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Oscar-winner Marlee Matlin, and past Oscar nominees producer Jason Blum and director Jason Reitman are among first-time members elected to the Board Of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences as AMPAS announced its new 2022-2023 Board today. In addition to Matlin for the Actors Branch, Reitman for…

The nominees list for the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences Board of GDovernors has been revealed before its June 6-10 balloting. The candidates are hoping to fill the open seats on the 54-member board. Up to four candidates are set for the open seat at each each branch, which carries three governors with…

Here's a thought for a sunny morning: Wouldn't it be nice to see a "daylight slate" in charge of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences? If precedent holds, next month will bring the election or re-election of almost one-third of the Academy's 54-member governing board (three governors are diversity…

As it turns out, there was more than meets the eye to a recent announcement by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences that it had added a couple of Vice Presidents, bringing the total to eight, in addition to its elected President, Secretary, and Treasurer. In fact, under the Academy's revised bylaws, dated…

Producer Michael Shamberg's lawsuit against the Academy of Motion Picture of Arts and Sciences and its governing board will go forward, as Judge H. Jay Ford of the Los Angeles County Superior Court this morning said he will overrule the Academy's demurrer in the case. Shamberg has been asking the court to rule that he…

At least, we know how low the Oscars can go. 10.4 million viewers. Less by 16.8 percent than Day 1 of the NFL draft. Lower by 61.3 percent than Joe Biden's first speech to Congress, which was lower by 75 percent than Donald Trump's. This is really low. It works out to 3.1 percent of the current United States…

Back on June 26, a little-noticed court filing in Roman Polanski's lawsuit over his expulsion from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences offered a rare glimpse at dealings within the Academy's Board of Governors. The view is limited, and colored by the advocacy of Polanski' lawyer, Harland W. Braun, who…

In a compacted election period due to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced the candidates who have been elected to its Board Of Governors. Among the six voted in for their first term on the board are Ava DuVernay (Selma, When They See Us) for the…

The would-be candidates for 17 open slots on the 54-member Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will be off and running, come 9:00 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time on Monday. On Friday, the Academy notified members that so-called "opt-in" voting for the board seats will be active through…

  It now seems reasonably certain that this film awards season will be remembered for delivering the "Oscars With An Asterisk." On Tuesday, governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, bowing to coronavirus-induced theater closings, approved a temporary rules change allowing Academy Awards…

It's back to the world of high finance for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and its yet-to-open movie museum: On Monday, a spokesperson for the Academy Museum confirmed that another bond offering is in the making. "The Academy made a financial decision, based on the current low interest rates, to take…

Pop Oscars. Off-screen awards. A host-free ceremony. What will they think of next at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences? In truth, it's hard to know, because the Academy has been fairly successful in dropping a veil of secrecy over its internal deliberations. The next agenda, who backs whom, and who…