Latest Oscars news – Page 41
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NewsAcademy sets 85th awards ceremony for Feb 24, 2013
The Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences has decided not to implement a drastic date change as previously mooted.
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NewsOscars: The Artist wins big, Hugo also takes five
The 84th Academy Awards ceremony had a distinct French accent as The Artist came out the big winner with five Oscars, including those for best picture, best director and best actor.
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NewsAcademy committee allows four producers on Tree Of Life
The producers branch executive committee of the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences has ruled that the official producers are Sarah Green, Bill Pohlad, Dede Gardner and Grant Hill.
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NewsAcademy signs deal with electronic vote service Everyone Counts
The announcement comes at the end of an 18-month search for a service to work alongside the Academy’s ongoing accounting firm of record PwC, starting in 2013.
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NewsHugo leads Oscar nominations, followed closely by The Artist
Surprise nominations include Extremely Loud for Best Picture; JC Chandor’s Margin Call for Best Original Screenplay; and A Cat In Paris for Animated Film.
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NewsDelight, surprise, humility mark day of Oscar reactions
Producer Graham King, whose best picture nomination for Hugo marks his fourth collaboration with acclaimed director Martin Scorsese, said on Tuesday (24), “I dedicate my whole career to [Scorsese]. I think he’s the greatest director that’s ever lived, so for me I’m in great company.”
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NewsOscar nominees react
Gary Oldman says the nomination is “amazing”; Hell & Back Again producer says Oscar would be “the ultimate honour.”
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NewsLondon's Tricycle cinema kicks off international Oscar season on Feb 14
London’s Tricycle cinema, in Kilburn, is planning a 10-day series devoted to international Oscar contenders.
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NewsA Separation, Bullhead make it on to Oscar shortlist
Zhang Yimou’s The Flowers Of War is the notable omission from the foreign language pack and there are shut-outs too for crowdpleasers Le Havre, Where Do We Go Now, Declaration Of War and Miss Bala.
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NewsOscar shortlisted Paths Of Hate sells widely for New Europe Film Sales
Warsaw-based New Europe Film Sales has closed a number of deals for Polish Oscar-shortlisted animated short Paths of Hate.
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NewsAcademy approves doc and short film rules for 2013
The most significant changes for the 85th Annual Academy Awards expand members’ opportunities to view contenders and allow more members to vote.
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NewsSeven make it on to Academy make-up shortlist
Albert Nobbs (pictured), Anonymous, The Artist, Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life, Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part 2, Hugo and The Iron Lady are in contention.
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Academy unveils scientific and technical achievement awards
Twenty-eight individuals will take to the stage to receive the awards at the annual Scientific and Technical Awards presentation at the Beverly Wilshire on February 11, 2012.
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NewsTen films in contention for visual effects Oscar
Harry Potter, Hugo, The Tree Of Life are among the contenders. Members of the visual effects branch will be invited to view 10-minute excerpts from each film on Jan 19. They will nominate five immediately after the screenings.
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NewsThirty-nine songs vie for Academy attention
On Jan 5 2012 voting members of the music branch in Los Angeles will view clips featuring each song, in random order, prior to determining the nominees by an averaged point system of voting.
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NewsAcademy names 10 live-action shorts contenders
The group will advance to the nomination stage when short films and feature animation branch members will select three to five titles.
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NewsMI4, Hugo, Potter make it on to Academy’s FX longlist
Fifteen films will proceed to the next stage of voting in early January, when the visual effects branch executive committee will whittle the list down to 10 titles.
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News10 animated shorts on Oscar shortlist
The short list for the animated short film Oscar category has been unveiled.
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NewsBuck, Paradise Lost 3 among 15 on Oscar doc shortlist
The Academy on Friday (18) unveiled the features that advance in the voting process for the 84th Academy Awards, but Werner Herzog’s Into The Abyss, Steve James’ The Interrupters and Asif Kapadia’s Senna are notable absentees.
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NewsGalway Fleadh gets Academy recognition
Galway Film Fleadh shorts winners to be eligible for Oscar consideration.