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“Hello, Gorgeous.”
That is, of course, the classic line uttered by Barbra Streisand’s Fanny Brice in 1968’s Funny Girl. Starting Saturday night, it’s also the name of a new monthly live music series and supper club at the character’s namesake restaurant, Fanny’s, inside the Academy Museum.
Fanny’s, from restaurateurs Bill Chait and Carl Schuster and featuring chef Raphael Francois, will get a Hello, Gorgeous makeover that will feature a music program curated by Kcrw vet Jason Bentley, dramatic lighting, a prix fixe menu and an eclectic mix of entertainers. The night will see guests seated (via online reservations) at 7:15 p.m. with tiered packages on offer.
Kicking it off tomorrow night will be singer-songwriter Danielle Ponder, recently seen on Late Night with Seth Meyers and at SXSW. As for Bentley, he’s well-known in music circles as...
“Hello, Gorgeous.”
That is, of course, the classic line uttered by Barbra Streisand’s Fanny Brice in 1968’s Funny Girl. Starting Saturday night, it’s also the name of a new monthly live music series and supper club at the character’s namesake restaurant, Fanny’s, inside the Academy Museum.
Fanny’s, from restaurateurs Bill Chait and Carl Schuster and featuring chef Raphael Francois, will get a Hello, Gorgeous makeover that will feature a music program curated by Kcrw vet Jason Bentley, dramatic lighting, a prix fixe menu and an eclectic mix of entertainers. The night will see guests seated (via online reservations) at 7:15 p.m. with tiered packages on offer.
Kicking it off tomorrow night will be singer-songwriter Danielle Ponder, recently seen on Late Night with Seth Meyers and at SXSW. As for Bentley, he’s well-known in music circles as...
- 6/17/2022
- by Chris Gardner
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Bruce Davis, say the notices, is finally ready to publish his monumental history of Hollywood’s film Academy. Twelve years in the making; part memoir, part chronicle; the book—The Academy and the Award: The Coming of Age of Oscar and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences—is due this fall from Brandeis University Press. A former executive director of the Academy, Davis has been wading through hitherto private files since his retirement in 2011. Order now. Galleys are available to the media on request.
But if only he had waited a little longer. There seems to be another chapter brewing, and it should be a good one.
Though I’ve never known Davis especially well—in my experience, he isn’t the type to waste time on idle gossip with reporters—our occasional dealings were always a delight. He is smart, thoughtful, direct and generally inclined to answer...
But if only he had waited a little longer. There seems to be another chapter brewing, and it should be a good one.
Though I’ve never known Davis especially well—in my experience, he isn’t the type to waste time on idle gossip with reporters—our occasional dealings were always a delight. He is smart, thoughtful, direct and generally inclined to answer...
- 6/13/2022
- by Michael Cieply
- Deadline Film + TV
Offers in from UK, Scandinavia, Australia/New Zealand.
Cannes buyers turned out in force for Magnolia Pictures International’s SXSW award-winner I Love My Dad as key deals closed around the world including Latin America, Spain and Middle East.
James Morosini’s comedy was a hot property heading to the Croisette last month when buyers and sellers returned en masse following two years of pandemic disruption.
The film sold to Impacto (latin America), Karma (Spain), Front Row (Middle East), Penny Black (worldwide airlines), Pictureworks (India) and Gravel Road (Africa).
Magnolia head of sales Lorna Lee Torres and international sales manager...
Cannes buyers turned out in force for Magnolia Pictures International’s SXSW award-winner I Love My Dad as key deals closed around the world including Latin America, Spain and Middle East.
James Morosini’s comedy was a hot property heading to the Croisette last month when buyers and sellers returned en masse following two years of pandemic disruption.
The film sold to Impacto (latin America), Karma (Spain), Front Row (Middle East), Penny Black (worldwide airlines), Pictureworks (India) and Gravel Road (Africa).
Magnolia head of sales Lorna Lee Torres and international sales manager...
- 6/7/2022
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
The Dawn Hudson era of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is officially over. Today, the Academy’s Board of Governors voted in Bill Kramer as the new CEO of the Academy. Kramer is currently the director and President of the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures.
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In his new position, Kramer will effectively remain president of the Academy Museum while taking on the larger responsibilities of running AMPAS.
Continue reading Bill Kramer Voted In As New Academy CEO at The Playlist.
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In his new position, Kramer will effectively remain president of the Academy Museum while taking on the larger responsibilities of running AMPAS.
Continue reading Bill Kramer Voted In As New Academy CEO at The Playlist.
- 6/7/2022
- by Gregory Ellwood
- The Playlist
The Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences unanimously voted today to name Bill Kramer, current Director and President of the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, as its new CEO, replacing Dawn Hudson after 11 years. Kramer will assume his new role on July 18. Hudson will remain with the Academy as an advisor during the transition period.
Kramer, whose background is in fine arts and museum curation, will lead the vast Academy organization, overseeing global membership, the Oscars, education and emerging talent initiatives, the Margaret Herrick Library and Academy Film Archive, and the Academy Museum.
