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Academy Launches October Celebration Of Universal Horror Classics

By PETE HAMMOND | Tuesday October 2, 2012 @ 9:35am PDTTags: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Guillermo Del Toro, Kevin Brownlow, Universal Pictures
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The 1991 Best Picture Oscar sweep of Silence Of The Lambs aside, one of the most egregiously overlooked genres when it comes to voting for Academy Awards is getting a big make-good the entire month of October from the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. In honor of Universal‘s year-long  100th anniversary, the Academy tonight begins its celebration of classic horror films in “Universal’s Legacy Of Horror”, the genre in which the studio made its early reputation and a perfect Halloween treat for fans.

Modern horror-meister and enthusiast Guillermo del Toro will host tonight’s opening program, which includes a double bill of newly restored prints of The Bride Of Frankenstein (1935) and Dracula (1931). Among those expected to be in attendance this month is Carla Laemmle, who will turn 103 on October 20. She is the niece of Universal founder Carl Laemmle and an actress who appeared in Phantom Of The Opera (1925) — screening to close the series on October 30 –and tonight’s  opener Dracula, a movie for which she is known for speaking the first line of dialogue ever heard in a horror film. She’s the last surviving cast member of both pics. Phantom, by the way, will be an original restoration with the color sequence intact and presented by Oscar-winning film historian Kevin Brownlow. READ MORE »

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OSCAR: Stars Gather For Governors Awards

By PETE HAMMOND | Sunday November 14, 2010 @ 9:53am PSTTags: 2010 Governors Award, 83rd Academy Awards, Academy Awards, AMPAS Governors Awards, Deadline Hollywood Pete Hammond, Eli wallach, Francis Ford Coppola, Jean-Luc Godard, Kevin Brownlow, Oscars, Pete Hammond Oscar Coverage, Warren Beatty
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“These awards really took flight this year,” Warren Beatty effusively said to 2nd annual Governors Awards producer and Academy of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences 1st Vice President Sid Ganis right after the ceremony ended around 11 PM Saturday night. It took place … Read More »

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OSCAR: 2010 Governors Awards Ceremony

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Sunday November 14, 2010 @ 4:08am PSTTags: 2010 Governors Award, Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, Awards, Eli wallach, Francis Ford Coppola, Jean-Luc Godard, Jean-Luc Godard Honorary Oscar, Kevin Brownlow, Oscars

Honorary Award recipient Kevin Brownlow, Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award recipient Francis Ford Coppola, and Honorary Award recipient Eli Wallach at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences’ 2010 Governors Awards in the Grand Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland in Hollywood on Saturday. Honorary Award recipient Jean-Luc Godard declined … Read More »

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Jean-Luc Godard Will Not Show Up For Honorary Oscar

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Monday October 25, 2010 @ 11:37am PDTTags: Academy Awards, AMPAS Governors Awards, Don Mischer, Eli wallach, Francis Ford Coppola, Jean-Luc Godard, Jean-Luc Godard Honorary Oscar, Kevin Brownlow, Movies, Oscars, Sid Ganis, Tom Sherak

Beverly Hills, CA — The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today that, following a two-month-long cordial exchange of correspondence with Academy president Tom Sherak, Jean-Luc Godard has regretfully notified Sherak that he will not be able to attend the November 13th Governors Awards and receive his

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