The newly elected president of the Motion Picture Academy, ready to hit the ground running, says "The movie that I’ve wanted to make my whole life has just been greenlit."read more full story ![]()
LOS ANGELES - On Feb. 14, a Hollywood delegation showed up at the White House. Motion Picture Academy President Hawk Koch, Oscar producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron and film mogul Harvey Weinstein had come to explore a rather important matter (for them): They wanted to see if they could secretly work out the details for Michelle Obama to present best picture at the Oscars...
miamiherald.com (2 months and 27 days ago)

UPDATED: His doc might have been blackballed due to politics, says Gerald Molen in a letter to Hawk Koch, president of the Academy . "Your film definitely received consideration and it was not ignored," Koch tells Molen.
hollywoodreporter.com (11 days ago)

"2016: Obama's America" might have been blackballed due to politics, says Gerald Molen in a letter to Academy president Hawk Koch.
hollywoodreporter.com (11 days ago)

LOS ANGELES -- Craig Zadan and Neil Meron will produce the Oscars again. The film academy announced Tuesday that it has invited Zadan and Meron to return for the 2014 Academy Awards telecast, and the two producers said they're honored to come back. Their first Oscar show featured "Family Guy" creator Seth MacFarlane as host. It drew Oscar's largest audience since 2010,...
huffingtonpost.com (1 month and 5 days ago)

LOS ANGELES — Oscar voters will no longer be required to see certain nominated films in a theater to cast their ballots. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced Saturday that members will be mailed DVDs of documentaries, shorts and foreign language nominees – categories that don't typically get lengthy stays on multiplex big screens. President Hawk Koch...
huffingtonpost.com (18 days ago)
a> href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/12807090@N08/8712069760/" title="artist renderingof new Academy museum by jayweston@sbcglobal.net, on Flickr"> Artits Rendering of the new Academy Museum I may be the only working journalist who is also a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, the 'Oscars' film group, and thus I was present on Saturday...
huffingtonpost.com (17 days ago)

On May 16, 1929 the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences held the first Academy Awards, honoring the best movies released in 1927 and 1928. Held at Los Angeles' Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, the first awards ceremony was attended by 270 guests, who each paid $5 for a ticket. "Wings" was awarded Best Picture, which at the time was called Outstanding Picture. In the years...
huffingtonpost.com (7 days ago)
If Ben Affleck was snubbed by the Oscars, everyone should be so lucky. His Iran rescue thriller "Argo" has won best picture from the Academy Awards.
miamiherald.com (2 months and 28 days ago)

LOS ANGELES (AP) — If Ben Affleck was snubbed by the Oscars, everyone should be so lucky. His Iran rescue thriller "Argo" has won best picture from the Academy Awards.
phillyburbs.com (2 months and 28 days ago)

LOS ANGELES—If Ben Affleck was snubbed by the Oscars, everyone should be so lucky. His Iran rescue thriller "Argo" has won best picture from the Academy Awards.
denverpost.com (2 months and 28 days ago)
Miley Cyrus, Liam Hemsworth kiss amid...
Amanda Seyfried talks about her once-big...
No hotel for Mick Jagger, he prefers a yurt
Eva Longoria graduates from college
Brad Pitt thinks he may have face blindness
Former 'Bachelorette' reveals secret...
Jose Canseco: I’ve Lost Financial...
Hangover 3: See Bradley Cooper, Zach...
Jessica Chastain's Purple Spanx...
Jessica Chastain's Givency Dress Is...
Gisele Bündchen and Sexy Sister...
Model Irina Shayk Flashes Side Boob at...
Watch The National On The Colbert Report
AEG lawyer called Michael Jackson 'a...
Tame Impala's Kevin Parker: 'Doing...
French Montana Got All His Album...
Hear Kendrick Lamar Slip Into Quadron's...
Primavera Sound Live-Stream: Phoenix,...
Dusty Wright: May Music Mayhem
PHOTOS: The Best Coffee Art We've Ever Seen
Iranian Filmmaker Banned From His Own...
If You Like David Shrigley You'll Love...
Surprise: Jerry Lewis Still Doesn't Find...
Morgan Freeman seems to fall asleep...
VIDEO: US showman's unbelievable oddballs
AUDIO: Gervais: You cannot pander to...
Hay Festival 2013: Exclusive Lydia Davis...
Films in brief: Something in the Air,...
After dropping hints earlier this year Will Forte confirmed to Rolling Stone that he will soon...
The genius of Arrested Development rests in the mind of creator Mitch Hurwitz – but if he didn't...
The actor, known for the "Star Wars" trilogy and for voicing the Joker in the animated "Batman"...