135 filmmakers and executives have been invited by the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences to join its ranks. Recent Oscar nominees and winners such as Vera Farmiga, Anna Kendrick, Mo'Nique, Carey Mulligan, Jeremy Renner, Gabourey Sidibe and Christoph Waltz have been invited to join; but even "Saw's" Tobin Bell and "Avatar's" Zoe Saldana received invites.
New members will be "baptized" in an invitation-only reception in September at the Academy's Fairbanks Center for Motion Picture Study in Beverly Hills.
Here's a complete list of the 2010 invitees:
Actors
Tobin Bell -- "Saw," "The Firm"
Vera Farmiga -- "Up in the Air," "The Departed"
Miguel Ferrer -- "Traffic," "RoboCop"
James Gandolfini -- "In the Loop," "Get Shorty"
Anna Kendrick -- "Up in the Air," "Twilight"
Mo'Nique -- "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire," "Phat Girlz"
Carey Mulligan -- "An Education," "Public Enemies"
Jeremy Renner -- "The Hurt Locker,...
New members will be "baptized" in an invitation-only reception in September at the Academy's Fairbanks Center for Motion Picture Study in Beverly Hills.
Here's a complete list of the 2010 invitees:
Actors
Tobin Bell -- "Saw," "The Firm"
Vera Farmiga -- "Up in the Air," "The Departed"
Miguel Ferrer -- "Traffic," "RoboCop"
James Gandolfini -- "In the Loop," "Get Shorty"
Anna Kendrick -- "Up in the Air," "Twilight"
Mo'Nique -- "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire," "Phat Girlz"
Carey Mulligan -- "An Education," "Public Enemies"
Jeremy Renner -- "The Hurt Locker,...
- 6/27/2010
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
HollywoodNews.com: Adam Sandler is gearing up for the release of his new film, “Grown Ups,” and has just been announced as one of 135 artists selected to join the Academy.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is extending invitations to join the organization to 135 artists and executives who have distinguished themselves by their contributions to theatrical motion pictures. Those who accept the invitation will be the only additions in 2010 to the Academy’s roster of voting members.
“The work of these individuals has been appreciated by moviegoers all around the world,” said Academy President Tom Sherak. “The Academy is proud to invite each and every one of them.”
The Academy’s membership policies would have allowed a maximum of 180 new members in 2010, but as in other recent years, the several branch committees endorsed fewer candidates than were proposed to them. Voting membership in the organization has now held...
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is extending invitations to join the organization to 135 artists and executives who have distinguished themselves by their contributions to theatrical motion pictures. Those who accept the invitation will be the only additions in 2010 to the Academy’s roster of voting members.
“The work of these individuals has been appreciated by moviegoers all around the world,” said Academy President Tom Sherak. “The Academy is proud to invite each and every one of them.”
The Academy’s membership policies would have allowed a maximum of 180 new members in 2010, but as in other recent years, the several branch committees endorsed fewer candidates than were proposed to them. Voting membership in the organization has now held...
- 6/25/2010
- by HollywoodNews.com
- Hollywoodnews.com
Oscar winner Indian sound recordist Resul Pookutty has been invited to join the coveted Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences as a member. Along with Resul the invitation has been extended to 135 film professionals from around the globe that includes Christopher Walts (Inglorious Basterds) and Jacque Audiard (A Prophet). Resul was awarded an Oscar last year for Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire.
Members of the academy vote for the annual academy awards.
“The work of these individuals has been appreciated by moviegoers all around the world,” said Academy President Tom Sherak. “The Academy is proud to invite each and every one of them.”
The Academy’s membership policies would have allowed a maximum of 180 new members in 2010, but as in other recent years, the several branch committees endorsed fewer candidates than were proposed to them. Voting membership in the organization has now held steady at just under 6,000 members since...
Members of the academy vote for the annual academy awards.
“The work of these individuals has been appreciated by moviegoers all around the world,” said Academy President Tom Sherak. “The Academy is proud to invite each and every one of them.”
The Academy’s membership policies would have allowed a maximum of 180 new members in 2010, but as in other recent years, the several branch committees endorsed fewer candidates than were proposed to them. Voting membership in the organization has now held steady at just under 6,000 members since...
- 6/25/2010
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has invited 135 filmmakers and executives -- including such recent Oscar nominees and winners as Vera Farmiga, Anna Kendrick, Mo'Nique, Carey Mulligan, Jeremy Renner, Gabourey Sidibe and Christoph Waltz -- to join its ranks.
The Academy issued its annual invitation list Thursday.
The actor's portion of the list ranged from genre favorites like "Saw's" Tobin Bell to "Avatar's" Zoe Saldana, from "Sopranos" star James Gandolfini, whose film credits include "In the Loop" and "Get Shorty" to rising leading man Ryan Reynolds, who's appeared in "The Proposal" and "X-Men Origins: Wolverine."
An international sampling of directors made the cut: Among them France's Jacques Audiard, Argentina's Juan Jose Campanella, Denmark's Lone Scherfig and, from the U.S., Lee Daniels and Adam Shankman, the latter of whom co-produced the last Oscar show.
Oscar nominee "District 9" was well represented: Matt Aitken and Dan Kaufman...
The Academy issued its annual invitation list Thursday.
The actor's portion of the list ranged from genre favorites like "Saw's" Tobin Bell to "Avatar's" Zoe Saldana, from "Sopranos" star James Gandolfini, whose film credits include "In the Loop" and "Get Shorty" to rising leading man Ryan Reynolds, who's appeared in "The Proposal" and "X-Men Origins: Wolverine."
