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Entertainment 5 years ago

Academy holds first virtual ceremony to honor young filmmakers

The Oscar-awarding Academy hosted its first ever virtual award ceremony Wednesday, with Spike Lee among those presenting honors to pandemic-era student filmmakers.

Entertainment 5 years ago

Oscars set minimum diversity rules for best picture prize

Hollywood's motion picture academy unveiled strict new eligibility rules to boost diversity among best picture Oscars nominees and the wider movie industry in a landmark announcement Tuesday.

People 5 years ago

Indonesia’s first Academy Awards voting member Amelia Hapsari to champion Southeast Asian documentaries

Amelia Hapsari is a prominent name on the Southeast Asian film documentary scene, known for her role as the program director of In-Docs.

Entertainment 5 years ago

Oscars organizers say academy exceeds diversity goal as 'Parasite' cast, others join

The organization that awards the Oscars said on Tuesday it had invited 819 new members to join its ranks and exceeded a goal set four years ago to diversify the group's membership by 2020.

Entertainment 6 years ago

Oscars postponed by two months due to pandemic

Next year's Oscars have been postponed by eight weeks to April 25 after the coronavirus pandemic shuttered movie theaters and wreaked havoc on Hollywood's release calendar, the Academy said Monday.

Entertainment 6 years ago

Films aiming to win Oscars will need to meet diversity criteria, Academy says

The organization that hands out the Academy Awards said it would form a group to develop diversity and inclusion guidelines that filmmakers will have to meet in order for their work to be eligible for Oscars.

Entertainment 6 years ago

Oscars board elects 'Selma' director as diversity increases

The organization behind the Oscar awards elected "Selma" director Ava DuVernay on Wednesday as it slightly increased its number of female and black governors.

Entertainment 6 years ago

'Selma' snubbed at 2015 Oscars after cast protested police violence, actor Oyelowo says

The civil rights movie "Selma" was made free for rental on Friday, a day after actor David Oyelowo said Oscar voters had deliberately snubbed the film in 2015.