With Sid Ganis on his way out as president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the search for a replacement has come to an end. Tom Sherak, a representative of AMPAS’s Executives Branch, has parlayed his seven-year stint on the Board of Governors and a one-year go at treasurer into the new […]
Tom Sherak tapped as new AMPAS president, Hanks first vice
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:41 pm · August 18th, 2009
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As Ganis prepares to exit, AMPAS searches for a new president
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:12 am · May 27th, 2009
As you know, Sid Ganis will close out his fourth-straight one-year stint as president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in a matter of months (he’ll be packing up his stuff in August). “If history is any guide,” Michael Cieply writes in this Carpetbagger item, “some deeply internal glad-handing and politicking will […]
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What will win the PGA?
Posted by Guy Lodge · 12:07 pm · January 24th, 2009
Tonight, we will receive our biggest precursor pointer to date, as the Producers Guild of America becomes the first of the guilds to make its final pronouncement. In case you’ve forgotten, the five films vying for the PGA’s top honour are “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” “Frost/Nixon,” “Milk,” “Slumdog Millionaire” — and the one […]
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PGA noms coming next week
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 12:04 pm · January 2nd, 2009
The Producers Guild of America announces its nominees Monday. Then the DGA wraps up the big three (after PGA and SAG) on Thursday. I expect “The Dark Knight” is a no-brainer nominee here and the likely winner. After that, I’d say “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” and “Slumdog Millionaire” are likely, especially in the […]
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