After a long and arduous Museum launch, Kramer emerged as a White Knight, proving to be a decisive leader and efficient administrator. After prolonged construction as well as pandemic delays, Kramer successfully launched the Academy Museum in September 2021. The museum has proved a tourist attraction and sold more than 550,000 tickets in...
Kramer, whose background is in fine arts and museum curation, will lead the vast Academy organization, overseeing global membership, the Oscars, education and emerging talent initiatives, the Margaret Herrick Library and Academy Film Archive, and the Academy Museum.
After a long and arduous Museum launch, Kramer emerged as a White Knight, proving to be a decisive leader and efficient administrator. After prolonged construction as well as pandemic delays, Kramer successfully launched the Academy Museum in September 2021. The museum has proved a tourist attraction and sold more than 550,000 tickets in...
- 6/7/2022
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has named Bill Kramer, the current director and president of the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, as its new CEO. Kramer will succeed Dawn Hudson, who has occupied the position for the past 11 years.
Sources tell The Hollywood Reporter that the Academy’s board of governors voted unanimously to offer Kramer the job, which he will begin on July 18.
As CEO, Kramer will oversee the Oscars as well as the Academy’s global membership, education and emerging talent initiative and extensive collections in the Margaret Herrick Library and Academy Film Archive, as well as the Academy Museum and its exhibitions, screenings, programs and operations.
Kramer was associated with the Academy Museum from its earliest stages. As the museum’s managing director of development and external relations starting in 2012, he raised 250 million to help get the project underway,...
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has named Bill Kramer, the current director and president of the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, as its new CEO. Kramer will succeed Dawn Hudson, who has occupied the position for the past 11 years.
Sources tell The Hollywood Reporter that the Academy’s board of governors voted unanimously to offer Kramer the job, which he will begin on July 18.
As CEO, Kramer will oversee the Oscars as well as the Academy’s global membership, education and emerging talent initiative and extensive collections in the Margaret Herrick Library and Academy Film Archive, as well as the Academy Museum and its exhibitions, screenings, programs and operations.
Kramer was associated with the Academy Museum from its earliest stages. As the museum’s managing director of development and external relations starting in 2012, he raised 250 million to help get the project underway,...
- 6/7/2022
- by Beatrice Verhoeven and Scott Feinberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Bill Kramer, director and president of the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, has been tapped as the new CEO of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, replacing the outgoing Dawn Hudson.
Kramer, who was unanimously elected by the AMPAS board, will assume his new role on July 18. Hudson will remain with the Academy as an advisor during the transition period. Kramer will lead the global membership, the Oscars, the institution’s education and emerging talent initiatives, the Academy’s extensive collections housed in the Margaret Herrick Library and Academy Film Archive, and the Academy Museum and its ongoing calendar of exhibitions, screenings, educational and public programs, and retail operations.
In his current role, Kramer was responsible for successfully opening the Academy Museum in September, 2021. The museum has sold more than 550,000 tickets in the first nine months of operation. The appointment of a new Director of the Academy Museum...
Kramer, who was unanimously elected by the AMPAS board, will assume his new role on July 18. Hudson will remain with the Academy as an advisor during the transition period. Kramer will lead the global membership, the Oscars, the institution’s education and emerging talent initiatives, the Academy’s extensive collections housed in the Margaret Herrick Library and Academy Film Archive, and the Academy Museum and its ongoing calendar of exhibitions, screenings, educational and public programs, and retail operations.
In his current role, Kramer was responsible for successfully opening the Academy Museum in September, 2021. The museum has sold more than 550,000 tickets in the first nine months of operation. The appointment of a new Director of the Academy Museum...
- 6/7/2022
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
Experienced fundraiser and Academy Museum head joins organisation at challenging time.
Bill Kramer has been named CEO of the Academy and will assume his new role on July 18 after Dawn Hudson ends her 11-year tenure.
Kramer, who currently serves as director and president of the Academy Museum, said the Academy board’s decision was “the great honour of my career” and looked forward to “galvanizing the unparalleled assets of the Academy”.
Hudson will remain as an advisor during the transition. A new Academy Museum director is expected to be announced in the near future.
Kramer joins at a challenging time...
Bill Kramer has been named CEO of the Academy and will assume his new role on July 18 after Dawn Hudson ends her 11-year tenure.
Kramer, who currently serves as director and president of the Academy Museum, said the Academy board’s decision was “the great honour of my career” and looked forward to “galvanizing the unparalleled assets of the Academy”.
Hudson will remain as an advisor during the transition. A new Academy Museum director is expected to be announced in the near future.
Kramer joins at a challenging time...
- 6/7/2022
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Academy Museum trustee and producer Miky Lee (Parasite), Oscar-winning filmmaker Steve McQueen (12 Years a Slave) and Oscar-winning actor Tilda Swinton (The French Dispatch) will be honored at the second annual Academy Museum Gala taking place October 15 in celebration of the venue’s one-year anniversary.
