="http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20090730.html"></a>Beverly Hills, CA — The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will celebrate the 50th anniversary of “Imitation of Life” with the screening of a recently struck print of the film on Friday, August 21, at 7:30 p.m. at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. Hosted by film critic Stephen Farber, the evening will feature an onstage discussion with Oscar-nominated actresses Susan Kohner and Juanita Moore, conducted by Kohner’s sons, filmmakers Paul and Chris Weitz. The print, which is part of the Academy Film Archive collection, was made from the Universal Pictures restoration.</p> Thu, 30 Jul 2009 16:00:00 GMT http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20090730.html http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20090729.html <p><a href="http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20090729.html"></a>Beverly Hills, CA — The 1939 Best Picture nominee “The Wizard of Oz” will be screened, digitally from a new 4K restoration, as the final feature in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ series “Hollywood’s Greatest Year: The Best Picture Nominees of 1939” on Monday, August 3, at 7:30 p.m. at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater. Jerry Maren, who portrayed one of the Lollipop Guild members in Munchkinland, will be present for a short Q&A before the film.</p> Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:00:00 GMT http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20090729.html http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20090728.html <p><a href="http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20090728.html"></a>Beverly Hills, CA — Influential animator and visual effects artist Adam Beckett will be celebrated by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences with a special program entitled “Infinite Animation: The Work of Adam Beckett,” on Monday, August 17, at 8 p.m. at the Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood. The evening will include a screening of “Life in the Atom,” a short film that Beckett left unfinished when he died at the age of 29.</p> Tue, 28 Jul 2009 16:00:00 GMT http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20090728.html http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20090727.html <p><a href="http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20090727.html"></a>Beverly Hills, CA — The submission deadline for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ 2009 Scientific and Technical Achievement Awards is Friday, July 31. A completed entry form must be submitted to the Academy online by 5 p.m. PT.</p> Mon, 27 Jul 2009 16:00:00 GMT http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20090727.html http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20090724.html <p><a href="http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20090724.html"></a>Beverly Hills, CA — The Science and Technology Council of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has selected four individuals to participate in a summer internship program for students interested in careers in motion picture computer graphics and animation technology.</p> Fri, 24 Jul 2009 16:00:00 GMT http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20090724.html http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20090722.html <p><a href="http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20090722.html"></a>Beverly Hills, CA — The 1939 Best Picture nominee “Of Mice and Men” will be screened as the next feature in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ series “Hollywood’s Greatest Year: The Best Picture Nominees of 1939” on Monday, July 27, at 7:30 p.m. at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater. A newly restored sepia tone print will be screened.</p> Wed, 22 Jul 2009 16:00:00 GMT http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20090722.html