All Academy Awards articles – Page 39
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NewsAcademy explains rule changes
Following concern by members, leadership at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences have explained the rationale behind last Thursday’s rule changes.
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NewsAcademy introduces diversity changes
In a unanimous vote, the Academy’s board of governors have approved what it called “substantive changes” designed to make the Academy’s membership, its governing bodies and voters “significantly more diverse”.
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CommentCOMMENT: The Oscar doesn't go to...
A lack of diversity was glaringly apparent in this year’s Oscar nominations, writes Matt Mueller.
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Features'The Revenant' producer Mary Parent on the biggest challenge of her career
After the Golden Globes, Bafta and Oscar nominations, The Revenant has become this awards season’s front-runner. Jeremy Kay talks to producer Mary Parent about bringing the most challenging project of her career to fruition
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NewsSpike Lee, Jada Pinkett Smith to boycott Oscars
Two of Hollywood’s most prominent African-Americans used the Martin Luther King Jr public holiday in the US to declare they will stay away from the 88th annual Academy Awards on February 28 as the #OscarsSoWhite backlash gathered momentum.
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NewsAMPAS head vows diversity review
Referring to the all-white roster of this year’s Oscar acting nominees, Cheryl Boone Isaacs said she was “heartbroken and frustrated”.
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NewsOscars 2016: Acting Nominations in Pictures
This year’s Academy Award best actor and actress nominations.
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CommentCOMMENT: Oscar nominations show Academy rewards ambition
The Revenant’s 12 Oscar nominations have put Fox/New Regency’s drama at the top of the pile and reflects the Academy’s appreciation of a work of supreme craft and ambition.
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NewsOscars 2016: Best Picture nominations in pictures
Gallery of this year’s Best Picture nominated films.
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NewsOscars 2016: nominees' reactions
A call from the president of Colombia; not waking the kids; and sharing the news with a shop assistant - how Thursday morning’s good news played out.
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NewsScott, Spielberg, Sorkin shut out of Oscar nominations
Ridley Scott will not get the chance to win his first directing Oscar this year as he missed out on a nomination for The Martian.
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NewsOscars 2016: Best Picture nominees at-a-glance
A closer look at the 2016 Oscar Best Picture nominees, including reactions, reviews, and in-depth features.
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News'The Revenant' leads Oscar race with 12 nominations
Mad Max: Fury Road close behind with 10; The Martian rockets to seven.
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NewsOscars 2016: full list of nominations
Nominations for the 88th Academy Awards; watch the announcement.
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FeaturesComposers: Johann Johannsson, 'Sicario'
Johann Johannsson’s score for Sicario rumbles and intimidates “like a beast lurching in slow motion”, he tells Tiffany Pritchard, who meets five of the composers in contention this awards season
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FeaturesComposers: Daniel Pemberton, 'Steve Jobs'
Having worked with Ridley Scott, Guy Ritchie and now Danny Boyle on Steve Jobs, Daniel Pemberton is rapidly becoming one of the industry’s most sought-after composers.
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FeaturesComposers: Carter Burwell, 'Carol', 'Anomalisa'
The self-taught composer of Carol and Anomalisa used very different methods to score - and conduct - both films
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FeaturesComposers: Alexandre Desplat, 'The Danish Girl'
The politically engaged composer discusses why he was drawn to Suffragette and The Danish Girl
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FeaturesComposers: Tom Holkenborg (aka Junkie XL), 'Mad Max: Fury Road'
More commonly known as Junkie XL, the Dutch composer turned to religious themes and heavy metal to score Mad Max: Fury Road
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FeaturesAnthony Dod Mantle talks shooting 'In The Heart Of The Sea'
Inspired by Turner and Delacroix, cinematographer Anthony Dod Mantle tells Mark Salisbury how intensity was key for In The Heart Of The Sea.