Academy Members “React” to Gone Girl
In case you were wondering why Oscar pundits like Scott Feinberg and now, the LA Times’ Glenn Whipp are so cool on Gone Girl’s Oscar chances because stories like this reveal how Academy members think....
View ArticleAcademy to Announce All 24 Categories Live
The AMPAS has just put out the following release, a change from the past. Oscar producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron announced today that actor Chris Pine, Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs, and...
View ArticleTwo Quick Fixes to Modernize the Academy and Bring them into the Modern World
There’s this funny joke that goes something like this, why does a dog lick his own balls? The answer; because he can. Why does the Academy vote the way they do? Because they can. The Academy has made...
View ArticleExplaining Academy’s Diversity Problem in Two Minutes
The world is changing so fast around the Academy – I don’t think it even realizes it yet. And why should it? This is as closed off a group as you could imagine – insulated, isolated, voting in...
View ArticleLet Them Eat Cake – Another Academy Voter Opens Mouth, Embarrasses Self
Scott Feinberg talks to an Academy voter who reveals her true opinions. As someone on the receiving end of a letter by an Academy voter, these two sound like they sit at the same table. Entitled,...
View ArticleAcademy Keeps 8 Day Window for Nominations, Oscars February 28
The Academy has chosen its Oscar dates for the next three years, bouncing them to March 4 in 2018. Sadly, they’ve elected to keep just 8 days of time for voters with ballots to make their nominations....
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