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Oscar® Host Neil Patrick Harris’s Writing Team Announced For 87th Oscars®

December 12, 2014 RGN staff

Producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron announced the special material writing team for the 87th Oscars, which will air live on Oscar Sunday, February 22, 2015, on ABC. Host Neil Patrick Harris will lead the special material writing team alongside head writer Dave Boone. Boone, a veteran of eight Oscar telecasts, won two Emmys® for his work on the […]

79 Original Songs Vie For 2014 Oscar®

December 12, 2014 RGN staff

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that 79 songs from eligible feature-length motion pictures released in 2014 are in contention for nominations in the Original Song category for the 87th Oscars®. The original songs, along with the motion picture in which each song is featured, are listed below in alphabetical order […]

10 Contenders Remain In VFX Oscar® Race

December 5, 2014 RGN staff

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that 10 films remain in the running in the Visual Effects category for the 87th Oscars®. The films are listed below in alphabetical order: “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes” “Godzilla” “Guardians of the Galaxy” “The Hobbit: The Battle […]

10 Live Action Shorts Advance in 2014 Oscar® Race

November 21, 2014 RGN staff

Ten Live Action Shorts Advance in 2014 Oscar® Race. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that 10 live action short films will advance in the voting process for the 87th Academy Awards®. One hundred forty-one pictures had originally qualified in the category. The 10 films are listed below in alphabetical order by title, with their […]

Academy’s December Programs Connect Designers And Directors, Hollywood And Berlin

November 18, 2014 RGN staff

Academy’s December Programs Connect Designers And Directors, Hollywood And Berlin. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences rounds out the year with new screenings in the series The Perfect Match: Hollywood Costume Collaborations, in conjunction with the landmark Hollywood Costume exhibition now on view, and introduces A New Career in a New Town: Weimar Directors in Berlin and […]

87th Oscars® Production Team Announced

November 18, 2014 RGN staff

87th Oscars® Production Team Announced. Producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron today announced 13 key members of the production team for the 87th Academy Awards®, which will air live on Oscar® Sunday, February 22, 2015, on ABC. Director Hamish Hamilton returns to the show for the third time, after receiving an Emmy® nomination for his work on last year’s […]

10 Animated Shorts Advance In 2014 Oscar® Race

November 18, 2014 RGN staff

10 Animated Shorts Advance In 2014 Oscar® Race. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that 10 animated short films will advance in the voting process for the 87th Academy Awards®. Fifty-eight pictures had originally qualified in the category. The 10 films are listed below in alphabetical order by title, with […]

20 Animated Features Submitted for 2014 Oscar® Race

November 18, 2014 RGN staff

Twenty features have been submitted for consideration in the Animated Feature Film category for the 87th Academy Awards®. The submitted features, listed in alphabetical order, are: “Big Hero 6” “The Book of Life” “The Boxtrolls” “Cheatin’” “Giovanni’s Island” “Henry & Me” “The Hero of Color City” “How to Train Your Dragon 2” “Jack and the […]

Clancy Brown, Ansel Elgort, Jack O’Connell and Tessa Thompson To Perform At Academy Nicholl Fellowships Live Read

November 12, 2014 RGN staff

Clancy Brown, Ansel Elgort, Jack O’Connell and Tessa Thompson To Perform At Academy Nicholl Fellowships Live Read . Actors Clancy Brown, Ansel Elgort, Jack O’Connell and Tessa Thompson will perform a live reading of selected scenes from the four winning scripts at the 2014 Academy Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting Awards Presentation & Live Read […]

The Academy Celebrated Hollywood Costume With A Private Luncheon

October 17, 2014 RGN staff

The Academy celebrates Hollywood Costume with a private luncheon hosted by Annette Bening, Crystal Lourd, Gwyneth Paltrow and Elizabeth Wiatt. LOS ANGELES, CA – The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences hosted a private luncheon and viewing of the current exhibition, Hollywood Costume,on Wednesday, October 8, at the Wilshire May Company building—future home of theAcademy Museum of […]