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Academy’s February Screenings To Feature “Back To The Future,” “Blade Runner,” “The Goonies” And “The Departed”

January 25, 2015 RGN staff

Academy’s February Screenings To Feature “Back To The Future,” “Blade Runner,” “The Goonies” And “The Departed” The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences launches in February a new screening series, Return to Oz: Costuming the Big Adventures of 1985, and continues the series Two Sides of a Costume Designer, both in conjunction with the landmark Hollywood Costume exhibition now on view. […]

87th Oscars® Nominations Announced

January 16, 2015 RGN staff

Directors Alfonso Cuarón and J.J. Abrams, actor Chris Pine and Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs announced the nominations for the 87th Academy Awards® today (January 15). For the first time, nominees in all 24 categories were announced live. Cuarón and Abrams announced the nominees in 11 categories at 5:30 a.m. PT, followed by Pine and […]

21 Scientific And Technical Achievements To Be Honored With Academy Awards®

January 13, 2015 RGN staff

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that 21 scientific and technical achievements represented by 58 individual award recipients will be honored at its annual Scientific and Technical Awards Presentation on Saturday, February 7, at the Beverly Wilshire in Beverly Hills. In addition, veteran sound engineer and Dolby® Laboratories executive David W. Gray will receive […]

Academy To Announce OSCAR® Nominations In All 24 Categories

January 9, 2015 RGN staff

For the first time, the Academy will announce Oscar nominations in all 24 categories. Oscar producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron announced today that actor Chris Pine, Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs, and directors Alfonso Cuarón and J.J. Abrams, on Thursday, January 15, will announce the nominations in all 24 Oscar categories at a special two-part […]

Oscars® Nominations Voting Ends Thursday, January 8

January 7, 2015 RGN staff

Nominations voting for the 87th Oscars will close on Thursday, January 8, at 5 p.m. PT. The votes will be tabulated and verified by the international accounting firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). The 87th Oscars Nominations Announcement will be held on Thursday, January 15, at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. Oscars for outstanding film achievements […]

9 Foreign Language Films Advance in Oscar® Race

December 19, 2014 RGN staff

Nine features will advance to the next round of voting in the Foreign Language Film category for the 87th Academy Awards®. Eighty-three films had originally been considered in the category. The films, listed in alphabetical order by country, are: Argentina, “Wild Tales,” Damián Szifrón, director; Estonia, “Tangerines,” Zaza Urushadze, director; Georgia, “Corn Island,” George Ovashvili, director; Mauritania, […]

The Academy Celebrates The Classics

December 18, 2014 RGN staff

Academy celebrates costume design with Oscar classics, ‘Taxi Driver,’ ‘Annie Hall,’ ‘The Godfather,’ and ‘Mary Poppins.’ The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences begins 2015 with two new screening series, Street Clothes: Contemporary Costuming in New Hollywood and Two Sides of a Costume Designer, in conjunction with the landmark Hollywood Costume exhibition now on view. Street Clothes: Contemporary Costuming in New […]

Channing Tatum Returns to Launch “Team Oscar®”

December 18, 2014 RGN staff

Channing Tatum, Oscar producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron, and the Academy launched “Team Oscar” by inviting the next generation of filmmakers to create a short video and vie for the opportunity to appear onstage during the live Oscar broadcast. Winners will deliver Oscar statuettes to celebrity presenters at the 87th Academy Awards® on Oscar Sunday, February 22, […]

7 Features Advance in Race for Makeup and Hairstyling Oscar®

December 18, 2014 RGN staff

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that seven films remain in competition in the Makeup and Hairstyling category for the 87th Academy Awards®. The films are listed below in alphabetical order: “The Amazing Spider-Man 2” “Foxcatcher” “The Grand Budapest Hotel” “Guardians of the Galaxy” “Maleficent” “Noah” “The Theory of Everything” On Saturday, January 10, 2015, […]

323 Feature Films In Contention For 2014 Best Picture Oscar®

December 12, 2014 RGN staff

Three hundred twenty-three feature films are eligible for the 2014 Academy Awards®, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. To be eligible for 87th Academy Awards consideration, feature films must open in a commercial motion picture theater in Los Angeles County by midnight, December 31, and begin a minimum run of seven consecutive days. Under Academy rules, a feature-length motion picture must have […]