Latest Oscars news – Page 38
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Academy announces final voting round schedule
Final balloting will begin on Feb 8 at 8 am PT and close on Feb 19 at 5pm PT.
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85th Academy Awards nominees react with delight
Lincoln led the way on Thursday [10] with a dozen nominations but Academy members saw fit to celebrate a rich tapestry of storytelling and talent.
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Lincoln leads Oscar nominations
Lincoln leads the pack of Oscar nominees announced today, with 12 nods. Life of Pi follows closely with 11, then Les Misérables and Silver Linings Playbook with eight each, and Argo with seven.
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Academy to honour Bill Taylor with Bonner Medal
The visual effects supervisor and director of photography will receive the John A Bonner Medal Of Commendation from the board of governors.
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Oscar ceremony to pay tribute to James Bond
Organisers at the upcoming 85th Academy Awards on Feb 24 will include a tribute to the 50-year-old franchise.
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Academy announces scientific and technical achievements
Twenty-five individual recipients will attend the annual Scientific and Technical Awards Presentation in Beverly Hills on Feb 9.
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Academy moves back nominations deadline to Jan 4
The official date for members to vote has been extended by one day from Jan 3 to Jan 4. Votes must be submitted by 5pm PT.
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Seven films advance in Oscar make-up category
The shortlist comprises Hitchcock, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Les Misérables, Lincoln, Looper, Men in Black 3 and Snow White And The Huntsman.
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75 original songs make it to Oscar longlist
Music branch members will receive a “reminder list” of the submissions and a DVD copy of song clips.
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Academy announces 104-strong score longlist
Officials will make available a ‘reminder list’ of original score submissions along with a nominations ballot to all members of the music branch.
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Documentary Oscar shortlist unveiled
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has unveiled its shortlist of 15 films in the running for this year’s Documentary Feature Oscar, among them Bully (pictured), The House I Live In and Searching for Sugar Man.
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Academy extends deadline for paper ballot vote request
Since the organisation announced it would introduce electronic voting for the first time this year, some members have been confused about their options.
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Eleven live-action shorts advance in Oscar race
A tie in the nominations balloting resulted in 11 films being shortlisted. One hundred and twenty-five pictures originally qualified in the category.
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Cloud Atlas, Huntsman, Pi make Oscar FX shortlist
The Academy has announced the 10 visual effects contenders for the prize before visual effects branch members consider who will become the five nominees.
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Silver Linings, Moonrise lead Spirit Award nominations
The leaders garnered five nods apiece on Tuesday [27] followed by Beasts Of The Southern Wild on four. David O Russell, Wes Anderson and Benh Zeitlin are nominated for best director, while Jennifer Lawrence and Quvenzhane Wallis are in contention for female lead and Bradley Cooper competes in the male ...
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Twenty-one features to vie for Oscar animation prize
The Academy issued the longlist on Friday (2), adding that some of the titles have not yet executed their Los Angeles qualifying runs.
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Academy issues animation feature awards
Filmmakers must submit entry forms and supporting materials to the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences by 5 pm PT on Nov 1.
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Academy selects pool of eight documentary short contenders
The films graduated from a pool of 31 eligible entries and three to five will make it to the nominations stage on Jan 10 2013.
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Academy receives record 71 foreign language submissions
The bumper haul vying for glory at the 85th Academy Awards includes the first ever entry from Kenya, while Cambodia returns to the fray for the first time in nearly two decades.
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Greece submits Unfair World to Oscar race
Philippos Tsitos’ Unfair World (Adikos kosmos) is the Greek submission to the Foreign Language Academy Award race.