The museum said Wednesday that Lee will receive the gala’s Pillar Award, acknowledging exemplary leadership and support for the Academy Museum. McQueen will receive the Vantage Award, honoring an artist or scholar who has helped to contextualize and challenge dominant narratives around cinema. Swinton will accept the Visionary Award, recognizing an artist or scholar whose extensive body of work has advanced the art of cinema.
The event will raise vital funds to support the museum’s access, education and programming initiatives. Academy Museum supporter Halle Barry is co-chairing with Academy Museum trustees Jason Blum and Ryan Murphy, and Oscar-winning actor Lupita Nyong’o.
“Our inaugural...
The museum said Wednesday that Lee will receive the gala’s Pillar Award, acknowledging exemplary leadership and support for the Academy Museum. McQueen will receive the Vantage Award, honoring an artist or scholar who has helped to contextualize and challenge dominant narratives around cinema. Swinton will accept the Visionary Award, recognizing an artist or scholar whose extensive body of work has advanced the art of cinema.
The event will raise vital funds to support the museum’s access, education and programming initiatives. Academy Museum supporter Halle Barry is co-chairing with Academy Museum trustees Jason Blum and Ryan Murphy, and Oscar-winning actor Lupita Nyong’o.
“Our inaugural...
- 3/16/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures will be taking a trip to Vienna for a six-week programming initiative including a symposium and film series with a distinct cinematic connection to that fabled Austrian city.
The museum announced today the series launch on December 10 and running through January 31. It is designed to explore what the museum describes as the “large community of predominately Jewish, Austrian-born film artists and professionals who helped shape the films and industry of classical era Hollywood.” Titled “Vienna in Hollywood: Emigres and Exiles in the Studio System,” the series is presented in collaboration with the USC Libraries and the USC Max Kade Institute. The Austrian Consulate General in L.A. also is offering support.
Bill Kramer, director and president of the Academy Museum, said: “During the classical Hollywood era, so many beloved films and so many components of the movie industry were developed and shaped by Austrian émigrés,...
The museum announced today the series launch on December 10 and running through January 31. It is designed to explore what the museum describes as the “large community of predominately Jewish, Austrian-born film artists and professionals who helped shape the films and industry of classical era Hollywood.” Titled “Vienna in Hollywood: Emigres and Exiles in the Studio System,” the series is presented in collaboration with the USC Libraries and the USC Max Kade Institute. The Austrian Consulate General in L.A. also is offering support.
Bill Kramer, director and president of the Academy Museum, said: “During the classical Hollywood era, so many beloved films and so many components of the movie industry were developed and shaped by Austrian émigrés,...
- 10/25/2021
- by Pete Hammond
- Deadline Film + TV
The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures announced Vienna in Hollywood, a new six-week program launching on Dec. 10 that explores the history of the predominantly Jewish, Austrian-born community of filmmakers and professionals who helped shape the classical era of Hollywood.
Jewish immigrants from Eastern and Central Europe including actor-director Erich von Stroheim and composer Max Steiner were major players in the early establishment of the American film industry in the 1920s. Due to Nazi persecution, a larger wave came in the ‘30s and ‘40s, bringing in talent such as the directors Billy Wilder and Fritz Lang; actors Hedy Lamarr and Peter Lorre; producers Eric Pleskow and Sam Spiegel; screenwriters Vicki Baum and Gina Kaus; and composers Erich Wolfgang Korngold and Ernest Gold. With a symposium and film series, Vienna in Hollywood will pay tribute to these artists and many more.
The two-day symposium is titled Vienna in Hollywood: The Influence and...
Jewish immigrants from Eastern and Central Europe including actor-director Erich von Stroheim and composer Max Steiner were major players in the early establishment of the American film industry in the 1920s. Due to Nazi persecution, a larger wave came in the ‘30s and ‘40s, bringing in talent such as the directors Billy Wilder and Fritz Lang; actors Hedy Lamarr and Peter Lorre; producers Eric Pleskow and Sam Spiegel; screenwriters Vicki Baum and Gina Kaus; and composers Erich Wolfgang Korngold and Ernest Gold. With a symposium and film series, Vienna in Hollywood will pay tribute to these artists and many more.
The two-day symposium is titled Vienna in Hollywood: The Influence and...
- 10/25/2021
- by Selome Hailu
- Variety Film + TV
HollyShorts Film Festival Announces Dates and Lineup
Short films starring Taika Waititi, Jessica Chastain, Tiffany Haddish and those produced by Octavia Spencer and Leonardo DiCaprio are among highlights of the Oscar-qualifying HollyShorts Film Festival, running Sept. 23-Oct. 1 at the Tcl Chinese Theatres and online.
Selections include Spencer Susser’s “Save Ralph,” starring Zac Efron, Waititi and George Lopez; Aneil Karia’s “The Long Goodbye” starring Riz Ahmed; Orlando von Einsiedel’s “Into Dust” produced by DiCaprio; Aidan Tanner’s “The Sands Between” starring Chastain; Minsun Park and Teddy Tenenbaum’s “Koreatown Ghost Story,” starring Margaret Cho; Zeberiah Newman’s “Right to Try,” produced by Spencer.