An international sampling of directors made the cut: Among them France's Jacques Audiard, Argentina's Juan Jose Campanella, Denmark's Lone Scherfig and, from the U.S., Lee Daniels and Adam Shankman, the latter of whom co-produced the last Oscar show.
Oscar nominee "District 9" was well represented: Matt Aitken and Dan Kaufman...
- 6/25/2010
- by By Gregg Kilday
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
By Lisa Horowitz
The Documentary Channel has licensed U.S. broadcast rights to eight films from Pennebaker-Hegedus Films, including the U.S. TV premiere of “Al Franken: God Spoke.”
Also included in the deal is Oscar-nominated documentary “The War Room.”
The Film Sales Co. handles licensing on the films.
In a statement, D.A. Pennebaker said, "Chris [Hegedus] and I make these films to be seen - not just rarely seen - and are thrilled that the Documentary Channel will be airing what for some will be their North American TV premieres."
The Documentar...
The Documentary Channel has licensed U.S. broadcast rights to eight films from Pennebaker-Hegedus Films, including the U.S. TV premiere of “Al Franken: God Spoke.”
Also included in the deal is Oscar-nominated documentary “The War Room.”
The Film Sales Co. handles licensing on the films.
In a statement, D.A. Pennebaker said, "Chris [Hegedus] and I make these films to be seen - not just rarely seen - and are thrilled that the Documentary Channel will be airing what for some will be their North American TV premieres."
The Documentar...
- 5/6/2010
- by Lisa Horowitz
- The Wrap
Hours after Al Franken's latest victory in the 2008 Minnesota senate race, Thom Powers hosted a special screening of Chris Hegedus and Nick Doob's documentary Al Franken: God Spoke at Stranger Than Fiction in New York. Though the film, released in 2006, only extend into the very beginning of Franken's senate run, thanks to recent events it plays as an invaluable portrait of the bridge Franken travelled from Saturday Night Live mainstay to Fox News punching bag, from humiliated Kerry supporter to quiet victor in a vote that his opponent won't let lie. Early on in the film there's footage of a public spat on some kind of book panel between Franken and Bill O'Reilly, which basically ends when the Fox star aggressively tells the then-comedian to "shut up!" At that p ...
- 4/15/2009
- by Karina Longworth
- Spout
New broadband movie outlet ClickStar has announced three home video distribution partnerships with major Hollywood studios in conjunction with its launch this week.
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, Universal Studios Home Entertainment and Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group will provide several hundred studio titles ranging from classic films to new day-and-date DVD releases.
"We are proud to feature many of the greatest movies ever made through these new agreements," said James Ackerman, CEO of ClickStar, the Joint Venture launched last year by Intel Corp. and Revelations Entertainment, the production company headed by Morgan Freeman and his business partner Lori McCreary.
Ackerman also said the company was in various stages of discussion with the other major studios and that 15 other content deals have been made with independent distributors of film entertainment and documentary companies.
He named Pennebaker Hegedus Films as one such partnership. The company, owned by filmmakers D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus, will supply film content to ClickStar's documentary channel. ClickStar also nabbed exclusive download rights to Al Franken: God Spoke, directed by Nick Doob and Hegedus.
ClickStar uses Intel's new Viiv technology to hook up to a consumer's television set, and it wirelessly delivers Web video. Ackerman also touts ClickStar as an opportunity for independent films and documentaries that might not otherwise get made to find a new distribution platform.
ClickStar boasts celebrity-endorsed programming channels, including a science exploration showcase called Our Space, hosted by Freeman; The Golden Age of Hollywood with Peter Bogdanovich, where the filmmaker will discuss classic films; and Jersey Docs, a docu channel run by Danny DeVito.
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, Universal Studios Home Entertainment and Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group will provide several hundred studio titles ranging from classic films to new day-and-date DVD releases.
"We are proud to feature many of the greatest movies ever made through these new agreements," said James Ackerman, CEO of ClickStar, the Joint Venture launched last year by Intel Corp. and Revelations Entertainment, the production company headed by Morgan Freeman and his business partner Lori McCreary.
Ackerman also said the company was in various stages of discussion with the other major studios and that 15 other content deals have been made with independent distributors of film entertainment and documentary companies.
He named Pennebaker Hegedus Films as one such partnership. The company, owned by filmmakers D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus, will supply film content to ClickStar's documentary channel. ClickStar also nabbed exclusive download rights to Al Franken: God Spoke, directed by Nick Doob and Hegedus.
ClickStar uses Intel's new Viiv technology to hook up to a consumer's television set, and it wirelessly delivers Web video. Ackerman also touts ClickStar as an opportunity for independent films and documentaries that might not otherwise get made to find a new distribution platform.
ClickStar boasts celebrity-endorsed programming channels, including a science exploration showcase called Our Space, hosted by Freeman; The Golden Age of Hollywood with Peter Bogdanovich, where the filmmaker will discuss classic films; and Jersey Docs, a docu channel run by Danny DeVito.
- 12/12/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
NEW YORK -- Al Franken: God Spoke, which follows the political firebrand from his war with fellow commentator Bill O'Reilly to his fight for progressive candidates, will hit U.S. theaters just in time for the November elections. Balcony Releasing has acquired U.S. theatrical distribution rights to Nick Doob and Chris Hegedus' docu and is planning a platform release, which will quickly expand from New York in mid-September to 10-20 markets nationwide. The docu features such political heavyweights as Al Gore, Michael Moore, Sean Hannity, Henry Kissinger, Robert Kennedy Jr. and Karen Hughes as it tracks Franken's joke-filled journey from satirist to a potential candidate for political office.
- 6/23/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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