Academy motion picture arts News
|
Los Angeles -
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced that it is slightly revising its Best Picture category. Instead of having five or 10 nominations, there now could be eight films being nominated for the illustrious Oscar.
|
|
In a recent Pew poll, only 33% of Americans polled view the Hollywood entertainment industry favorably. That is a lower score than for President Bush when he left office. Worse, 51% of Americans polled hold a negative view of the industry. Major bad PR.
|
|
Last September, over 100 famous Hollywood filmmakers signed a petition for Roman Polanski within 24 hours of his arrest on a 31-year-old L.A. warrant for child rape. Yet equally famed director Jafar Panahi rots in a crypt in Evin prison to dead silence.
|
|
Yesterday I reported on how blacklisted Iranian actress Fatemeh Motamed Aria would be in L.A. for an AMPAS film series on Iran. ABC News just reported that Iran barred Fatemeh and another filmmaker from leaving Iran because of their political activities
|
|
AMPAS is launching a week-long series on Iranian film to be hosted at UCLA and the Academy's Linwood Dunn Theater. Guests include ten Iranian film artists now in L.A. Among them is actress Fatemeh Motamed-Aria, who was reported to be blacklisted in Iran
|
apis-157264 apis-138310 apis-137836 apis-127765 apis-127733
Academy motion picture arts Headlines
 Two Canadian teams will be recognized with scientific and technical awards from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in February.
 The first Oscars of the year were presented Saturday at the Scientific and Technical Awards, the motion picture academy's annual celebration of the geeks and gizmos that make movie magic.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has released an official trailer for its upcoming Oscars broadcast. It features Josh Duhamel and Megan Fox on a mission to find Oscars host Billy Crystal, who lives in isolation with long, white hair in the clip....
Peter Travers discusses his picks for this year's Academy Awards.
 This year's Academy Awards are expected to bring in big money for Hollywood, not just for the winning pictures, but for advertisers as well.
|
 |
Top News
topnews-right-177618 topnews-right-177605 topnews-right-177611 topnews-right-177577 topnews-right-177486 topnews-right-177608 topnews-right-177619 topnews-right-177606
Academy motion picture arts Image
Academy motion picture arts Blogs
|
Rain is a master of great trepidation to the great Canadian camping spirit. To master it requires ingenious wit and a...
|
|
Ron Paul with the support of millions of American's continue thebattle against the New World Order.(NWO) What is the...
|
|
With the Diamond Jubilee Bank Holiday weekend beckoning, what is your legal entitlement to have Tuesday 5th June off...
|
|
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, whose special investigative unit already has found probable cause that Barack...
|
|
The world has to call out all the journalists who fell for the Washington Post "TSA Henry Kissinger Pat-Down" story....
|
bpimgset-177548 bpimgset-177505 bpimgset-177156
|
Email this
Share on Facebook
