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KATHY BAKER, O’SHEA JACKSON JR., FREIDA PINTO AND JIMMY SMITS TO PERFORM AT ACADEMY NICHOLL FELLOWSHIPS LIVE READ

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Actors Kathy Baker, O’Shea Jackson Jr., Freida Pinto and Jimmy Smits will perform a live reading of selected scenes from the five winning scripts at the 2015 Academy Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting Awards Presentation & Live Read on Wednesday, November 4, at 7:30 p.m.

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How Scary Movies Were Sold in the ‘30s

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Throughout the Studio Era, motion picture companies conceived elaborate marketing campaigns to promote their film product and the popular horror movies of the 1930s were no exception. Pressbooks, also known as showman’s manuals or exhibitor’s campaign books, were an important tool in this endeavor, created by studio publicity departments to guide theater owners in attracting audiences to their cinema – whether it be a big city movie palace or a small town picture house.  Image The manuals were generally oversized and sometimes included vivid…
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10 DOC SHORTS ON OSCAR’S 2015 SHORTLIST

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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that the field of Documentary Short Subject contenders for the 88th Academy Awards® has been narrowed to 10 films, of which five will earn Oscar® nominations.

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124 DOCUMENTARY FEATURES SUBMITTED FOR 2015 OSCAR® RACE

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 One hundred twenty-four features have been submitted for consideration in the Documentary Feature category for the 88th Academy Awards®.
 
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Rosalind Russell's Victory Bonds Message

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With World War II over, Rosalind Russell makes a plea to the theater-going public to consider buying war bonds to help support disabled veterans. Preserved from the Academy Film Archive’s War Film Collection, one of the largest collections of World War II era short films held outside government archives.In 1973, Russell received the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award.
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Chris Rock Returns To Host The Oscars®

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Multi-hyphenate artist and filmmaker Chris Rock will return to host the Oscars® for a second time, producers David Hill and Reginald Hudlin announced today.  The 88th Academy Awards® will be broadcast live on Oscar® Sunday, February 28, 2016, on the ABC Television Network.  Rock previously hosted the 77th Oscars telecast in 2005.

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Academy Relaunches Grants Program: FilmWatch, FilmCraft and Academy Film Scholars Applications Available Now

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The Academy announced today the relaunch of its grants program, which provides financial support to qualifying film festivals, educational institutions and film scholars. Online applications are now being accepted for the 2016 FilmWatch, FilmCraft and Academy Film Scholars programs.FilmWatch grants support curated screening programs at North America-based film festivals, film societies and other film-related organizations. Targeted programs include those that create culturally diverse viewing experiences, promote motion pictures as an art form, provide a platform for underrepresented artists…
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81 COUNTRIES IN COMPETITION FOR 2015 FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM OSCAR

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Eighty-one countries have submitted films for consideration in the Foreign Language Film category for the 88th Academy Awards®.  Paraguay is a first-time entrant.The 2015 submissions are:Afghanistan, "Utopia," Hassan Nazer, director;Albania, "Bota," Iris Elezi, Thomas Logoreci, directors;Algeria, "Twilight of Shadows," Mohamed Lakhdar Hamina, director;Argentina, "The Clan," Pablo Trapero, director;Australia, "Arrows of the Thunder Dragon," Greg Sneddon, director;Austria, "Goodnight Mommy," Veronika Franz, Severin Fiala, directors;Bangladesh, "Jalal’s Story," Abu Shahed Emon, director;…
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THE LATE SHIRLEY TEMPLE BLACK AND FAMILY GIVE MAJOR GIFT TO THE ACADEMY MUSEUM OF MOTION PICTURES

THE LATE SHIRLEY TEMPLE BLACK AND FAMILY GIVE MAJOR GIFT TO THE ACADEMY MUSEUM OF MOTION PICTURES
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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today that it has received a gift valued at more than $5 million from the late Oscar®-winning Hollywood actress and United States Ambassador Shirley Temple Black and her family. This gift includes both a substantial monetary contribution to the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures’ capital campaign as well as key artifacts from Shirley Temple Black’s indelible early career. 

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How To Score a Best Picture Winner

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Composer Jerry Goldsmith possessed a unique gift of being able to write music to emotionally support a film and to convey musically the inexpressible and unseen. His Oscar-nominated, landmark score for the 1970 film Patton brilliantly illustrates this with its unexpected and memorable use of two trumpets that play a three-note pattern that is manipulated to intentionally add delay to the notes. To do this, Goldsmith employed an Echoplex, a custom-built recorder that used magnetic recording tape and exploited the distance between the recording and playback heads to create a tape delay, or echo…
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