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The Story of Doing Improv with the Farrelly Brothers

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In this week's Academy Originals, actor/comedian Harland Williams talks about collaborating with the Farrelly Brothers and how he came up with his iconic lines in "There's Something About Mary" and "Dumb and Dumber."

"I think they like to do a lot of pranks. They like to keep their actors, their crew,  on their toes," said Williams of the siblings' directorial style. "They kind of like to set the tone. It's like, 'okay, these guys are crazy, this movie's crazy. I guess anything goes.'"

 
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LORENZA MUÑOZ NAMED ACADEMY MANAGING DIRECTOR, MEMBERSHIP AND AWARDS

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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has named Lorenza Muñoz as its Managing Director, Membership and Awards.Beginning September 3, Muñoz will oversee the numerous activities and initiatives involving the organization’s nearly 7,000 filmmakers and artists, including global membership outreach and engagement events, and Academy Awards® submissions, rules and voting. She will report to Academy CEO Dawn Hudson.“We are thrilled to welcome Lorenza to our leadership team,” said Hudson. “She brings a deep passion for movies, extensive knowledge of our film industry, and years of…
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The Story of Russell Crowe's "Gladiator" Costume

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In this week's Academy Originals, costume designer Janty Yates takes us through her process on making  Russell Crowe's "Gladiator" costumes. 

Yates explained that for every set of armor she created for Crowe she needed to make many more for various reasons.

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The Story of Keanu Reeves' "The Matrix" Costume

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In this week's Academy Originals, costume designer Kym Barrett takes us through her process of creating Keanu Reeves' sleek Neo suit for "The Matrix Reloaded." It turns out making the costume was just as futuristic as the trilogy. "Often we're using 3-D printing, we're using all kinds of new textile technologies," Barrett explained, adding, "we're inventing machines to do things."For more details about costume design, check out this short film about The Story of the "Ocean's Eleven" Costumes and this one about The Story of the "Dallas Buyers Club" Costumes. 
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Glinda the Good Witch: The Early Years

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This whimsical illustration from the 1921 film, The Education of Elizabeth, perfectly fits the image of silent film star Billie Burke. Although she came to prominence on the stages of London and New York, Burke first appeared on screen in 1916 and is perhaps best known for her role as Glinda in The Wizard of Oz (1939). The same appeal that she brought to that character is evident in this charming print, which depicts Burke at the height of her career. Burke was a fan favorite in part because of her stylish dress sense, which is seen here to great advantage. Image…
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Experience "The Academy Color Encoding System (ACES): A Standardized Production Infrastructure for VFX" panel at SIGGRAPH

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On August 11th, the Academy will host a special SIGGRAPH 2015 panel where creatives and technologists will discuss how they currently use ACES and how its integration into prominent animation, VFX, and color-correction tools simplifies color management and image interchange on future productions.The session will be moderated by noted visual effects and technology leader Sebastian Sylwan and will run from 2pm - 3:30pm.Speakers:Ray Feeney, four-time Academy Award winner for Scientific and Engineering Achievement and President and founder of RFX Inc.Michael Whipple, executive director…
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CHERYL BOONE ISAACS RE-ELECTED ACADEMY PRESIDENT

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Cheryl Boone Isaacs was re-elected president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Tuesday night (August 4) by the organization’s Board of Governors. In addition, Jeffrey Kurland was elected first vice president; John Bailey, Kathleen Kennedy and Bill Kroyer were elected to vice president posts; Jim Gianopulos was elected treasurer; and Phil Robinson was elected secretary.

 

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The Story of the Captain America: The Winter Soldier Costume

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In this week's Academy Originals we meet with costume designer Judianna Makovsky, who takes us through her process of creating Chris Evans' stealth  costume for "Captain America: The Winter Soldier".Makovsky said one of the challenges to creating the suit was trying to make something that looked like kevlar but wouldn't restrict Evans' range of motion."So we had to create a fabric that was actually stretch but had a printed texture so that it looked like it was a hard fabric," she explained. "It's actually made of about four or five different fabrics." For more stories behind…
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Results from the Academy Librarian Q&A

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If you were on our Facebook page on Thursday you saw the Academy librarians being barraged by questions from around the world.Here are some highlights from the hour-long discussion:Q:  Do you also archive DVDs? If so, is there a reason why some movies are relased onto DVDs and other's are not?A:  The Archive holds over 10,000 DVDs in our collection, many of which are home video releases of independent and widely released motion pictures. Our DVD holdings help serve for access and reference purposes for our own research and, when applicable, scholarly research. While the Archive…
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2015 Student Academy Awards Finalists Announced

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Congratulations to our new Student Academy Awards finalists! 

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