Oscars: Academy Approves Major Change To Best Picture Eligibility Rules Requiring More Extensive Theatrical Runs

Domingo Germán, the Dominican professional baseball pitcher for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball, engaged in conversation with his pitching coach, Matt Blake, after completing a flawless seventh inning.Little did they know that this unconventional interaction would be inconsequential. Germán retired the next six Athletics batters, etching his name in the records of baseball history as he achieved the 24th perfect game in Major League Baseball.Speaking in Spanish through an interpreter during an on-field interview with the YES Network, Germán couldn’t contain his enthusiasm.

Rolling Stone.Rolling Stone said in its Wednesday report that it interviewed more than 40 people who knew Majors during his time as a graduate student and a budding Hollywood star, or were in his orbit during tumultuous romantic relationships. They described volatile, unpredictable moments of anger, emotional abuse and occasional violence, and all spoke on condition anonymity.Rolling Stone did not speak directly with any of Majors’ former girlfriends, however.

Naman Ramachandran The BFI has set a major U.K.-wide film celebration of one of the greatest and most enduring filmmaking partnerships in the history of cinema: Michael Powell (1905-1990) and Emeric Pressburger (1902-1988), best known for iconic films including “The Red Shoes” (1948), “A Matter of Life and Death” (1946) and “Black Narcissus” (1947), the latter of which premiered on Wednesday at Bologna’s Piazza Maggiore as part of Il Cinema Ritrovato, screening from a new 35mm print made by the BFI. From Martin Scorsese to Matthew Bourne, Kate Bush to Tilda Swinton, Powell and Pressburger have influenced creatives for decades and this is the largest and most wide-ranging exploration ever undertaken about the work of the legendary writer-producer-director team. The celebration will kick off this fall with the BFI Distribution re-release of “I Know Where I’m Going” (1945), recently restored by the BFI National Archive and The Film Foundation.

McKinley Franklin editor Rob Young, the Oscar-nominated sound mixer of “Unforgiven,” died June 11 in Albi, France from complications of a fall he sustained during a trip to Morocco. He was 76. Young was a sound mixer in the feature film industry for nearly 40 years, earning an Oscar nomination in the category of Best Sound for Clint Eastwood’s 1992 Western “Unforgiven.” He mixed sound for other popular projects including “William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet” and “Jumanji” in the mid-1990s.  Among his other notable credits were “Catwoman,” “She’s the Man,” “Final Destination 3” “Night at the Museum,” “Jennifer’s Body” and “Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief.”

Clayton Davis Senior Awards Editor Angela Bassett, Mel Brooks and Carol Littleton will receive honorary Oscars at this year’s Governors Awards, announced by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. In addition, the Sundance Institute’s Michelle Satter will receive the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Awards. The four statuettes will be presented at the 14th annual ceremony on Saturday, Nov. 18, 2023, in Los Angeles. “The Academy’s Board of Governors is thrilled to honor four trailblazers who have transformed the film industry and inspired generations of filmmakers and movie fans,” said Academy President Janet Yang. “Across her decades-long career, Angela Bassett has continued to deliver transcendent performances that set new standards in acting. Mel Brooks lights up our hearts with his humor, and his legacy has made a lasting impact on every facet of entertainment. Carol Littleton’s career in film editing serves as a model for those who come after her. A pillar of the independent film community, Michelle Satter has played a vital role in the careers of countless filmmakers around the world.”

A gunman is on the run after blasting a young victim in the head. The victim is in a stable condition following the shooting in north Manchester earlier this week.

The theatrical requirements for movies vying for the Oscars top prize are getting a little tougher.

Clayton Davis Senior Awards Editor The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the newly elected Board of Governors for the 2023-2024 year. Elected to the board for the first time are acclaimed actor Lou Diamond Phillips, screenwriter Dana Stevens, executive Hannah Minghella, costume designer Daniel Orlandi and more. Among the newly elected is technology executive Wendy Aylsworth, who will represent the brand new Production and Technology Branch. Aylsworth, who also serves on the Board of Governors for the Television Academy, spent more than two decades at Warner Bros. and became the first woman president of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has significantly raised the benchmarks a film must meet in order to be eligible for a Best Picture nomination, the organization behind the Oscars announced Wednesday.Under the new rules, which go into effect in 2024, a movie will need to have a one-week theatrical qualifying run in one of six U.S. cities, followed by additional seven-day runs in 10 of the top 50 U.S.

