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Veteran marketing and public relations executive and former President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Cheryl Boone Isaacs has been named to serve as Founding Director of the Sidney Poitier New American Film School. Boone Isaacs, an adjunct professor at Chapman University’s Dodge College of Film and…

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…

The backstage press corps here at the Oscars had questions for Spike Lee after his reaction to Green Book winning Best Picture on Sunday night. Asked backstage at the Dolby Theatre if his Adapted Screenplay win for BlacKkKlansman makes up for Do the Right Thing loss at the 1990 Oscars and the Academy overlooking it…

In a surprise twist, cinematographer John Bailey became the 36th president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Tuesday night. Bailey, a 74-year-old film veteran with a long record of Academy service, had been quietly talking with insiders about the presidency for some time;  but he largely evaded public…

When the Daytime Emmys next come around, they should save one for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; after all, AMPAS has become one of the best soap operas in town. Infighting. Executive churn. Diversity wars. Legal action. Even an Oscar for the wrong movie. Hollywood’s film academy has seen it all. On…

When I hopped on the phone at different times yesterday with Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences President Cheryl Boone Isaacs and returning Oscar show producer (with Mike De Luca) Jennifer Todd, I told them they have set a land speed record for announcing not only the producers, but also the host Jimmy Kimmel…

Even though Emmy and Tony seasons are in full swing, we haven’t forgotten about you, Oscar. Once again the process is revving up for the annual Board of Governors election, and numerous candidates come forward to fill the one open slot of three in each of the 17 branches. Many of the names are the usual suspects who…

UPDATED, 5:25 PM: The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences officially has renewed CEO Dawn Hudson’s contract to June 2020. She has been in the post since 2011. Here is the letter that went out to members: Dear Members, As you may know, on Tuesday, March 28, the Board of Governors met for a regularly scheduled…

Academy president Cheryl Boone Isaacs was honored Wednesday night at CinemaCon as Pioneer of the Year at the 76th annual Will Rogers Motion Picture Foundation Dinner, a part of every CinemaCon convention. She became only the fourth woman and first African American ever awarded the top honor by the charitable…

“It was really a wonderful night and yes, there was a little excitement at the end. It was shock,” said Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences president Cheryl Boone Isaacs, speaking at SXSW today in one of her first public appearances since the Oscars Best Picture snafu last month. “However, what I thought was…

The best time to speculate is when it's still too early: The possibilities are so much more tantalizing before reality sets in. In that spirit, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is already stirring with early speculation about the likely successor to President Cheryl Boone Isaacs when her term expires in…

Following Sunday’s Oscar ceremony that ended with everyone’s head spinning, Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs sent out an email to Academy members, highlighting the positives of the infamous evening while, of course, addressing the snafu heard around the world. In the email, she lauds show producers Jennifer Todd…