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Idina Menzel To Perform, “Let It Go,” On Oscar Night

February 12, 2014 RGN staff

BEVERLY HILLS, CA — Tony Award®-winning singer, songwriter and actress Idina Menzel will, for the first time, perform the Oscar®-nominated song “Let it Go” for a global television audience at the Oscars®, show producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron announced today. The Oscars, hosted by Ellen DeGeneres, will air on Sunday, March 2, live on ABC. […]

Oscar Week Events At The Academy

January 31, 2014 RGN staff

OSCAR® WEEK EVENTS AT THE ACADEMY BEVERLY HILLS, CA — Leading up to The Oscars®, the Academy will present a slate of public events celebrating this year’s nominees. This year’s activities in Los Angeles will include a live concert at UCLA’s Royce Hall highlighting the nominated musical scores and songs. Events at the Academy’s Samuel […]

Oscar Nominated Short Films 2014 in Theaters Friday, January 31st

January 30, 2014 RGN staff

Los Angeles, CA, January 22nd, 2014 – ShortsHD™, the world’s only Short Movie Channel in high definition (www.shorts.tv), working with Magnolia Pictures, will open “The Oscar® Nominated Short Films 2014” in over 250 theaters across the United States, Canada, and Europe on Friday, January 31, 2014, with more than 400 theatres slated to screen the films […]

2014 Academy Nicholl Screenwriting Competition Now Underway

January 30, 2014 RGN staff

2014 ACADEMY NICHOLL SCREENWRITING COMPETITION NOW UNDERWAY BEVERLY HILLS, CA – The 2014 Academy Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting competition is now underway. In November, as many as five $35,000 fellowships will be awarded. Since 1986, 133 fellowships have been awarded, including one to Destin Daniel Cretton, who wrote and directed “Short Term 12” from his 2010 Nicholl Fellowship-winning […]

Kristen Bell And Michael B. Jordan To Host Academy’s Sci-Tech Awards

January 30, 2014 RGN staff

BEVERLY HILLS, CA – Actors Kristen Bell and Michael B. Jordan will host the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Scientific and Technical Awards on Saturday, February 15, at The Beverly Hills Hotel. They will present 19 awards to 52 individual recipients during the evening. “We are thrilled to have Kristen and Michael join us […]

Academy Rescinds Original Song Nomination For “Alone Yet Not Alone.”

January 30, 2014 RGN staff

ACADEMY RESCINDS ORIGINAL SONG NOMINATION FOR “ALONE YET NOT ALONE” BEVERLY HILLS, CA — On Tuesday night, the Academy’s Board of Governors voted to rescind the Original Song nomination for “Alone Yet Not Alone,” music by Bruce Broughton and lyric by Dennis Spiegel. The decision was prompted by the discovery that Broughton, a former Governor and current Music […]

Academy Determines Nominees For “20 Feet From Stardom”

January 24, 2014 RGN staff

ACADEMY DETERMINES NOMINEES FOR “20 FEET FROM STARDOM” BEVERLY HILLS, CA — The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has determined the individual nominees for “20 Feet from Stardom” in the Documentary Feature category for the Oscars®. They are Morgan Neville, Gil Friesen and Caitrin Rogers. Academy Awards® for outstanding film achievements of 2013 […]

Oscar® Production Team Announced

January 16, 2014 RGN staff

BEVERLY HILLS, CA — Producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron today announced 13 key members of the production team for the Oscars®, which will air on Sunday, March 2, live on ABC. Director Hamish Hamilton returns to the show after having directed the 82nd Oscars in March 2010. Hamilton has directed many celebrated live televised events, including the […]

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86TH OSCARS® NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED

January 16, 2014 RGN staff

BEVERLY HILLS, CA — Actor Chris Hemsworth and Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs announced the nominations for the 86th Academy Awards® today (January 16). Hemsworth and Boone Isaacs announced the nominees at a 5:38 a.m. PT live news conference attended by more than 400 international media representatives. For a complete list of nominees, visit the official Academy […]

Oscars To Celebrate Movie Heroes

January 14, 2014 RGN staff

BEVERLY HILLS, CA — The 86th Academy Awards® will be a celebration of movie heroes, producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron announced today. Offering their first preview of the upcoming Oscar broadcast, hosted by Ellen DeGeneres, the producers said the show will honor big-screen real-life heroes, super heroes, popular heroes and animated heroes, both past […]