2014 Student Academy Awards® Competition Now Underway

January 13, 2014 RGN staff

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BEVERLY HILLS, CA — The Academy is now accepting applications for its 2014 Student Academy Awards competition. Past Student Academy Award® winners have gone on to receive 46 Oscar® nominations and have won or shared eight awards.  Winners include Pete Docter, John Lasseter, Spike Lee, Trey Parker and Robert Zemeckis. Gold, Silver and Bronze Medal awards, […]

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15 Documentary Features Advance in 2013 Oscar Race

December 3, 2013 RGN staff

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  BEVERLY HILLS, CA — The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that 15 films in the Documentary Feature category will advance in the voting process for the 86th Oscars® . One hundred forty-seven films had originally qualified in the category. The 15 films are listed below in alphabetical order by title, […]

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The Academy Presents Rare Screening of Richard Williams’s “The Thief And The Cobbler”

December 3, 2013 RGN staff

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  BEVERLY HILLS, CA – The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences celebrates animator Richard Williams with the first public screening of the original version of his film “The Thief and the Cobbler” onTuesday, December 10, at 7:30 p.m. at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. Williams, who has worked on the now legendary […]

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Robert Osborne’s Official History of the Academy Awards® Available October 29

October 16, 2013 RGN staff

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  BEVERLY HILLS, CA – The official history of the Academy Awards, 85 Years of the Oscar captures the thrill of the film industry’s most significant and popular event with more than 750 photographs and an informative text by renowned film historian and Hollywood insider Robert Osborne.  Published by Abbeville Press in association with the Academy of […]

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New Casting Directors Branch-Elects Three To Academy Board Of Governors

October 7, 2013 RGN staff

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October 7, 2013 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NEW CASTING DIRECTORS BRANCH ELECTS THREE TO ACADEMY BOARD OF GOVERNORS BEVERLY HILLS, CA – Three members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ newly created Casting Directors Branch have been elected to the Academy Board of Governors. The first-time governors are David Rubin, who is elected […]

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Paula Wagner To Produce 2013 Governors Awards

September 12, 2013 RGN staff

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  BEVERLY HILLS, CA – Paula Wagner will produce the 5th Annual Governors Awards for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs announced today.  The Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award and three Honorary Awards will be presented to Angelina Jolie, Angela Lansbury, Steve Martin and Piero Tosi, respectively, on Saturday, November […]

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Cheryl Boone Isaacs Elected Academy President

July 31, 2013 RGN staff

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BEVERLY HILLS, CA – Cheryl Boone Isaacs was elected president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Tuesday night (July 30) by the organization’s Board of Governors. Boone Isaacs, who is beginning her 21st year as a governor representing the Public Relations Branch, served as Academy first vice president during the past year. She also […]

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Jason Reitman To Host Live Commentary Of “The Princess Bride” At The Academy

July 29, 2013 RGN staff

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BEVERLY HILLS, CA – Oscar®-nominated filmmaker Jason Reitman will be joined onstage by director Rob Reiner and actor Cary Elwes for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ first live commentary event, featuring a screening of the 1987 favorite “The Princess Bride,” on Thursday, August 15, at 7:30 p.m. at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.  […]

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