Other films on the slate are: Geoff Dunbar’s “When Winter Comes”; Lindiwe Suttle Müller-Westernhagen’s “Desmond’s Not Here Anymore;” Guy Nattiv and Jaime Ray Newman’s “Life Unexpected,” Julien Joslin’s “No Longer Suitable for Use,” Travon Free and Martin Desmond Roe’s Oscar-Winning “Two Distant Strangers,...
Short films starring Taika Waititi, Jessica Chastain, Tiffany Haddish and those produced by Octavia Spencer and Leonardo DiCaprio are among highlights of the Oscar-qualifying HollyShorts Film Festival, running Sept. 23-Oct. 1 at the Tcl Chinese Theatres and online.
Selections include Spencer Susser’s “Save Ralph,” starring Zac Efron, Waititi and George Lopez; Aneil Karia’s “The Long Goodbye” starring Riz Ahmed; Orlando von Einsiedel’s “Into Dust” produced by DiCaprio; Aidan Tanner’s “The Sands Between” starring Chastain; Minsun Park and Teddy Tenenbaum’s “Koreatown Ghost Story,” starring Margaret Cho; Zeberiah Newman’s “Right to Try,” produced by Spencer.
Other films on the slate are: Geoff Dunbar’s “When Winter Comes”; Lindiwe Suttle Müller-Westernhagen’s “Desmond’s Not Here Anymore;” Guy Nattiv and Jaime Ray Newman’s “Life Unexpected,” Julien Joslin’s “No Longer Suitable for Use,” Travon Free and Martin Desmond Roe’s Oscar-Winning “Two Distant Strangers,...
- 8/30/2021
- by Jennifer Yuma
- Variety Film + TV
The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures is naming its 10,000-square foot lobby for 94-year-old screen legend Sidney Poitier, the museum announced on Monday. The museum opens Sept. 30.
“It is an incredible honor to name our grand lobby — the nucleus of the Academy Museum, in celebration of Sir Sidney Poitier, whose legacy of humanitarian efforts and groundbreaking artistry continue to inspire us all,” said Bill Kramer, director and president of the museum, in a statement. “We are deeply thankful to everyone who supported this campaign, and to Sidney, his wife Joanna Shimkus Poitier, and their entire family for allowing us this great privilege.”
Said Joanna Shimkus Poitier in the statement, “Sidney’s tremendous impact on the motion picture industry, and on audiences around the world, is inseparable from the story of his longstanding, collegial relationship with the Academy. Sidney has always taken great pride in the Academy’s recognition of this work.
“It is an incredible honor to name our grand lobby — the nucleus of the Academy Museum, in celebration of Sir Sidney Poitier, whose legacy of humanitarian efforts and groundbreaking artistry continue to inspire us all,” said Bill Kramer, director and president of the museum, in a statement. “We are deeply thankful to everyone who supported this campaign, and to Sidney, his wife Joanna Shimkus Poitier, and their entire family for allowing us this great privilege.”
Said Joanna Shimkus Poitier in the statement, “Sidney’s tremendous impact on the motion picture industry, and on audiences around the world, is inseparable from the story of his longstanding, collegial relationship with the Academy. Sidney has always taken great pride in the Academy’s recognition of this work.
- 8/30/2021
- by Diane Haithman
- The Wrap
Hungry for more emerging news about the long-awaited Academy Museum of Motion Pictures? On Monday, the museum revealed details and the name of its restaurant and cafe.
Fanny’s, supported by a donation from Wendy Stark, granddaughter of show business legend Fanny Brice, is being developed by restauranteurs Bill Chait and Carl Schuster in a new two-story space designed by Los Angeles-based Commune Design in the museum’s Saban Building. Additionally it was announced that Wolfgang Puck Catering will oversee all catering services at the museum, which opens to the public on September 30. Puck of course has a long history with the Motion Picture Academy as he has been catering the Governors Ball after the Academy Awards for the past 25 years.
The late architect Osvaldo Maiozzi conceptualized the 10,000-square-foot restaurant space. Commune’s interior design blends contemporary style with Old Hollywood inspiration, as embodied by classic spaces like the Brown Derby and Perino’s,...
Fanny’s, supported by a donation from Wendy Stark, granddaughter of show business legend Fanny Brice, is being developed by restauranteurs Bill Chait and Carl Schuster in a new two-story space designed by Los Angeles-based Commune Design in the museum’s Saban Building. Additionally it was announced that Wolfgang Puck Catering will oversee all catering services at the museum, which opens to the public on September 30. Puck of course has a long history with the Motion Picture Academy as he has been catering the Governors Ball after the Academy Awards for the past 25 years.
The late architect Osvaldo Maiozzi conceptualized the 10,000-square-foot restaurant space. Commune’s interior design blends contemporary style with Old Hollywood inspiration, as embodied by classic spaces like the Brown Derby and Perino’s,...
