The African-American Film Critics Association (AAFCA) has partnered with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in For the Academy’s Careers in Film Summit in Atlanta. The summit will take place November 3 at SCADshow.

This marks AMPAS’ first educational outreach in the Atlanta area, which has quickly become…

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences invited 928 entertainment industry professionals to join and while many were celebrating their invitation to the ever-changing Academy which is looking to be more inclusive, there is one invitee that didn’t want to jump on board: Emmanuelle Seigner.

Seigner, who is the wife…

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences president John Bailey has issued a letter to his staff denying recent sexual harassment allegations made against him.

The Academy reportedly received three sexual harassment complaints earlier this month against Bailey, but details of the allegations have not been revealed.

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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that 10 live action short films will advance in the voting process for the 90th Academy Awards. A record 165 pictures had originally qualified in the category.

Short Films and Feature Animation Branch members will now select five nominees. Branch screening…

As Deadline reported exclusively earlier in the day, members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences were near a plan to tackle Hollywood’s widespread sexual harassment and abuse. It seems the group moved fast on that promise: the board of governors has released an approved “Standards of Conduct” for…

The deadline to submit Official Screen Credits forms to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for 90th Academy Awards consideration is Friday, December 1.

For a feature film to be considered for the 2017 Awards, the film's distributor or producer must upload via Dropbox a scanned, signed copy of the OSC form…

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will be establishing a new “code of conduct” for its members in the wake of the Harvey Weinstein scandals.

In an email to members, Academy CEO Dawn Hudson laid out the details and said the board would discuss the issue at December and January meetings.

"Like you, the Acad…

Refresh for updates The decision today to expel producer Harvey Weinstein from the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences was celebrated by many in Hollywood.

After an emergency meeting by the board of governors, a statement was issued that said the era of “willful ignorance” was over and that conduct like that a…

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has voted to expel disgraced film mogul Harvey Weinstein. The decision, virtually unprecedented and ferociously worded, was made in a special emergency meeting today.

“The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Board of Governors met today to discuss the allegations …

A Change.org petition asking that disgraced TWC mogul Harvey Weinstein be removed from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for life has been signed by over 116,500 people as of noon today. The petition was started by U.K. indie filmmaker Kellen Phillips who writes: “It’s time for organisations like The…

Amber Tamblyn, Andy Serkis, producer DeVon Franklin and director Jennifer Yuh Nelson will be presenters at this year’s Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' 44th Student Academy Awards.

The awards will be presented Thursday, October 12, 7:30 pm at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. The ceremony caps a…

The winners of the 44th Student Academy Awards have been announced with 17 students being honored for their work. This year, 1,587 entries were received for the competition and out of those, 267 were from domestic college and universities while 89 were international.  The entries were voted on by a record number of…