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   Ten Students Win Academy Awards

   10:06 am 5/15/2012

   • by Gregg Kilday

   The winners, from nine U.S. colleges and universities, will be honored at a ceremony on June 9Read more

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   Academy to Launch New Outdoor Screening Facility in Hollywood in June

   11:36 am 5/7/2012

   • by Gregg Kilday

   The open-air theater has been built on the land once earmarked for an elaborate movie museum.Read more

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3. Motion Picture Academy Promotes Randy Haberkamp to Oversee Its Public Programs, Library and Archive

   6:12 pm 4/11/2012

   • by Gregg Kilday

   The exec will take the title of managing director, programming, education and preservation, and was touted by Academy COO Ric Robertson as an expert film historian.Read more

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   Dolby Discussing Naming Rights on Oscar Venue (Report)

   6:07 pm 3/29/2012

   • by Alex Ben Block

   The former Kodak Theatre will be renamed, but first the facility must resolve its future with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.Read more

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   Motion Picture Academy Promotes Scott Miller and Kimberly Roush to Senior Management Posts

   1:38 pm 3/28/2012

   • by Gregg Kilday

   Miller will take on the added post of managing director of administration, while Roush has been promoted to managing director of membership and awards.Read more

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   Academy Names Heather Cochran and Bill Kramer to New Museum Posts

   2:39 pm 3/21/2012

   • by Gregg Kilday

   The executive appointments are part of developing a new movie museum in Los Angeles' Miracle Mile district.Read more

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   Academy Sues Events Company for Oscar Copyright Infringement

   10:04 am 3/13/2012

   • by Daniel Miller

   UPDATED: The lawsuit alleges that Illinois-based TheEventLine.com sells unauthorized eight-foot statues that are "strikingly" similar to the Oscar statuette.Read more

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   Billy Crystal’s Oscar-Night Sammy Davis Jr. Impersonation Draws “Blackface” Criticisms

   4:37 pm 2/27/2012

   • by Todd Gilchrist

   Oscar host Billy Crystal drew criticism after revisiting an even older bit in which he impersonates Sammy Davis Jr., prompting claims that his “blackface” performance was offensive and racist.Read more

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   Dion Cook's 'Cutter' Selected for Annual Reading at Ballroom Marfa in Marfa, Texas

   6:08 pm 2/21/2012

   • by Gregg Kilday

   The screenplay, a 2011 Nicholl Fellowship winner, will be performed twice on April 21.Read more

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    The Hollywood Reporter Launches Exclusive 'Race to the Oscars' App

    3:07 pm 1/31/2012

    • by THR Staff

    THR will provide all the latest news, updates, photos, reactions and analysis related to the Academy Awards.Read more

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