- 5/3/2021
- by Pete Hammond
- Deadline Film + TV
In the category of “better safe than sorry” news, the Academy Museum has decided to push its opening once again. Instead of debuting around the 93rd Academy Awards in April, the museum will swing open its doors to the public on September 30, 2021. A week of events including a gala on September 25 is also now on the calendar.
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In a statement, Bill Kramer, Director and President of the Academy Museum, credited the change to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.
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In a statement, Bill Kramer, Director and President of the Academy Museum, credited the change to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.
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- 12/18/2020
- by Gregory Ellwood
- The Playlist
Bruuuuuuuuce! No, you aren’t listening to the chant of fans at a Springsteen concert. That cheer is for Bruce, the so nicknamed full-scale shark model from Jaws, the iconic 1975 film that continues to make beachgoers afraid to go into the water. Now they can also be afraid to visit the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, which in 2016 acquired the fourth and final and only surviving version of the shark model derived from the original Jaws mold, and on Friday finished up on the weeklong installation at the much-delayed and eagerly awaited museum which is on track to finally open to the public on April 30, 2021.
The Jaws attraction is not only significant for the Academy and its new venture because of the fact the film won three Oscars and was nominated for Best Picture, but also as a bona fide superstar draw that is the...
The Jaws attraction is not only significant for the Academy and its new venture because of the fact the film won three Oscars and was nominated for Best Picture, but also as a bona fide superstar draw that is the...
- 11/23/2020
- by Pete Hammond
- Deadline Film + TV
The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures has exceeded its pre-opening fundraising goal of $388 million, director and president Bill Kramer announced Friday. A donation from film production company Laika closed out the campaign goal, the total of which encompasses capital gifts endowments, funding for education programs and other special gifts.
More than 13,000 donors contributed to the campaign, which is headed by chair Bob Iger and co-chairs Annette Bening and Tom Hanks, including individuals, corporations, foundations and government entities.
“Closing this fundraising campaign is an important and exciting milestone for the Academy Museum,” Kramer said. “We are deeply grateful to our campaign leadership and to our Trustees, donors, and partners who have made important commitments to the campaign. Their support is helping to make the Academy’s long-held dream of building the world’s premier film museum a reality.”
The Academy announced in January that it had reached 95% of the $388 million goal.
More than 13,000 donors contributed to the campaign, which is headed by chair Bob Iger and co-chairs Annette Bening and Tom Hanks, including individuals, corporations, foundations and government entities.
“Closing this fundraising campaign is an important and exciting milestone for the Academy Museum,” Kramer said. “We are deeply grateful to our campaign leadership and to our Trustees, donors, and partners who have made important commitments to the campaign. Their support is helping to make the Academy’s long-held dream of building the world’s premier film museum a reality.”
The Academy announced in January that it had reached 95% of the $388 million goal.
- 11/13/2020
- by Natalie Oganesyan and Gene Maddaus
- Variety Film + TV
Site set to open on April 30, 2021.
An unspecified donation from Laika has pushed the Academy Museum past its $388m fundraising goal, Academy Museum director and president Bill Kramer said on Friday (November 13).
The campaign, which launched in 2012 and is headed by chair Bob Iger and co-chairs Annette Bening and Tom Hanks, experienced difficulties in raising the money and its opening date had been postponed several times. It is now set to open on April 30, 2021.
To date the campaign has received more than 13,000 donations from individuals, corporations, foundations, and government entities. Cheryl and Haim Saban made the largest contribution with a...
An unspecified donation from Laika has pushed the Academy Museum past its $388m fundraising goal, Academy Museum director and president Bill Kramer said on Friday (November 13).
The campaign, which launched in 2012 and is headed by chair Bob Iger and co-chairs Annette Bening and Tom Hanks, experienced difficulties in raising the money and its opening date had been postponed several times. It is now set to open on April 30, 2021.
To date the campaign has received more than 13,000 donations from individuals, corporations, foundations, and government entities. Cheryl and Haim Saban made the largest contribution with a...
- 11/13/2020
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures just got a boost from Oregon animation studio Laika that put it over the top in fulfilling its pre-opening fundraising goal of $388 million and also has assured AMPAS members that it is on track to meet its planned April 30 opening date. Museum director and president Bill Kramer made the fundraising announcement today.
The total includes capital gifts, endowments, funding for education programs and other special gifts for the campaign, launched in 2012 and chaired by Bob Iger and co-chairs Annette Bening and Tom Hanks. More than 13,000 donors contributed to the campaign, with the biggest sum coming from Cheryl and Haim Saban, who donated $50 million and in return will have the (former May Company) building renamed the Saban Building.
“This is a great day for the Academy Museum and the entire world of film,” Iger said. “Thanks to the wonderful generosity of a broad community of donors,...
The total includes capital gifts, endowments, funding for education programs and other special gifts for the campaign, launched in 2012 and chaired by Bob Iger and co-chairs Annette Bening and Tom Hanks. More than 13,000 donors contributed to the campaign, with the biggest sum coming from Cheryl and Haim Saban, who donated $50 million and in return will have the (former May Company) building renamed the Saban Building.
