Lauren Bacall to be honoured by Academy Awards bossesSeptember 12th, 2009 LONDON - Veteran actress Lauren Bacall will receive an honorary Oscar from Academy Awards bosses in a special ceremony. The 84-year-old star was nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the Oscars in 1996 for film 'The Mirror Has Two Faces' but didn't win the award.
Bacall, Corman, Willis to receive honorary Oscars; producer Calley to receive Thalberg awardSeptember 11th, 2009 Bacall, Corman, Willis to get honorary OscarsBEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — Actress Lauren Bacall, producer-director Roger Corman and cinematographer Gordon Willis are the first Oscar winners of the season.
Win a chance to see the stars in person from a bleacher seat along Oscar's red carpetSeptember 10th, 2009 Win a chance to sit alongside Oscar's red carpetLOS ANGELES — Oscar fans can win a chance to be a part of the 82nd Academy Awards. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences says fans can enter a lottery for bleacher seats alongside Oscar's red carpet.
Bacall Gets Honorary OscarSeptember 10th, 2009 Academy Awards bosses will pay tribute to Hollywood legend LAUREN BACALL at a ceremony this year (09) - by presenting her with an honorary Oscar. The star was nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the Oscars in 1996 but has never won an Academy Award for her screen performances.
Now, preferential voting for best film OscarSeptember 2nd, 2009 LONDON - The voting pattern for deciding the best movie at the Oscars is all set to change. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences which presents the Oscars said preferential voting will now decide the best film.
Oscars Bosses Change The RulesSeptember 1st, 2009 Bosses at the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences have changed the voting rules for the Academy Awards - to help make the polling for the coveted Best Picture Oscar more accurate. The changes mean members will now be asked to rate the ten nominees in order of preference, rather than picking one outright winner.
Oscar changes voting method for best pictureSeptember 1st, 2009 LOS ANGELES - The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences announced a new voting procedure Tuesday for the best picture Oscar nominees. The preferential voting system, in which Academy voters will rank their favourites in order of preference, is designed to accommodate the increase in best film nominees from five to 10 that was announced earlier this year.
Veteran movie exec Tom Sherak talks about his new gig: Film academy presidentAugust 20th, 2009 Tom Sherak excited to be president of film academyBEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — For Hollywood veteran Tom Sherak, being president of the film academy carries practically the same honor and responsibility as leading a nation.
Indians urge Hollywood academy to introduce "Best Bollywood Film" category at OscarsAugust 16th, 2009 NEVADA - Indians in America have asked the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to introduce a new award category of "Best Bollywood Film" for films made in India. Rajan Zed, a leader of the Indian American community here, said in a statement that India had the largest film industry in the world and thus it deserved at least one category in Oscars where its movies could compete among themselves.
TV Academy says no to time-shifting: All Emmys will be presented live during telecastAugust 13th, 2009 TV Academy: All Emmys to be presented liveLOS ANGELES — The television academy is scrapping its "time-shifting" plans and will present all 28 Emmy Awards during the September telecast. The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced last month that it would pre-tape eight awards presentations and acceptance speeches, including some in the writing category.
Academy's white-gloved 'Keeper of the Oscars' dead at 48 of a heart attackAugust 1st, 2009 Academy's 'Keeper of the Oscars' dead at 48LOS ANGELES — Steven Miessner, the motion picture academy's devoted "Keeper of the Oscars" who each year donned his signature white gloves to get the golden statuettes ready for their closeup before a worldwide audience, is dead at age 48. Miessner died at his home on Wednesday of a heart attack.
Academy's white-gloved 'Keeper of the Oscars' dead at 47 of a heart attackAugust 1st, 2009 Academy's 'Keeper of the Oscars' dead at 47LOS ANGELES — Steven Miessner, the motion picture academy's devoted "Keeper of the Oscars" who each year donned his signature white gloves to get the golden statuettes ready for their closeup before a worldwide audience, is dead at age 48. Miessner died at his home on Wednesday of a heart attack.
Academy Awards to expand Best Picture nominees to 10 filmsJune 25th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The 82nd Academy Awards, which will be presented on March 7, 2010, will have 10 feature films vying in the Best Picture category, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced. "After more than six decades, the Academy is returning to some of its earlier roots, when a wider field competed for the top award of the year," People magazine quoted President Sid Ganis, as saying.
Academy Awards doubling the number of best-picture nominees from 5 to 10June 24th, 2009 Oscars doubling best-picture nominees to 10BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — The best-picture lineup at the Academy Awards is doubling from five films to 10, a move organizers said Wednesday will open the field to more worthy movies and possibly boost the ceremony's TV ratings.
Academy to celebrate century of filmmaking in HollywoodMay 18th, 2009 LOS ANGELES - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will celebrate 100 years of establishment of the first permanent film studio in Los Angeles with a screening event Wednesday. The event 'Movies! Moguls! Monkeys! and Murder!' will showcase early motion pictures filmed between 1909 and 1914 and will also kick start a three-month exhibition that will include rare photographs, original correspondence, vintage camera equipment and other artefacts relating to the first film studio, said a press release.
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