Academy Awards

Academy Hands Out Sci-Tech Honors

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that 15 scientific and technical achievements represented by 46 individual award recipients will be honored at its annual Scientific and Technical Awards Presentation at The Beverly Wilshire on Saturday, February 20, 2010.

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Academy Lines Up 7 For Visual Effects Bakeoff

Seven films that will compete in the Oscar visual effects bakeoff were announced by the Motion Picture Academy on Wednesday, according to VARIETY.

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2009 Oscar Nomination Ballots Mailed to 5,777 Academy Voters

Nomination ballots for the 82nd Academy Awards were mailed today to the 5,777 voting members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

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274 Films Eligible for 2009 Oscar Race

Two hundred seventy-four feature films are eligible for the Academy Award for Best Picture of 2009, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today.

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Oscar Night America 2010 to be Celebrated in 50 Cities Nationwide

Oscar Night America (ONA), the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ grassroots program that enables local charities to host glamorous Oscar viewing parties and raise money for their organizations, kicks off its 17th year in 2010.

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15 Vie for VFX Oscar

You'd expect AVATAR (the front runner in a class by itself), 2012, STAR TREK and DISTRICT 9 to be vying for the VFX Oscar.

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10 Live Action Shorts Alive in 2009 Oscar Race

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that 10 live action short films will advance in the voting process for the 82nd Academy Awards. Seventy-one pictures had originally qualified in the category.

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An Animated Academy Salute to UPA

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ “Monday Nights with Oscar” series will present eight rarely seen United Productions of America (UPA) shorts, including Academy Award winners “Gerald McBoing-Boing” (1950) and “Mister Magoo’s Puddle Jumper” (1956) on Monday, December 14, at 7 p.m. at the Academy Theater at Lighthouse International in New York City. The program has been selected by and will be hosted by Oscar-winning animator, animation historian and author John Canemaker.

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Alligator Planet Supplies Animation to Two Oscar Shortlist Documentaries

Animation producer Alligator Planet is proud to have contributed animated sequences in two of this year’s contenders for the Academy Award for Best Feature Documentary.

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Marc Shaiman Named Music Director for 82nd Academy Awards

Oscar-nominated composer Marc Shaiman will serve as music director for the 82nd Academy Awards, telecast producers Adam Shankman and Bill Mechanic announced today.

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10 Animated Shorts Move Ahead in Oscar Race

The 10 animated shorts that will advance in the voting process for the 82nd Academy Awards were announced by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

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20 Animated Features Line Up for 2009 Oscar Race

Twenty features have been submitted for consideration in the Animated Feature Film category for the 82nd Academy Awards.

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Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin to Host Oscar Show

Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin will serve as co-hosts of the 82nd Academy Awards, Oscar telecast producers Bill Mechanic and Adam Shankman announced today.

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Academy and mtvU Launch Second Annual Oscar Correspondent Contest

he Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and mtvU, MTV’s 24-hour college network, today announced their second annual “Oscar Correspondent Contest,” giving college journalists nationwide the chance to win a trip to Los Angeles to cover red carpet festivities and backstage activities at the 82nd Academy Awards.

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Bill Mechanic and Adam Shankman Named Oscar Telecast Producers

Bill Mechanic and Adam Shankman will produce the 82nd Academy Awards® telecast, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Tom Sherak announced today.