“This is a great day for the Academy Museum and the entire world of film,” Iger said. “Thanks to the wonderful generosity of a broad community of donors,...
- 11/13/2020
- by Pete Hammond
- Deadline Film + TV
The Academy Museum’s board of trustees has elected Netflix’s Ted Sarandos as chair, as well as elected Miky Lee as vice-chair and Jim Gianopulos as treasurer. Kimberly Steward has been re-elected as secretary.
The Academy Museum is working toward an opening on April 2021 following next year’s Oscars after years of delays. Sarandos fills the role after former NBCUniversal executive Ron Meyer stepped down from his role as trustees chair. Meyer had served in the role since its creation in 2017. Sarandos served in the role in the interim after previously being the museum’s vice chair.
“Growing up a movie lover, I always wished for a place like the Academy Museum–somewhere I could lose myself in the magic of film. I am both honored and inspired to serve as chair, alongside the magnificent Board of Trustees and museum staff, as we work towards our April 2021 opening,” Sarandos,...
The Academy Museum is working toward an opening on April 2021 following next year’s Oscars after years of delays. Sarandos fills the role after former NBCUniversal executive Ron Meyer stepped down from his role as trustees chair. Meyer had served in the role since its creation in 2017. Sarandos served in the role in the interim after previously being the museum’s vice chair.
“Growing up a movie lover, I always wished for a place like the Academy Museum–somewhere I could lose myself in the magic of film. I am both honored and inspired to serve as chair, alongside the magnificent Board of Trustees and museum staff, as we work towards our April 2021 opening,” Sarandos,...
- 9/15/2020
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the ABC Television Network today announced the 93rd Oscars ceremony will move to Sunday, April 25, 2021, as a result of the global pandemic caused by Covid-19. The show, which will air live on ABC, was originally scheduled for February 28, 2021. Coinciding with the Oscars celebration, the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, initially scheduled to open to the public on December 14, 2020, will now open on April 30, 2021, also as a result of the health crisis.
“For over a century, movies have played an important role in comforting, inspiring, and entertaining us during the darkest of times. They certainly have this year. Our hope, in extending the eligibility period and our Awards date, is to provide the flexibility filmmakers need to finish and release their films without being penalized for something beyond anyone’s control,” said Academy President David Rubin and Academy CEO Dawn Hudson. “This...
“For over a century, movies have played an important role in comforting, inspiring, and entertaining us during the darkest of times. They certainly have this year. Our hope, in extending the eligibility period and our Awards date, is to provide the flexibility filmmakers need to finish and release their films without being penalized for something beyond anyone’s control,” said Academy President David Rubin and Academy CEO Dawn Hudson. “This...
- 6/15/2020
- by Michelle Hannett
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
As widely expected and endlessly speculated, the other shoe has dropped and Oscar is on the move. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said Monday morning that the 93rd Academy Awards, originally scheduled for February 28, 2021, will now take place on April 25 — the latest date ever since Oscar started the TV era in 1953. You would have to go all the way back to the earliest Oscar show in 1929 for a May (16) date but that repped the years 1927-29. There were three dates between 1930 and 1932 where because of combined years they were actually held in November (!) but in terms of the TV era this is unprecedented.
Previously, the latest Oscars viewers have been able to watch was when The Sound of Music took Best Picture on April 18, 1966. It was also the first time the ceremony was telecast in color. This new date will be paired with the now again delayed...
Previously, the latest Oscars viewers have been able to watch was when The Sound of Music took Best Picture on April 18, 1966. It was also the first time the ceremony was telecast in color. This new date will be paired with the now again delayed...
- 6/15/2020
- by Pete Hammond
- Deadline Film + TV
Slowly but surely, the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures is heading toward its unveiling December 14. Of course that was supposed to happen earlier this year, or last year; who’s counting anymore?
There have been many setbacks, from design changes — two theaters instead of three — and the restoration and adaptation of the May Company landmark building, as well as complications in erecting architect Renzo Piano’s glass sphere.
And while the Academy kept citing its “original” budget of $388 million (a number that it recently used to suggest that fundraising achieved 95% of the goal), the actual figure was closer to $482 million. The Academy is still $100 million short.
According to new museum director Bill Kramer, there is a road to fiscal wholeness. Kramer came back to the museum in October 2019 as a white knight after indecisive director Kerry Brougher finally left the scene. Kramer has to finalize and install exhibits, and open...
There have been many setbacks, from design changes — two theaters instead of three — and the restoration and adaptation of the May Company landmark building, as well as complications in erecting architect Renzo Piano’s glass sphere.
And while the Academy kept citing its “original” budget of $388 million (a number that it recently used to suggest that fundraising achieved 95% of the goal), the actual figure was closer to $482 million. The Academy is still $100 million short.
