Author: Michael Cieply

Come Monday, They’re Off And Running In The Film Academy’s Annual Board Race

Post author By Michael Cieply
Post date May 16, 2020

Tags Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, Board of Governors, Breaking News, Commentary, coronavirus, Dawn Hudson, election, Executives, L.A. Local, Oscars

Thinking The Unthinkable: Contracts Tell How An Oscar Delay (Or Scratch) Would Work

Post author By Michael Cieply
Post date May 3, 2020

Tags ABC, Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, Board of Governors, Breaking News, Commentary, coronavirus, Corporate Affairs, Dawn Hudson, L.A. Local, Legal, Media, Oscars, Pete Hammond

From The Coen Brothers, A Lesson For The Times: Don’t Get Rattled

Post author By Michael Cieply
Post date April 13, 2020

Tags Breaking News, Coen Brothers, Commentary, coronavirus, Inside Llewyn Davis, Joel Coen, Public Policy, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, Zoe Kazan

If History Asserts Itself, Hollywood And Its Film Academy Will Rise To The Coronavirus Fight

Post author By Michael Cieply
Post date March 30, 2020

Tags Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Breaking News, Commentary, coronavirus, Executives, John Ford, Oscars, Public Policy, sean penn, The Battle Of Midway

Hollywood’s Very Tactile Promotional Culture Learns Not To Touch

Post author By Michael Cieply
Post date March 18, 2020

Tags Breaking News, Cannes, Commentary, coronavirus, Festivals, Marketing, Safety, Social Media, Sundance, SXSW, Tribeca

In A Year Of Imponderables, Aaron Sorkin’s ‘Chicago 7’ Is Just One Of Many

Post author By Michael Cieply
Post date March 8, 2020

Tags Aaron Sorkin, Bernie Sanders, Breaking News, Cannes, Clint Eastwood, Commentary, Controversial, coronavirus, Distribution, diversity, Drama, Joe Biden, Nate Parker, Politics, Richard Jewell, The Birth of a Nation, The Trial Of The Chicago 7

Oscar Revenue Slipped, As The Film Academy Managed A Tricky Fiscal Year

Post author By Michael Cieply
Post date February 13, 2020

Tags Academy Museum Of Motion Pictures, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Breaking News, Earnings, L.A. Local, Oscars