More details on Academy's unusual May membership meeting

Posted by · 1:34 pm · April 4th, 2013

Focus will be on what AMPAS does ‘the other 364 days of the year.’

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The Academy's membership meeting: Is one-term president Hawk Koch just making waves?

Posted by · 4:52 pm · April 2nd, 2013

Over the weekend, The New York Times broke the news that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has invited its 6,000-strong membership to a May 4 session to be held in Los Angeles, New York and San Francisco to discuss…something. “Please join us for a special event: The future of the Academy,” the invite read, somewhat mysteriously.

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Oscarweb Round-up: Clint back in the saddle

Posted by · 5:41 am · October 6th, 2011

In today’s round-up, Clint Eastwood comes out of his short-lived retirement from acting to star in another film, Ryan gosling’s “Drive” jacket could be yours and Academy CEO talks the AMPAS museum.

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