According to new museum director Bill Kramer, there is a road to fiscal wholeness. Kramer came back to the museum in October 2019 as a white knight after indecisive director Kerry Brougher finally left the scene. Kramer has to finalize and install exhibits, and open...
- 3/19/2020
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
The Academy Museum will this week issue a new $100 million bond offering and will launch a post-opening fundraising campaign that will take place after the museum opens this December, an Academy Museum spokesperson told TheWrap.
Museum director Bill Kramer spoke with both The Hollywood Reporter and Variety and explained that the museum will launch phase two of the museum’s funding campaign “post-opening” in order to secure additional programming and endowment costs.
Kramer had previously said that the Academy Museum had raised 95% of its phase one, $388 million budget in order for the museum to open its doors. The new bond issue will bring the total budget to $482 million, a 24% increase from the previous amount.
Also Read: Look Inside the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures: How Finished Is It? (Photos)
The spokesperson said that because the museum is still under construction, it was eligible to raise this additional wave of funding,...
Museum director Bill Kramer spoke with both The Hollywood Reporter and Variety and explained that the museum will launch phase two of the museum’s funding campaign “post-opening” in order to secure additional programming and endowment costs.
Kramer had previously said that the Academy Museum had raised 95% of its phase one, $388 million budget in order for the museum to open its doors. The new bond issue will bring the total budget to $482 million, a 24% increase from the previous amount.
Also Read: Look Inside the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures: How Finished Is It? (Photos)
The spokesperson said that because the museum is still under construction, it was eligible to raise this additional wave of funding,...
- 2/12/2020
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
The long awaited Academy Museum finally has an opening date — Dec. 14 — and the massive construction project at the corner of Wilshire and Fairfax in L.A.’s Miracle Mile is coming to a close. New Academy Museum director Bill Kramer, who officially started in the job Jan. 1, is overseeing the installation of the institution’s first exhibits and pounding the pavement to meet its fundraising goals. Kramer, who had been hired as the museum’s managing director of development and external relations in 2012, left the project in 2016 to work at The Brooklyn Academy of Music ...
- 2/12/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
The long awaited Academy Museum finally has an opening date — Dec. 14 — and the massive construction project at the corner of Wilshire and Fairfax in L.A.’s Miracle Mile is coming to a close. New Academy Museum director Bill Kramer, who officially started in the job Jan. 1, is overseeing the installation of the institution’s first exhibits and pounding the pavement to meet its fundraising goals. Kramer, who had been hired as the museum’s managing director of development and external relations in 2012, left the project in 2016 to work at The Brooklyn Academy of Music ...
- 2/12/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
During the 92nd Academy Awards ceremony on Sunday, February 9, 2020, Tom Hanks announced that the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures will open to the public on Monday, December 14, 2020.
This comes eight years since the endeavor was initially announced.
Hanks, who is museum trustee and co-chair of the Academy Museum campaign – along with co-chair Annette Bening and chair Bob Iger – made the announcement, live, to the audience in the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.
“There is plenty of culture to be found in the City of Angels, but there has never been a museum dedicated to the art and science of motion pictures,” Hanks said.
He then joked about the existence of a selfie museum in Los Angeles (there is one; the Museum of Selfies at Hollywood & Highland), and that he and Brad Pitt (“with his shirt off”) were currently contributing physical labor to the finishing of the Academy museum, which will...
This comes eight years since the endeavor was initially announced.
Hanks, who is museum trustee and co-chair of the Academy Museum campaign – along with co-chair Annette Bening and chair Bob Iger – made the announcement, live, to the audience in the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.
“There is plenty of culture to be found in the City of Angels, but there has never been a museum dedicated to the art and science of motion pictures,” Hanks said.
He then joked about the existence of a selfie museum in Los Angeles (there is one; the Museum of Selfies at Hollywood & Highland), and that he and Brad Pitt (“with his shirt off”) were currently contributing physical labor to the finishing of the Academy museum, which will...
- 2/10/2020
- by Tambay Obenson
- Indiewire
The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures will open on Dec. 14 on Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles — eight years after the project was first announced.
Tom Hanks, a museum trustee and co-chair of the Academy Museum campaign with chair Bob Iger and co-chair Annette Bening, made the announcement during the Oscars telecast on Sunday.
“There is plenty of culture to be found in the City of Angels, but there has never been a museum dedicated to the art and science of motion pictures,” Hanks said.
Academy Museum Director Bill Kramer said in statement, “We cannot wait to welcome the whole world to the Academy Museum. When our doors open on December 14, our thrilling combination of exhibitions, screenings, and public and educational programs will create unparalleled experiences for movie lovers everywhere.”
The opening date announcement comes two weeks after Academy President David Rubin said at the Oscar nominees luncheon that fundraising for...
Tom Hanks, a museum trustee and co-chair of the Academy Museum campaign with chair Bob Iger and co-chair Annette Bening, made the announcement during the Oscars telecast on Sunday.
“There is plenty of culture to be found in the City of Angels, but there has never been a museum dedicated to the art and science of motion pictures,” Hanks said.
