Deborah Horowitz, a top executive at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures has left her position, Deadline has learned. "The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures confirms the departure of Deputy Director for Creative Content and Programming Deborah Horowitz,” an Academy Museum spokesperson said in a statement Monday…

Yesterday, I was daydreaming about something weirder than Dorothy's trip to Oz. Why not turn the Academy of Motion Picture of Arts and Sciences movie museum over to Disney? Not to own, of course. No sense losing the tax advantages of the Academy's nonprofit status. But to manage, as an adjunct to those other theme…

The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures has appointed Brendan Connell Jr., most recently deputy Chief Operating Officer at the Guggenheim in New York, as its new COO.  The hire comes after Rich Cherry resigned from the post at the under-construction movie museum in January after barely a year on the job. He exited in…

The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures has finalized its board of trustees, the group to be led by NBCUniversal vice chairman Ron Meyer that will become the governing body of the museum, which is scheduled to open in 2019. Joining the previously announced Meyer on the board, to be vice chaired by Netflix’s Ted…

The Academy Museum Of Motion Pictures is finally ready for its close-up, Mr. DeMille. This is not to say the long-gestating museum is ready to open. Far from it. That event isn’t scheduled until sometime in 2019, although the original projection was for this year. Logistical, political, and practical considerations…

As we enter the waning part of 2016 (yes, really), 2018 suddenly doesn't seem so far away. For half the country, give or take, that might be a scary thought; by 2018, we'll be well into the presidency of a Trump or a Clinton II, either of whom is going to make someone unhappy. At least we can look forward to the Film…

After an Oscar season in which the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences was blasted for a lack of diversity in their nominations, Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs sounded ecstatic on the phone today about the wide range and true diversity represented in the list of 322 new members invited to join the…

The planned $300 million Academy Museum of Motion Pictures got a green light today from the Los Angeles City Council, which voted 13-0 to approve the project. Groundbreaking will occur this fall. The vote was expected despite some rumblings from neighborhood groups who were concerned about increased traffic and…

Proving the Academy is serious about getting top-drawer content for its new Academy Museum Of Motion Pictures, AMPAS has added a biggie by successfully bidding $344,000 yesterday for a rare visual-effects model of the Aries 1B Trans-Lunar Space Shuttle used in shooting 2001: A Space Odyssey.   Most of the props, sets…

BEVERLY HILLS, CA – The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today that it has received three $5 million naming gifts from producer and Academy Governor Gale Anne Hurd; philanthropist and CEO of Onex Gerald Schwartz and his wife Heather Reisman; and the family of the iconic film exhibitor Ted…

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences has announced that director Brett Ratner is donating $1 million to the Academy Museum. Ratner is no stranger to the Academy. You’ll recall that he stepped down as Oscar producer two years ago after outcries over an anti-gay slur he uttered while promoting his film Tower Hei…

The Academy Of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is hosting a dinner tonight to give its biggest donors — David Geffen being the most recent with his $25M gift — to say thanks and give an update on the project and its $300M capital campaign. The dinner will include a booklet with photos that provide details about the…