2021 Oscar Shortlists: ‘Birds of Prey’ in Makeup and VFX, ‘Wonder Woman 1984’ out
The shortlists are in for the 93rd Academy Awards and what would they be without some great surprises and equally shocking snubs. It was hard... Read More
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Film Academy to honor 17 scientific and technical achievements
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today that 17 scientific and technical achievements represented by 55 individual award recipients, as well as... Read More
Oscars: Academy to honor Tyler Perry, Motion Picture & Television Fund with Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Awards
The Academy announced today that its Board of Governors voted to present Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Awards to filmmaker Tyler Perry and to the Motion Picture... Read More
Student Academy Awards winners honored, presented by Spike Lee, Lulu Wang and more
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today will honor 18 student winners from colleges and universities around the world at the 47th Student... Read More
What TIFF20 told us about the 2021 Oscar race
Often heralded as one of the most important fall film festivals that may announce new contenders– and end others chances– for the rest of awards... Read More
Motion Picture Academy reveals 2020 Student Academy winners; short films will be Oscar-eligible
The 2020 winners join the ranks of such past Student Academy Award winners as Patricia Cardoso, Pete Docter, Cary Fukunaga, Spike Lee, Trey Parker, Patricia... Read More
Academy announces new, sweeping representation and inclusion standards for Best Picture eligibility
For the last few years, the Oscars, after coming under intense scrutiny when 2016 had only white acting nominees and spawning the hashtag #OscarsSoWhite (coined... Read More
Oscars: What films would have rounded out a Best Picture Top 10 list from 2011-2019?
Yesterday, the Academy announced a slew of changes coming to the Oscars including moving back to a solid 10 Best Picture nominees as they did... Read More
Parasite: A Year in Cinema
NEON celebrates ‘A Year in Cinema’ with Bong Joon Ho’s Parasite on the Anniversary of its World Premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, where it became the first... Read More
2020 Oscars: ‘Parasite’ wins Best Picture, makes Academy Awards history
Bong Joon Ho’s social and class warfare comedy-drama Parasite has won Best Picture at the 92nd Academy Awards, making history as the first foreign language... Read More
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