Academy Museum Director Bill Kramer said in statement, “We cannot wait to welcome the whole world to the Academy Museum. When our doors open on December 14, our thrilling combination of exhibitions, screenings, and public and educational programs will create unparalleled experiences for movie lovers everywhere.”
The opening date announcement comes two weeks after Academy President David Rubin said at the Oscar nominees luncheon that fundraising for...
- 2/10/2020
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
After several delays, the Motion Picture Academy unveiled its gleaming new 1,000-seat theater to an impressed press and public audience Friday during a tour of the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on the eve of Oscar weekend. The upshot: The Academy will have a lot less trouble next year persuading its voters to attend screenings of Oscar contenders once it supplants its aging Samuel Goldwyn Theater, with its creaky seats and problematic sight lines.
The new David Geffen Theater, situated in the imposing Sphere Building, offers impressive technological innovations and, its vast stage, unlike the cramped Goldwyn, is equipped for stage productions and other presentations. It was on display along with other Academy Museum features including the Barbra Streisand Bridge, Steve Tisch Terrace and the Bob Iger and Willow Bay Terrace, all of which officially represent 95% of the total campaign fundraising goals — over $368 million in pledges and cash.
While the Museum is now structurally complete,...
The new David Geffen Theater, situated in the imposing Sphere Building, offers impressive technological innovations and, its vast stage, unlike the cramped Goldwyn, is equipped for stage productions and other presentations. It was on display along with other Academy Museum features including the Barbra Streisand Bridge, Steve Tisch Terrace and the Bob Iger and Willow Bay Terrace, all of which officially represent 95% of the total campaign fundraising goals — over $368 million in pledges and cash.
While the Museum is now structurally complete,...
- 2/8/2020
- by Peter Bart
- Deadline Film + TV
The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures opened its doors on Friday morning — but not for museum-goers.
Members of the press were given a tour of the 300,000 square-foot Renzo Piano-designed campus at the corner of Wilshire and Fairfax boulevards.
“This museum belongs to everyone,” museum director Bill Kramer said. “Los Angeles has never had a movie museum of this scale and yet the motion picture industry and the city of Los Angeles has long recognized the need. In fact, the founders of the Academy envisioned a movie museum in Los Angeles more than 90 years ago and now it’s finally happening. Construction is substantially complete and…the galleries and the exhibitions are starting to be installed.”
It was announced late last month that the museum has received more than $368 million in pledges and cash, or 95 percent of its $388 million campaign goal.
Museum officials have still not announced an opening date,...
Members of the press were given a tour of the 300,000 square-foot Renzo Piano-designed campus at the corner of Wilshire and Fairfax boulevards.
“This museum belongs to everyone,” museum director Bill Kramer said. “Los Angeles has never had a movie museum of this scale and yet the motion picture industry and the city of Los Angeles has long recognized the need. In fact, the founders of the Academy envisioned a movie museum in Los Angeles more than 90 years ago and now it’s finally happening. Construction is substantially complete and…the galleries and the exhibitions are starting to be installed.”
It was announced late last month that the museum has received more than $368 million in pledges and cash, or 95 percent of its $388 million campaign goal.
Museum officials have still not announced an opening date,...
- 2/7/2020
- by Marc Malkin
- Variety Film + TV
On the Friday of Oscar weekend, the Academy sneaked a peek at its other big 2020 event — the eventual opening of the Academy Museum later this year.
"This museum belongs to everyone," said newly appointed Academy Museum Director Bill Kramer as press gathered inside what will be the museum’s main lobby in the Saban Building at the intersection of Wilshire and Fairfax on Los Angeles’ Miracle Mile. "We want to tell stories from many points of view."
Kramer said the museum construction is nearly finished and its fundraising goals are 95 percent met, with more ...
"This museum belongs to everyone," said newly appointed Academy Museum Director Bill Kramer as press gathered inside what will be the museum’s main lobby in the Saban Building at the intersection of Wilshire and Fairfax on Los Angeles’ Miracle Mile. "We want to tell stories from many points of view."
Kramer said the museum construction is nearly finished and its fundraising goals are 95 percent met, with more ...
On the Friday of Oscar weekend, the Academy sneaked a peek at its other big 2020 event — the eventual opening of the Academy Museum later this year.
"This museum belongs to everyone," said newly appointed Academy Museum Director Bill Kramer as press gathered inside what will be the museum’s main lobby in the Saban Building at the intersection of Wilshire and Fairfax on Los Angeles’ Miracle Mile. "We want to tell stories from many points of view."
Kramer said the museum construction is nearly finished and its fundraising goals are 95 percent met, with more ...
"This museum belongs to everyone," said newly appointed Academy Museum Director Bill Kramer as press gathered inside what will be the museum’s main lobby in the Saban Building at the intersection of Wilshire and Fairfax on Los Angeles’ Miracle Mile. "We want to tell stories from many points of view."
Kramer said the museum construction is nearly finished and its fundraising goals are 95 percent met, with more ...
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