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1. Motion Picture Academy Lifts Quotas Restricting Number of New Members

   6:10 pm 4/26/2013

   • by Gregg Kilday

   In hopes of increasing and diversifying its ranks, the organization will allow its branches to offer more invitations to join this year.Read more

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   Motion Picture Museum: $2.5 Million Buys You a Green Room

   6:00 am 4/24/2013

   • by Tina Daunt

   David Geffen's $25 million theater was just the beginning as the $300 million project hits a new, aggressive fund-raising phase that includes multiple naming rights.Read more

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   Academy Reveals Designs for New Museum (Photo)

   3:33 pm 4/11/2013

   • by Aaron Couch

   The museum is slated to open in 2017 and will be located next to LACMA.Read more

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   Academy Reveals Details About Its May 4 General Meeting

   1:00 pm 4/4/2013

   • by Gregg Kilday

   The unusual tri-city gathering will update the organization's members about such topics as its new museum, e-voting and programming.Read more

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   Academy to Hold General Membership Meeting on May 4

   1:03 pm 3/30/2013

   • by Gregg Kilday

   At the unusual meeting, which will take place in Los Angeles, New York and San Francisco, members are being invited to discuss "the future of the Academy."Read more

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   Screenwriter, Former Academy President Fay Kanin Dies

   4:33 pm 3/27/2013

   • by Mike Barnes

   UPDATE: She and her late husband, Michael, were a formidable Hollywood writing team, with credits including the delightful “Teacher’s Pet.”Read more

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7. Christopher Beach and Thomas Schatz Named Academy Film Scholars

   3:55 pm 3/13/2013

   • by Gregg Kilday

   Tinto Balio, the Academy's inaugural Film Scholar, will present highlights from his new book about foreign films on March 18.Read more

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   Oscars: 'Life of Pi' Tops With 4 Wins; 'Argo' Named Best Picture

   3:28 pm 2/24/2013

   • by Michael O'Connell

   "Pi" scores the most wins, including one for director Ang Lee, but the Ben Affleck drama takes the top honor at the 85th Academy Awards.Read more

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   Honorees Expected (and Unexpected) at Irish in Film Event

   9:16 am 2/22/2013

   • by Mike Barnes

   Peter Gallagher randomly wins a trip to Ireland after Colin Farrell, Lionsgate's Michael Burns and makeup designer Michele Burke are feted in a more traditional fashion.Read more

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    Oscars Roadtrip Drawing Fans, Celebrities as Statuette Travels Country (Video)

    10:30 pm 2/11/2013

    • by Kimberly Nordyke

    "We're not doing it as a commercial for the show; we're doing it because fans will enjoy it," the Academy's Josh Spector says of the inaugural event.Read more

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