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The Academy responds to criticism for excluding Luke Perry from ceremony's In Memoriam segment
• 5 years agoThe Academy has finally broken its silence over the exclusion of actors Luke Perry and Cameron Boyce from the Oscars' In Memoriam section.
Oscars 2020 ceremony to go hostless for second year in a row, confirms ABC entertainment president
• 5 years agoThe Oscars will again go without a host next month, repeating a format credited with boosting ratings last year, US network ABC confirmed Wednesday.
Lionheart, Nigeria's first-ever entry at Oscars, disqualified by The Academy for its predominantly English dialogue
Fp Staff • 5 years agoLionheart helmer Genevieve Nnaji and filmmaker Ava DuVernay have criticised The Academy's decision to drop Lionheart from their International Feature Film category.
The Academy announces late February telecast dates for the Oscars 2021, 2022
Fp Staff • 6 years agoThe Oscars will be headed back to late February in 2021 and 2022 to accommodate the Olympics, Super Bowl and other events, The Academy announced in a statement
Godfather actor Carmine Caridi, who was expelled from the Academy in 2004, passes away at 85
• 6 years agoCarmine Caridi, who is best remembered for playing Carmine Rosato in The Godfather: Part II, has passed away
Oscars 2019 nominations complete list: The Favourite, Roma, A Star Is Born lead with most nods
Fp Staff • 6 years agoThe nominations for the Oscars 2019 have been announced. The Favourite and Rome each bag 10 nods while The Star Is Born gets 8.
Harvey Weinstein sexual harassment row: Television Academy expels producer for life
• 7 years agoThe organization that bestows the Emmy Awards has voted to expel Harvey Weinstein in the wake of sexual harassment allegations against the producer.