If the Oscars No Longer Care About the Public, Why Should the Public Care About the Oscars?
Watching the debate rage over the Best Popular Film category for the past month has been almost as frustrating as ...
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Academy Bluffs on Popular Film Category, as Predicted
For a minute there it looked like big trouble in Oscar city. For a while it was going to ruin ...
The Academy Can Satisfy Everyone by Expanding to Ten Best Picture Nominees
If you follow this site, you know that since 2011 we've been pushing for the Academy to expand the number ...
Top Six Factors That Prompted Evolution in the Best Picture Race and the Hard Choices the Academy, and Those Who Cover Them, Must Make
The first thing to know is that it's not all bad. In fact, there is much to celebrate about the ...
All the Films in the Past Ten Years That Might Have been Nominated with Popular Film Category
When animated films began to flourish, the Academy addressed that with an additional category, Best Animated Feature. With that category, ...
The Academy Adds New Category! But Also Must Compromise…
Scott Feinberg reports that the Academy has decided to only feature select wins on the telecast to keep the show ...
The Academy Invites 928 New Members To Join With A Push on Diversity
The Academy announced today that they have invited 928 new members breaking its record of 2017's 774 invitees. As the ...
Academy’s New Membership Continues Objective for Inclusion
The Academy's invites from last year resulted in some interesting and unpredictable choices, including the Best Picture win for Moonlight. ...
Oscar Ratings Took a Hit – There are Many Theories as to Why
Deadline is reporting that the Oscars telecast had the lowest ratings in 9 years. There are several reasons for this ...
Jan Chapman and Janet Patterson Mix-Up was Understandable
It's an easy mistake to make because both women worked on Bright Star. If you do a search for Janet Patterson ...
13 Hours’ Greg Russell’s Name Removed from List of Nominees for Rule Violation
Per the Academy: ACADEMY RESCINDS SOUND MIXING NOMINATION FOR GREG P. RUSSELL ON "13 HOURS: THE SECRET SOLDIERS OF BENGHAZI" ...
Oscar Ballots Sent out Today – Dear Oscar, Hear my Plea!
It's a tradition round these parts to send out our pleas to Oscar voters who will be receiving their ballots ...
Steve Pond Reports on Changes to Academy Membership, Could Shake up the Great White Male Wall of AMPAS
The Wrap's Steve Pond writes up the latest changed to the Academy's membership after the big wave of muggles immigrated ...
A Quick Primer on Ballots, Membership Counts and Why That Matters for Best Picture
Critics Choice - roughly 200-300 members, ten choices for Best Picture, ten Best Pictures named. National Board of Review - ...
The State of the Race: Why the Oscar Demographic Matters and Why it Doesn’t
If you've been watching the Oscar race for as many years as I have, and indeed dove into their quirks, ...
Cheryl Boone Isaacs Re-Elected as Academy President
The dust has at last settled and the Academy's Board of Governors has decided on its president - the re-election ...
Key Dates for Academy and Oscar Season 2016-2017
Saturday, November 12, 2016 , Governors Awards Thursday, January 5, 2017, Nominations voting opens (December 30 last year) Friday, January 13, ...
Academy Makes Bold Move to Diversify Membership, adds 683
The Academy announces its new class of membership which raises the number of women and people of color significantly. This ...
Academy Makes Dramatic Changes to its Voting Membership Rules in Light of Diversity Controversy
Just posted by the Academy - this is pretty big! There is no change to the Best Picture voting procedure, ...
The Academy Elects 2015–16 Board of Governors
Runoff election required for Writers Branch LOS ANGELES, CA (press release) – The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ...
Interview: Brian Cox On Playing The Patriarch In ‘Succession’ -” Children are both a blessing and a curse and there’s nothing you can do about it.”
In HBO's Succession, Brian Cox plays Logan Roy - the family patriarch. Early on, Roy suffers a health problem and his children...
Interview: Production Designer Melanie Jones On Creating Sets For ‘The Dirt’ and ‘The Curse of La Llorona
When Melanie Jones works on horror films, she doesn't get scared, because she's in the film. She's building the sets,...
Netflix Launches ‘When They See Us’ First Trailer
When They See Us, Ava DuVernay's Central Park Five 4-part limited series, unveils its first official trailer today. The series...
Interview: Succession’s Jesse Armstrong – “It’s a Comedy of Real Life.”
I recently caught up with showrunner Jesse Armstrong to discuss creating the family dynasty The Roys for last summer's HBO...
Don’t Kill This Vibe – Elle Fanning’s Singing, Dancing and Acting Triple Threat in ‘Teen Spirit’
To steal from the song that inspired this film, Elle Fanning Dances on Her Own in Teen Spirit. She sings,...
Brene Brown Comes to Netflix With Her New Special ‘Brene Brown’s Call To Courage’
In her new special for Netflix, Brené Brown discusses what it takes to choose courage over comfort in a culture...
Breakthrough Roxann Dawson Discusses Why Breakthrough Is A Miracle For Her
Roxann Dawson is known to millions of Trekkies as B'Elanna Torres since appearing on Star Trek Voyager. Working on the...
Cannes72 Lineup
Hot off the press, here is the official selection of the 72nd Cannes Film Festival announced today: Competition THE DEAD...
Review: There Are Concert Films, and There’s Beyoncé!
When Beyoncé took to the Coachella stage in 2018 it was a historical game-changer. Beyoncé was the first African-American female...
Review: ‘Ramy’ The New Hulu Comedy You Should be Watching
There’s a new show coming to Hulu that is a rare occurrence - Ramy. It’s a superb comedy created by...