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NewsAcademy, Bafta set dates for 2012 awards shows
The Academy Awards ceremony will take place on Feb 26 at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood, while the Baftas are set for Feb 12 at London’s Royal Opera House.
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AMPAS announces student Academy Awards finalists
Five finalists selected from 52 entries spanning 32 countries will advance in the foreign student film category in the Academy’s 38th Annual Student Academy Awards competition.
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NewsDawn Hudson named CEO as Academy restructures
The board of governors voted on Thursday [7] to establish a new executive structure, replacing retiring executive director Bruce Davis with the former Film Independent head as CEO and long-time Academy executive Ric Robertson as COO.
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NewsOscars: The King's Speech edges out The Social Network
By the time Steven Spielberg took to the stage to announce the best picture winner as the crowning moment of a largely predictable 83rd Academy Awards, The King’s Speech and The Social Network were neck-and-neck on three wins apiece.
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NewsAcademy, ABC extend Oscars contract through 2020
The Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences and ABC Television Network have extended their contract to broadcast the Oscars through 2020.
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NewsOscar nominees react
Academy Award contenders were celebrating and theorising in the wake of the Oscar nominations announcement on Tuesday morning.
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NewsKing's Speech leads Oscar race with 12 nominations
True Grit follows with 10, The Social Network and Inception with 8, The Fighter with 7, and 127 Hours with 6.
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NewsTricycle to host London’s first International Oscar Season
A week-long season celebrating the highlights of this year’s submissions for the Foreign Language Oscars will run at the Tricycle Theatre next month.
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NewsAcademy names seven films on make-up shortlist
The films in alphabetical order are: Alice In Wonderland, Barney’s Version,The Fighter, Jonah Hex, True Grit, The Way Back and The Wolfman.
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NewsInception, HP7, Tron on Oscar effects shortlist
Seven films have made it on to the shortlist for the visual effects Academy Award.
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Academy declares 248 films eligible for best picture Oscar
Two hundred and forty-eight feature films have been deemed eligible for the 2010 Academy Award best picture category.
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NewsAcademy announces 41 songs on Oscar shortlist
Forty-one songs from eligible feature-length films are in contention for the original song Academy Award.
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NewsTen live action shorts to go forward in Oscar race
Voters will now select 3-5 nominees from among the titles.
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NewsTen animated shorts progress in Academy voting
The Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences today [30] announced that ten animated short films will advance in the voting process for the 83rd Academy Awards.
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NewsJeremy Thomas to be honoured by Academy
Veteran UK producer Jeremy Thomas will be celebrated with a tribute evening from the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences (AMPAS) in London on Thursday.
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NewsAcademy unveils 15 doc feature contenders
The Academy has announced the documentary hopefuls for awards consideration, with Charles Ferguson’s financial crisis investigation Inside Job, Shlomi Eldar’s human drama Precious Life and Davis Guggenheim’s education jeremiad Waiting For Superman (pictured) all in the mix.
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NewsWeinsteins go to war over MPAA ratings for awards duo
The Weinstein Company (TWC) is preparing to lock horns with the MPAA over the ratings for its two top awards season contenders.
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NewsFifteen films to vie for animated feature Academy Award
The Academy has received 15 submissions for the animation feature category for the 83rd Academy Awards, paving the way for three nominations in January.
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No January move for 2012 Oscars
The Oscar ceremony will not be moving to January in 2012, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said on Wednesday [13], though a move is still a possibility in subsequent years.
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Eight documentary shorts up for Oscar
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has named the eight documentary shorts that have been short-listed for this year’s documentary short subject Oscar.