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Film Academy chief executive Bill Kramer dropped a reminder in Toronto on Saturday, that his group's movie museum will in February devote space to the late director John Singleton's Boyz N The Hood. So here's a gentle plea to the museum: Do this one without apology. For the moment, the Academy and its museum are in…

Wow. Bill Kramer's lightning strikes at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences—into the chief's job 17 days early, Chief Operating Officer Christine Simmons out by mid-morning, Jacqueline Stewart in place to take his old Academy Museum post less than a week later—are impressive. Even the Academy's often…

Academy Museum trustee and producer Miky Lee (Parasite), Oscar-winning filmmaker Steve McQueen (12 Years a Slave) and Oscar-winning actor Tilda Swinton (The French Dispatch) will be honored at the second annual Academy Museum Gala taking place October 15 in celebration of the venue’s one-year anniversary. The museum…

Add the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures to the list of businesses and institutions suffering a Covid outbreak in the current surge. The Los Angeles County Public Health web site on Thursday reported 14 Covid-19 cases on the museum staff, but listed no known cases among visitors. For visitors, the museum has been…

EXCLUSIVE: The new Academy Museum in Los Angeles will be holding its first inaugural red-carpet film premiere on Monday, Oct. 25 with Focus Features’ Edgar Wright psychological thriller Last Night in Soho.  Expected at the premiere are director/producer/co-writer Wright, stars Thomasin McKenzie, Anya Taylor-Joy…

You might be tempted to blame Covid for those awkward "timed ticketing" protocols at the new Academy Museum of Motion Pictures. Pick a time. Reserve in advance. No early entry. No guarantees if you show up after a 30-minute grace period. No refunds. Timed tickets required even for free child's admission. Academy Museum…

The $484 million museum dedicated to all things Hollywood is finally here. This morning, the dedication ceremony and official ribbon-cutting of the highly anticipated Academy Museum of Motion Pictures kicked off, attended by civic and cultural leaders from the Academy Museum and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and…

Later today, the first Tuesday in August, the board of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will meet to install newly elected governors and reorganize its officers, pretty much as usual. As usual, the governors will almost certainly elect casting director David Rubin, the Academy's current president, to…

The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures announced on Wednesday that timed advance admission tickets for the new venue will be available beginning August 5 at 9 a.m. PT at academymuseum.org and on the museum's new app. Opening on September 30 in Los Angeles, the museum will be the largest institution in the United States…

The long-delayed Academy Museum of Motion Pictures looks like it is finally ready for its close-up. Ava DuVernay, Ryan Murphy and Jason Blum will be spearheading plans for the gala opening on September 25, 2021 as part of a weeklong program of celebrations leading to its official unveiling for the public September 30…

The long awaited and oft delayed opening of the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures is on the move again, shuttling to early Fall of next year and all due to continuing uncertainties about the state of the coronavirus pandemic. The not-so-surprising move, due to the dire circumstances of living in a world wracked by…