Geffen Foundation Commits $25 Million to Academy Museum
The Academy also rescheduled the proposed opening of the museum to 2017.
View ArticleDome Is Where the Art Is as Academy Museum Takes Shape: A Photo Gallery
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences has unveiled fresh details about its planned Museum of Motion Pictures, scheduled to debut in 2017 near Wilshire and Fairfax.
View ArticleTime Has Come for Academy Museum (Column)
A personal look at the false starts for a project and a site that might be ultimately be made for each other.
View ArticleNo Hard Feelings: Brett Ratner Donates $1 Million to Academy Museum
Brett Ratner — the producer-director who famously had to resign as Oscar host after making an anti-gay slur — apparently isn’t holding any grudges as he has donated $1 million to the Academy Museum of...
View ArticleAcademy Museum of Motion Pictures Announces $15 Million in Donations
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced gifts of $5 million each from three different donors for the ambitious Academy Museum of Motion Pictures. The donors are producer and...
View ArticlePirelli Rolls into Academy Museum (EXCLUSIVE)
A tire manufacturer may not be the first company you think of when it comes to sponsoring the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures. But the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences has locked a...
View ArticleAcademy of Motion Pictures Scores Donation from ‘Looney Tunes’ Animator
“Looney Tunes” animator Abe Levitow’s heirs are making sure that his work will be viewed by generations by donating his collection to the Academy. The Abe and Charlotte Levitow Collection, featuring...
View ArticleCheryl Boone Isaacs Elected President of Academy of Motion Picture Arts and...
New president will succeed Hawk Koch.
View ArticleAcademy of Motion Pictures Creates Casting Director Branch
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences continues to rethink its long-entrenched policies, creating a branch for casting directors. Many have been asking for this change for decades, and it...
View ArticleNew Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs Proud, Thankful for Groundbreaker...
As much pride as Cheryl Boone Isaacs takes in becoming the first African-American president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, there is gratitude for those who guided her there.
View ArticleDick Cook Becomes Chairman of KCETLink Board
The news comes less than a week after Cook was voted treasurer of the Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences.
View ArticleAMC Theaters Owner Dalian Wanda Donates $20 Million to Academy Museum
It is the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures' second largest commitment to date.
View ArticleKatzenberg, Spielberg Each Donate $10 Million to Academy Museum
The museum's two main exhibition spaces will be named the Marilyn and Jeffrey Katzenberg Gallery and the Spielberg Family Gallery.
View ArticleAcademy’s Museum of Motion Pictures Unveils More Details of Glitzy Remodel
The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences has unveiled more details of the design for the new Museum of Motion Pictures to be constructed in the old May Co. location at Wilshire Blvd. and...
View ArticleAcademy Museum Director Kerry Brougher At Welcome Reception: Things Are...
It’s getting real for Kerry Brougher. The new Director of the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures technically began his job on July 1, but the Academy’s Board of Governors held a cocktail reception...
View ArticleAcademy Buys ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ Shuttle for $344,000
It looks like the Academy is ramping up its collection for the upcoming Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, nabbing the Aries 1B Trans-Lunar Space Shuttle from “2001: A Space Odyssey.” The Academy...
View ArticleWalk of Fame Honoree Brett Ratner Pays It Forward
After finding success with 1998’s “Rush Hour,” a 29-year-old Brett Ratner was eager to give back, though he wasn’t initially sure how. “I became successful at a young age,” the now 47-year-old RatPac...
View ArticleAcademy Switches Builders for Museum Project
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced Saturday that it has switched construction companies for the forthcoming Academy Museum. The long-awaited project began construction a year ago...
View ArticleAcademy Museum Fundraising Stalls as Opening Date Nears
The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures is still more than $100 million short of its fundraising goal as it nears its opening date, according to a new financial report. The museum is now under...
View ArticleAcademy Museum to Open in ‘Late 2019’ With Miyazaki Retrospective
The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures will open in “late 2019″ with a retrospective of Japanese animation director Hayao Miyazaki, Academy officials announced Tuesday. The Academy also gave a preview...
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