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In memoriam

Harry Belafonte passes at age 96

By Reel 360 Apr 26, 2023

Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony Award-winning singer, actor and activist Harry Belafonte passed away at age 96 on Tuesday of congestive heart failure. Belafonte passed quietly at...

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The Academy and ABC announce key 96th Oscars date

By Reel 360 Apr 24, 2023

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and ABC today announced the 96th Oscars will take place on Sunday, March 10, 2024. The show will air live on ABC and in mor...

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Reel 360’s final 2023 Oscar predictions

By Colin Costello Mar 10, 2023

As SXSW begins today, I realized it's actually been one year since awards season behemoth Everything, Everywhere All at Once made its debut in Austin, Texas. The science ficti...

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January 2023 surpasses January 2022 at B.O.

By 360 Jan 30, 2023

January 2022’s box office numbers are more than double last year’s earnings with the total box office for all movies this weekend at approximately $75M compared to only $35...

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Everything, All Quiet, Banshees lead Oscar noms

By Reel 360 Jan 24, 2023

And let the Oscar race begin. Oscar-winning actor-producer Riz Ahmed and actor Allison Williams (M3gan, Get Out, Girls) announced the 95th Oscars nominations today (January 24...

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Academy reveals 2022 Student Award Winners

By Reel 360 Sep 26, 2022

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has voted 14 students as winners of the 49th Student Academy Awards competition. The Student Academy Awards were establish...

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Jennifer Fox returns to produce Governors Ball Awards

By Reel 360 Sep 6, 2022

Oscar-nominated producer Jennifer Fox will return to produce the 13th Governors Awards for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Academy President Janet Yang announc...

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The Academy apologizes to Sacheen Littlefeather

By Joia DaVida Aug 17, 2022

This might seem shocking, but believe it or not, “the slap heard ‘round the world” was actually not the craziest thing to occur at the Academy Awards ceremony. “The...

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Janet Yang elected Academy President

By Reel 360 Aug 8, 2022

Producer Janet Yang was elected president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences by the organization’s Board of Governors. “Janet is a tremendously dedicat...

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Michael J. Fox, Diane Warren to get honorary Oscars

By Reel 360 Jun 22, 2022

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that its Board of Governors voted to present Honorary Oscars to Euzhan Palcy, Diane Warren and Pet...

Despite toxic masculinity, the real Oscar winners were…

By Megan Penn Apr 8, 2022

It was the slap that took center stage at the 94th annual Oscars ceremony— and the world at large— in which Will Smith publicly assaulted Chris Rock. And now today, Will ...

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Academy makes its decision on Will Smith

By Reel 360 Apr 8, 2022

The Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced after an emergency meeting that they were banning Will Smith from all of the organization’...

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Will Smith resigns from the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences

By Reel 360 Apr 1, 2022

In the wake of the incident that transpired on the stage of the 94th Academy Awards and the hurricane of excrement that followed, Will Smith has decided to resign from the Acad...

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Chris Rock addresses The Slap during stand-up appearance

By Reel 360 Mar 31, 2022

Chris Rock took to the stage on Wednesday night for the first time since he was slapped across the face by Will Smith at the 94th Academy Awards ceremony on Sunday. Rock perfor...

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Oscar co-hosts react to the Slap

By Reel 360 Mar 30, 2022

On Sunday, March 27, 2022, the 94th Academy Award ceremony was marred by an altercation between nominee and now Oscar winner Will Smith and presenter Chris Rock. The comedi...

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INTERVIEW: VFX Oscar Winner Paul Lambert

By Colin Costello Mar 29, 2022

Academy Award-winning visual effects supervisor Paul Lambert won the Oscar for “Best Visual Effects” on Sunday evening for the critically acclaimed film Dune...

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CODA becomes first streaming service film to win Oscar for Best Picture

By Reel 360 Mar 29, 2022

Remember before the "Slap Heard 'Round the World," there was actually an award show going on? And it was going pretty great. Produced by Will Packer, the Academy of Motion Pict...

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INTERVIEW: Filmmaker Jonathan Baker talks about Oscars, old Hollywood

By Colin Costello Mar 25, 2022

In advance of director/producer/hotelier Jonathan Baker’s highly anticipated Oscar Viewing Party 2022, Indie Entertainment Media has unveiled its special awards issue, featur...

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Getty Images gives up and coming Black photographer access to Oscars

By Reel 360 Mar 25, 2022

This Sunday, Getty Images and LA-based independent creative agency Crown + Conquer is providing one up-and-coming photographer with the opportunity of a lifetime: access to t...

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94th Oscars feature first live performance of nominated Encanto song

By Reel 360 Mar 24, 2022

Encanto cast members Adassa, Stephanie Beatriz, Mauro Castillo, Carolina Gaitan and Diane Guerrero, along with Becky G and Luis Fonsi, will perform We Don’t Talk Abo...