Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Articles

The Film Society of Lincoln Center's annual fundraising gala began in 1972. It first honoree was Charles Chaplin, returning to the United States after two decades in exile. Since then, the award has been renamed for Chaplin. That same year, Chaplin was saluted by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences with his second Honorary Oscar. The first such award for Chaplin had taken [...]

Orson Welles, Citizen Kane Elizabeth Taylor's jewels have just fetched a record-setting $115 million. Chances are Orson Welles' Oscar for his 1941 classic Citizen Kane won't be sold for even one hundredth of that amount next December 20. Still, Welles' golden statuette is bound to its anonymous seller much more than the $1 price tag stipulated by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences [...]

Cybill Shepherd, Ellen Burstyn, The Last Picture Show The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is celebrating the 40th anniversary of Peter Bogdanovich's The Last Picture Show with the Los Angeles premiere of the digitally restored “Definitive Director's Cut” of the 1971 black-and-white classic. Additionally, there will be an onstage discussion with members of the cast and crew. Those include Bogdanovich, Academy Award winner [...]

Academy President Tom Sherak has confirmed that Brian Grazer will join Don Mischer as producer of the 2012 Academy Awards ceremony. This will mark Grazer's first time in that capacity. The Academy press release makes no mention of either Brett Ratner or Eddie Murphy, both of whom have departed the Oscar show within the last 24 hours or so. See below: "Brian Grazer is a [...]