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Having declined a proposed bylaws revision requiring an annual membership survey—which led to a still-pending lawsuit by producer Michael Shamberg—the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Friday sent its members an 18-point questionnaire that touched on several hot-button issues, including streaming, the…

Editor’s note: Michael Shamberg is a tenured film and TV producer whose credits include Contagion, Get Shorty, The Big Chill, Erin Brockovich, Out of Sight, Pulp Fiction, A Fish Called Wanda and many others. With the Warner Bros announcement that all its 2021 films will premiere online at the same time as in theaters…

In a little-noticed court filing last week, producer Michael Shamberg amended his existing complaint against the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, arguing that Academy governors improperly deprived members of rights in June by restricting their ability to propose bylaws changes. Shamberg earlier had sued the…

In court last month, lawyers for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences contended that the group's bylaws in no way required a vote on revisions that had been proposed by member-producer Michael Shamberg, who asked for an aggressive social media program and an annual membership survey. "The bylaws do not…

Michael Shamberg, the producer whose credits include Erin Brockovich, Contagion, Get Shorty, The Big Chill and Pulp Fiction, has sued the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in an attempt to get the governing body to vote on his plan to boost its social media presence. The civil suit, filed Monday in Los…

If you think the Oscar voting process is weird—with all those short lists, screening deadlines, members-only streaming arrangements, branch nominations, and hors d'oeuvres counts (or whatever passes for the latest feeding restrictions)—you'll be wholly befuddled by the latest Board of Governors election at the Academy…

For those who want more transparency from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences – and that was certainly a core request in producer Michael Shamberg's open letter to Academy leaders last week – it doesn't get any clearer than the view presented in a 178-page offering document that introduced the group's…

Editors’ Note: Michael Shamberg is a tenured AMPAS member whose name is often mentioned when it comes time to name a producer for the Oscarcast. His credits include Get Shorty, The Big Chill, Erin Brockovich, Out of Sight, Pulp Fiction, Gattaca, A Fish Called Wanda and many others. He has shared with Deadline an open…

Picture Perfect Federation, the company recently launched by Patrick Wachsberger's Picture Perfect Entertainment, has teamed with Pascal Breton's Federation Entertainment to acquire Allison Pataki's two bestselling novels — The Accidental Empress and Sisi: Empress on Her Own — to be developed as a series on the life…

EXCLUSIVE: Sonar Entertainment has set Michael Shamberg's MASproduction to a first look deal for television and digital platform content. The announcement was made today by Thomas Lesinski, CEO, Sonar Entertainment and Michael Shamberg. Shamberg brings several projects to the table under the new deal. They include…

Harsh, arrogant, and woefully incorrect by today's standards (the Germans were "huns," Filipinos he called "googs") Joseph "Vinegar Joe" Stilwell was the kind of general who fought almost as hard with friend as with foe. Some British troops wanted to shoot him. Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, whom he called "Peanut,"…

EXCLUSIVE: Gold medalist Tara Lipinski, the darling of the 1998 Nagano Olympics who at 15 became the youngest winner of an individual event at the Winter Games, is teaming with producer Michael Shamberg and writer Jonathan Igla (Mad Men, Masters Of Sex) for a new drama series at Hulu offering a behind-the-scenes look…