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Meet This Year's Governors Awards Honorees

Posted Monday, November 10, 2014 - 11:45

On Saturday, November 10, the Academy honored four exceptional talents at the 6th Annual Governors Awards in Hollywood: Harry Belafonte, Jean-Claude Carrière, Maureen O’Hara and Hayao Miyazaki.

Director Brett Ratner reveals how movies changed the course of his life

Posted Monday, November 10, 2014 - 10:15

I ate, slept and breathed fillm" - Brett Ratner

Maureen O’Hara, Movie Star

Posted Friday, November 7, 2014 - 12:30

With a remarkable acting career spanning more than six decades, Maureen O’Hara had her first starring film role as the beautiful and spirited “Esmeralda” in William Dieterle’s classic 1939 movie The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Soon after, the Irish-born actress starred in several war dramas, including Jean Renoir’s This Land Is Mine. Later, frequent collaborator John Ford directed John Wayne and O’Hara in The Wings of Eagles, the true story of Frank “Spig” Wead, a U.S. Navy pilot turned Hollywood screenwriter.

5 OSCARS RED CARPET TIPS FROM A FAN WHO’S BEEN THERE

Posted Friday, November 7, 2014 - 16:15

Marya Gates is a passionate film buff with a Masters in screenwriting. She was also in the bleachers next to the Red Carpet as part of the Oscar Fan Experience last year. She has some insight worth noting.

Clancy Brown, Ansel Elgort, Jack O’Connell and Tessa Thompson To Perform At Academy Nicholl Fellowships Live Read

Posted Friday, November 7, 2014 - 10:30

Actors Clancy Brown, Ansel Elgort, Jack O’Connell and Tessa Thompson will perform a live reading of selected scenes from the four winning scripts at the 2014 Academy Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting Awards Presentation & Live Read on Thursday, November 13, at 7:30 p.m., at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. For the second consecutive year, the event will be directed and produced by Rodrigo Garcia and Julie Lynn, respectively, whose credits include “Albert Nobbs,” “Mother and Child” and the upcoming “Last Days in the Desert.”

10 ANIMATED SHORTS ADVANCE IN 2014 OSCAR RACE

Posted Wednesday, November 5, 2014 - 16:30

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that 10 animated short films will advance in the voting process for the 87th Academy Awards. Fifty-eight pictures had originally qualified in the category.

What Inspires Martin Scorsese's Go-To Costume Designer

Posted Wednesday, November 5, 2014 - 11:00

After receiving an Oscar for Costume Design for The Young Victoria in 2010, Sandy Powell appears backstage to discuss her inspiration and creative process for her work on the film. Powell, a 10-time nominee and three-time Oscar recipient, has collaborated with director Martin Scorsese on six of his films. They discuss their collaboration and shared creative vision for costume design in video interviews that are featured in Hollywood Costume.

To hear more about Powell’s process and see six of her creations, including an ensemble from Gangs of New York and a suit from The Wolf of Wall Street, visit Hollywood Costume in the historic Wilshire May Company building, the future location of the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, at Wilshire Boulevard and Fairfax Avenue in Los Angeles. Presented by the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (V&A), and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the exhibition marks the final showing of the groundbreaking multimedia exhibition.