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You'll never guess who has a soft spot for Bambi.
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The Academy and the ABC Television Network today announced the dates for the 88th, 89th and 90th Oscar® presentations.
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Nothing says Spring Break like a trip to the beach, and these photographs from the Academy's Margaret Herrick Library showcase one of Hollywood's most famous stars, Marilyn Monroe, enjoying the sand and surf at two different points in her career.First, here are some photos taken by Andre De Dienes on Tobay Beach (Tobay being an acronym for Town of Oyster Bay) in Long Island, NY in 1949. The same year she had a role opposite the Marx Brothers in Love Happy, and the following year would begin her ascent to stardom with All about Eve and The Asphalt Jungle.
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The regular deadline to submit entries for the 2015 Academy Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting competition is Friday, April 10, at 11:59 p.m. PT. In November, as many as five $35,000 fellowships will be awarded to amateur screenwriters. Deadlines and entry fees are as follows: Regular deadline: April 10, at 11:59 p.m. PT; entry fee US$55 Final deadline: May 1, at 11:59 p.m. PT; entry fee US$75Online applications and complete rules are available at www.oscars.org/nicholl.For the first time, current entrants…
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In this week's episode of Academy Originals we spoke with Oscar-winning Special Effects Supervisor George Gibbs who explained about some of the complexities surrounding one of the more dramatic scenes in "Indiana Jones and The Temple of Doom" which nearly affected his nickname."I had a reputation in the film industry as 'One Take George,'" he said, because of his ability to pull off a special effect in just one take. While trying to blow up a bridge on "Temple of Doom" One Take George was nearly foiled by Mother Nature.Click here to learn about the making of another Steven Spielberg…
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Animation Series To Feature Panel With LAIKA & Sneak Peek of Disney-Pixar’s “Inside Out”
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New York, NY – The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will present “An Animation Showcase: FromCelluloid to CGI,” an animation series that takes place April 24 – May 29, 2015, in New York. Aimed at highlighting the techniques that make up the craft of animation, the program will use a variety of panels and screenings to explain and explore hand-drawn, stop-motion and CGI animation.The series will open with a presentation featuring the animation studio LAIKA’s creative team behind the Academy Award-nominated “Coraline” (2009…
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In the golden era of Hollywood, legendary restaurants such as the Brown Derby, Romanoff’s, La Rue, Perino’s, and Scandia attracted celebrity clientele and high society with some of the finest culinary delights, impeccable service, and the chance to see and be seen.Among these notable restaurants in Los Angeles that flourished from the1930s through the 1960s were the Brown Derby Restaurants. The most famous of the four Derbies, the Hollywood Brown Derby opened in 1929, located at the intersection of Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street. It was the hub of Hollywood - surrounded by broadcasting…
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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announces the launch of the Academy Color Encoding System (ACES), a free, open, device-independent color management and image interchange system that offers a critically needed global industry standard for motion picture and television production.
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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the Museum of the Moving Image (MoMI) willhost two special archival screenings in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the film “The Sound of Music “onSaturday, May 2 at Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria, New York.The Academy will screen a new 70mm print of the film from preservation work done by 20th Century Fox and theAcademy Film Archive. The screenings…