Motion Picture Academy to Reduce New Membership By Half in 2021

Since the Cannes Market title They Are Us was announced late last week with Rose Byrne poised to play Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, there has been an outcry among many New Zealanders who believe a still-raw tragedy would be exploited by Hollywood storytellers.

Madonna is just enjoying the ride!

Madonna is back in the Big Apple and straight to work – if her latest Instagram post is anything to go by. The mother-of-six posed for a selfie in one of her New York bathrooms and announced the big news herself, writing: "New Life, New York.

Madonna, 62, has teased a “re-invention” in her latest Instagram post. The “Like a Prayer” hitmaker shared a series of stunning selfies on June 13, wearing nothing but a black leather bra and matching black short shorts. “New Life New York. Re-Invention……….,” she captioned the post. Madonna accessorized the ensemble with layered gold necklaces and a diamond headband, as she rocked a cat eye-style makeup look.

Madonna has made her New York City return.

During a pre-recorded ATX panel airing Saturday, Ramy actor Steve Way slammed the Motion Picture Academy for its failure to provide all necessary accommodations for the disabled, prior to this year’s Academy Awards, where a wheelchair ramp was introduced for the first time.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has promoted Shawn Finnie to executive vice president, member relations and awards. The news was announced Friday by Academy COO Christine Simmons.Finnie will report directly to Simmons, leading engagement and outreach initiatives for the organization’s membership.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has promoted Shawn Finnie to EVP Member Relations and Awards, Academy COO Christine Simmons announced today.

Billboard this year.The play was accepted by the university’s student theater company, where Miranda turned it into an 80-minute one-act show, adding freestyle rap and salsa numbers to flavor its otherwise traditional Broadway sound. The musical enjoyed a one-weekend run during Miranda’s spring semester.

Jennifer Lopez shows off her toned abs while meeting up with her manager Benny Medina in Miami, Fla., on Wednesday afternoon (June 8).

The New Yorker, in which she wrote about crying inside her local Korean grocery store after her mother passed away from terminal cancer. The book found Zauner reckoning with her relationship with her mother as well as time spent in Seoul with her grandmother.

Last year’s awards ceremony took place primarily in New York, but in a variety of outdoor locations and without an audience due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Madonna is on the move!

Madonna, 62, looked as stylish as could be during her latest public outing. The singer was photographed walking around the John F.

Jeffrey Katzenberg is stepping down as chairman of the board of governors at the Motion Picture & Television Fund, where he and his wife Marilyn have been among its biggest boosters and fundraisers for three decades.

EXCLUSIVE: Deluxe and film services company Motion Picture Solutions have entered into a joint venture after Deluxe acquired 50% of Netherlands-based film delivery firm Gofilex.

New Order and Pet Shop Boys have rescheduled their joint North American tour for the third time due to the coronavirus pandemic – this time with dates set for autumn 2022.The revised tour dates now include guest DJ Paul Oakenfold and take in an additional date at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center in New York.

DEALSRound Hill Music has signed Lit to a publishing deal, covering their full catalogue. The publisher’s sister label Round Hill Records will also release the band’s seventh album later this year.

To help usher in a (mostly Covid-free?) 4th of July weekend, Netflix has something special lined up: an animated film that’s an R-Rated take on the American Revolution. “America: The Motion Picture” offers a radically different take on the familiar history of America’s inception as a country.

Jem Aswad Senior Music Editor364 days after “Blackout Tuesday” — during which the music industry took a pause to protest police violence against the black community and consider its social justice policies and efforts in the wake of George Floyd’s murder — Motown Records has named Jamila Thomas, a co-founder of #TheShowMustBePaused, as vice president of artist marketing.