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The American Cinema Editors said Tuesday that it will host its 70th annual ACE Eddie Awards on January 17, 2020 at the Beverly Hilton. Like other shows, the ACE date is three weeks earlier than the group’s usual spot on the awards calendar thanks to the compressed season that concludes next year with the Oscars on…

UPDATED with ASC open letter: Hollywood celebrated with statements and posts on social media today in the wake of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announcement that all awards presentations would be live on the February 24 Oscars broadcast. That included Kees van Oostrum, the president of the American So…

Two films about Brits of very different eras took the marquee trophies at the ACE Eddie Awards tonight as Bohemian Rhapsody and The Favourite took home the respective marquee prizes for Best Edited Feature Dramatic and Comedy. "I was expecting the worst, I was not prepared for this at all," Rhapsodyd editor John…

The American Cinema Editors is honoring its own tonight with the 69th annual ACE Eddie Awards in Los Angeles, and Deadline is live blogging it all. We’ll post the winners in all 11 categories as they’re announced and pass along quotes from their speeches as well as describing the atmosphere. Tom Kenny, who has voiced…

Dunkirk and I, Tonya were the big winners tonight at the 68th annual ACE Eddie Awards, taking the respective marquee prizes for Best Edited Feature Dramatic and Comedy. Both films are nominated for the Best Editing Academy Award. "The person I must thank the most is the genius director-creator, who produced this film…

The film editor behind one of the most famous car chases in movie history has died. Jerry Greenberg, whose work on The French Connection won him an Academy Award for film editing, died Friday after a long illness. He was 81. The French Connection car chase featured Detective Jimmy Doyle (played by Gene Hackman)…

La La Land and Arrival were the big winners tonight at the 67th annual ACE Eddie Awards, taking the respective marquee prizes for Best Edited Feature Comedy and Dramatic. The win for La La Land continues its momentum as it sails into Oscar Night with a record-tying 14 nominations. On the TV side, the top wins went to…

The American Cinema Editors have selected Oscar winner Thelma Schoonmaker and Emmy winner Janet Ashikaga to receive the group’s Career Achievement awards during the 67th annual ACE Eddie Awards this month. Schoonmaker, a collaborator with Martin Scorsese since their first film together in 1967, has seven Oscar…

J.J. Abrams will be awarded the ACE Golden Eddie Filmmaker of the Year Award by the American Cinema Editors, the group said today. The honor will be bestowed January 27 at the 67th ACE Eddie Awards at the Beverly Hilton. “J.J. Abrams is a once-in-a-generation artist who has been making his mark in cinema and…

The American Cinema Editors will hold the 67th annual ACE Eddie Awards on Friday, January 27, 2017, the group said today. It will be held at the Beverly Hilton, where winners in 10 categories covering film, TV and documentaries will be unveiled, along with honors for a pair of lifetime achievement awards and the…

Mad Max: Fury Road and The Big Short were the big winners on the film side at tonight's 66th annual ACE Eddie Awards. Inside Out took the animated feature prize and Amy Winehouse pic Amy won the docu award during the American Cinema Editors’ trophy show at the Beverly Hilton. Nine of the past 12 Eddie winners for best…

Boyhood and The Grand Budapest Hotel took the respective top prizes for drama and comedy tonight at the 65th American Cinema Editors Awards. Oscar snubee The Lego Movie continued to rack up awards-season wins, scoring the trophy for Best Edited Animated Feature Film, while Citizenfour added the ACE Eddie to its…