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Academy says it will not disqualify surprise Oscar nominee Andrea Riseborough, but will revise campaign regulations

Hollywood's motion picture academy will not revoke the unexpected best actress nomination for To Leslie star Andrea Riseborough, but social media "tactics" around campaigning will be subject to further scrutiny.

ABC News

After academy review, Riseborough will keep Oscar nomination

Andrea Riseborough will not be stripped of her Oscar nomination for best actress

The Independent UK

Andrea Riseborough's Oscar nomination stands despite 'concern' over campaign tactics

LOS ANGELES — Capping a week of debate and hand-wringing in Hollywood over Andrea Riseborough's surprise lead actress Oscar nomination for the little-seen film "To Leslie," the motion picture academy announced on Tuesday that the nomination will stand, even as it vowed to further refine and clarify the rules around…

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After this year’s Oscars controversy, film academy will present all 23 categories live

LOS ANGELES — Following fierce blowback from its own members over changes to this year’s Oscars, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will once again present all 23 awards categories live during the 2023 telecast.

Los Angeles Times

Oscars 2023 to air all 23 award categories live following heavy criticism

Academy is ‘thrilled to be in a position’ to make the change

The Independent UK

Hoping to rebound from the Slap, film academy sets new Oscar producers

LOS ANGELES — Looking to rebound from what was widely seen as a disastrous 2022 Oscars, marred by Will Smith’s shocking altercation with Chris Rock and controversy over changes to the show, the film academy announced Saturday that Glenn Weiss and Ricky Kirshner will serve as executive producers of the…

Los Angeles Times

Chris Rock says he has turned down offer to host Oscars again

During a standup set Rock said that to return after Will Smith attacked him at this year’s awards would be like returning to the scene of a crime

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Months after that slap, Chris Rock says he turned down hosting the Oscars next year

LOS ANGELES — Five months after Will Smith slapped him onstage at the Academy Awards, stunning millions watching around the world, Chris Rock delivered another sort of slap back at the Oscars.

Los Angeles Times

Academy CEO Bill Kramer Looks to Future of the Oscars

Bill Kramer has been thinking about the future of the Oscars since he was named CEO of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences earlier this summer. The former head of the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures knows some things must change, that they have to evolve and grow…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Academy CEO Bill Kramer looks to future of the Oscars

Bill Kramer has been thinking about the future of the Oscars since the day he was named CEO of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences earlier this summer

The Independent UK

Producer Janet Yang elected president of the film academy

LOS ANGELES — Hollywood's most prestigious organization is under new management.

Los Angeles Times

Producer Janet Yang Elected President of Film Academy

Producer Janet Yang has been elected president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the group’s board of governors announced Tuesday, making her the first Asian American to lead the film academy. Yang, the 66-year-old producer of “The Joy Luck Club” and “The People vs. Larry Flynt,” becomes…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Oscars: Janet Yang becomes the first Asian to be elected as film Academy president

Yang is also the second person of colour to be the Academy’s president, following Cheryl Boone Isaacs

The Independent UK

Producer Janet Yang elected president of film academy

Producer Janet Yang has been elected the 36th president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

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Did departing academy chief Dawn Hudson ruin the Oscars — or save them?

LOS ANGELES — When Dawn Hudson stood before the board of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in spring 2011 to make her pitch for the newly created job of chief executive, the organization appeared to be operating on cruise control.

Chicago Sun-Times

Chicago’s Jacqueline Stewart director and president of Academy Museum of Motion Pictures

Stewart is a Chicago native and a 2021 MacArthur Foundation Fellow known for her contributions to film studies and advocacy for film preservation.

The Independent UK

Jacqueline Stewart to lead Academy Museum of Motion Pictures

Film scholar Jacqueline Stewart has been named the next director and president of the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles

Los Angeles Times

Academy Museum took heat for its handling of Hollywood’s Jewish founders. A fix is coming

LOS ANGELES — Change is hard, messy and almost always imperfectly implemented — for every two people it pleases there is at least one who’s ticked off.

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