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Academy Denies Discussions With Nokia About Moving Oscar Telecast From Kodak

The Wire — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 08:30:39 +0000

To paraphrase Mark Twain, media reports of the imminent death of the relationship between the Oscars and its broadcast home for the past decade, the Kodak theatre, are greatly exaggerated. In fact the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences issued a statement to Deadline tonight saying The Hollywood Reporter‘s claims are “erroneous”. (We hear Academy President Tom Sherak screamed at THR‘s Alex Ben Block and demanded a retraction.) The Academy officially denied to Deadline that AMPAS is already in discussions to move the Academy Awards to AEG’s 7,100-seat Nokia Theatre. ”The Academy has not begun any negotiations for the Oscar telecast beyond 2013.”
Off the record, multiple Academy sources are telling Deadline they are not on their way to terminating the deal for the Kodak. They tell us they want to stay at the venue and have not yet had any discussions or negotiations with the Nokia or anyone else. So what’s going on? This all boils down to THR looking to manufacture news. And normal business posturing so that the Academy can put itself into the best possible bargaining position with the Kodak’s owner CIM group as the two sides start discussing the future. AMPAS wants as sweet a deal as possible, so it exercised an option in its contract to have at least the ability to consider another venue after the 2013 show. If the Academy had not exercised the option though … Read More

Jeremy Irvine Is A Rising Star, Thanks To War Horse, Visits Letterman [PHOTOS]

The Wire — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 10:07:54 +0000

Prior to War Horse, Jeremy Irvine‘s only claim to fame was playing a tree in the chorus of the Royal Shakespeare Company.

Academy Report Paints A Pretty Picture

The Wire — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 02:18:20 +0000

As glossy as the image the industry it represents prefers to project, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences is the picture of financial health, according to its recently released annual report. The Oscars remain the Academy’s biggest single source of income with $85.5 million for fiscal year 2011 versus $82.7 million for 2010, roughly a 3.4% increase. Expenses related to the Academy Awards amounted to $35.6 million for 2011 leaving Oscars net revenue of about $49.9 million. Oscars-related expenses including production of the show for 2010 were about $33.3 million which left $49.4 million net revenue for Academy Awards-related activities. Significantly, the organization’s expenses for 2011 also include $2.3 million set aside for museum development for the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures. The Academy and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art have agreed to develop plans to establish the facility in the former May Company building at the corner of Fairfax and Wilshire. Expenses also include theater operations, fellowships, the Fairbanks Center which includes the Margaret Herrick Library and the Pickford Center.
Revenues from all other sources including investments, membership dues, donations and the like were $26.5 million for 2011, an increase of about 77% over the $15 million in non-Oscars revenue for 2010. Investments represent the second-largest chunk of the Academy’s revenues, with 2011 net … Read More

Film Academy Adds 4 To Sci-Tech Council

The Wire — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 10:51:44 +0000

Pioneering camera technologist Denny Clairmont, cinematographer John Hora, comprehensive digital media studio advocate Bob Lambert and film preservationist and asset archival innovator Milt Shefter have joined the Science and Technology Council of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Clairmont co-founded Clairmont Camera which became one of the largest camera rental companies in the world. He’s been a member of the Scientific and Technical Awards Committee since 1993 and an an Academy member since 2002. Hora’s credits include Honey I Blew Up the Kid, Gremlins and Twilight Zone: The Movie. He has been a member of the Academy’s Cinematographers Branch since 1986. Longtime Disney senior executive Lambert has been a leader in the transition to digital technologies, such as the CAPS system for feature animation, which was recognized with a Scientific and Engineering Award in 1991. Lambert has been an Academy member since 1999. Shefter is known for the creation, design and management of the Paramount Pictures Asset Protection Program, including construction of state-of-the-art archival facilities worldwide. He’s been an Academy member since 1989.

Hammond: 2013 Oscar Show May Not Be Moving Earlier

The Wire — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 10:12:55 +0000

EXCLUSIVE: With Monday night’s Gotham Awards and Tuesday’s announcement of the Independent Spirit Award nominations and winners of the New York Film Critics awards (more on that below), awards season is in full swing and we are barely past Thanksgiving. It seems as if the season is becoming a literal rush to judgment with screenings beginning only this week for some big titles such as The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close and Angelina Jolie’s In The Land of Blood and Honey.
But things could become even more hurried if the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences actually follows through on their much-talked about plan to move the Oscars earlier in 2013 by as much as a month. The most-discussed date is the last Sunday of January that year — the 27th. The current season’s Oscars will be on Sunday February 26th. But as it turns out, I have learned that a significantly earlier Oscarcast is very unlikely for 2013 and even 2014.
The prevailing thinking is that an earlier Oscars would mercifully shorten the long awards season and make them more competitive with the slew of movie awards shows that precede the Academy Awards beginning with this week’s events (The National Board of Review will also announce their winners on Thursday). Past Academy President Sid Ganis and current President Tom Sherak … Read More

Warner Bros TV’s Bruce Rosenblum Elected New TV Academy Chairman/CEO; Wants Newer Members “More Actively Involved”

The Wire — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 09:38:47 +0000

WEDNESDAY 9:30 PM UPDATE: Nikki Finke spoke to Warner Bros TV’s Bruce Rosenblum right after the Academy Of Television Arts & Sciences Board Of Governors elected him the new Chairman/CEO for a 2-year term. Rosenblum had been opposed by Nancy Bradley Wiard, a veteran TV Academy officer currently in her second term as first vice chair:
“Nancy had many more years of experience and was very familiar to all of the governors and knew the workings of the Academy. I think I gave them a nice alternative choice. I don’

More Academy Housecleaning: Leslie Unger Exits So is Ric Robertson Next? (Hopefully)

The Wire — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 05:15:35 +0000

So Leslie Unger, communications director for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, is departing on December 2nd after 19 years. I predict that her pal in every sense of the word Ric Robertson won’t be far behind. He’s been looking hither and yon for another job ever since Dawn Hudson came in over him and he was passed over for Bruce Davis’ executive directorship. It was clear Unger was toast as well as soon as the Academy’

Visual Cool: The Title Design Of Saul Bass

The Wire — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 11:33:24 +0000

In honor of the publication of Saul Bass: A Life In Film & Design, Art of the Title editor-in-chief Ian Albinson assembled this compilation of clips from some of Bass’ memorable designs for movies. In addition, the Museum of Modern Art featured a screening and talk Monday night with the New York premiere of Saul and Elaine Bass’s Academy Award-winning short Why Man Creates (1968), newly preserved by the Academy Film Archive, and a selection of title sequences, commercials and corporate campaigns. Bass created titles for Psycho, The Man with the Golden Arm, Spartacus, The Seven Year Itch, West Side Story, Walk on the Wild Side, Anatomy of a Murder and many other classics. He also designed posters for numerous Academy Awards ceremonies. Bass, who died November 14, 1996, also created logos for Dixie, Quaker Oats, United Airlines and many other companies. If you’re curious a section of this site is dedicated to Bass’

Steven Spielberg’s ‘The Adventures Of Tintin’ To Close AFI Fest

The Wire — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 04:08:12 +0000

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David Seidler To Keynote Nicholl Fellowships Presentation Nov. 3

The Wire — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 09:15:37 +0000

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