Clayton Davis Senior Awards Editor The Academy’s Board of Governors has approved new theatrical release requirements to be eligible for the best picture Oscar beginning at the 2025 ceremony. In addition to the one-week qualifying run in one of the six U.S. markets, beginning with movies released in 2024, a film must meet additional areas regarding its theatrical release to be nominated and win the highly coveted best picture statuette. They include: These standards resulted from numerous conversations with distributors of varying sizes, in addition to studying historical data. The Academy has been vocal about its belief that a healthy theatrical environment is vital to the success of Hollywood.

Bryan Cranston to elevate a fight into the realm of high art.The alum sat down on Tuesday's, alongside his co-star Maya Hawke, and was coaxed into a game of «Clubhouse Playhouse.»As Cohen explained, Cranston was challenged to deliver a dramatic reading of Ariana Madix's emphatic monologue, delivered at her ex-boyfriend Tom Sandoval, during the dramatic reunion special earlier this month.«Is it alright if I don't know what I'm doing?» Cranston asked, before beginning. «I've never seen this show.»After assurances from Cohen and Hawke that he'd nail it, Cranston began, and knocked the impassioned and heated monologue out of the park.«I've been with you for nine years, when you were literally f**king wearing combat boots and skinny jeans and you didn't have a dime to your name,» read Cranston, injecting sass and defiant energy into every line.

choking an ex-girlfriend during a March argument.Chaudhry said her client is the real victim and “completely innocent,” adding in a statement released after court that she has handed over videos that showed ex-girlfriend Grace Jabbari’s “frenzied attack” on the actor — and his attempts to run away. The lawyer also said she gave photos of Majors’ injuries and torn clothing, which was a “direct consequence of Ms. Jabbari’s violent actions.“Following this, we strongly requested the District Attorney dismiss all charges against Mr.

Editor’s note: Part 2 of two-part series about the writers strike crossing the 50-day mark.

Best Picture Oscar winner “Everything Everywhere All at Once”; more than 600 rare silent film posters; personal film collections and film-related materials from producer Gale Anne Hurd, director Harold Ramis, filmmaker Gregg Araki and film scholar Kevin Brownlow; conceptual art for “E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial”; and more than 150 hand-painted animation artworks dating back to 1932, donated by Steven Spielberg and Kate Capshaw.The latter donation will be celebrated with the renaming of the Margaret Herrick Library’s Graphic Arts Department as the Steven Spielberg and Kate Capshaw Graphic Arts Department.“We are thrilled and honored to expand the Academy’s collection with these exceptional pieces,” Academy CEO Bill Kramer said.

Jonathan Majors had the support of his girlfriend, Meagan Good, on Tuesday as he appeared in a Manhattan courtroom for a hearing to set a trial date forthe alleged domestic violence incident that led to his arrest in March.Majors, 33, and Good, 41, arrived arm-in-arm as they made their way into the building. The star wore dark pants with a brown jacket while Good wore a nude dress with a blush-toned jacket. Both the actor and actress had sunglasses on.An eyewitness tells ET that the Marvel actor «seemed calm and walked slowly down the hall holding hands with Meagan and accompanied by his legal team.» Per the eyewitness, once inside the courtroom, Majors held his hands in his lap as Good placed her arm around him. «While they waited for his name to be called, she tickled the back of his neck and stroked his head.

The Academy Awards are facing much criticism after implementing new diversity and inclusion guidelines for 2024.  The guidelines must be adhered to by any film in the running for a "Best Picture" Oscar. Several voting members sounded the alarm after the Academy Awards released its Aperture 2025 initiative -- a sweeping set of regulations designed to make Hollywood more equitable and diverse.

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is beholden to new inclusivity standards. Starting with the March 2024 awards, movies will not be considered for a Best Picture nomination unless they feature a lead or significant supporting character from an “underrepresented racial or ethnic group,” have a main storyline that focuses on an underrepresented group, or at least 30% of the cast comes from two or more underrepresented groups (women, ethnic minorities, LGBTQ or the disabled).It’s got some voting members of the Academy up in arms.“It’s completely ridiculous,” one director fumed to The Post.

More changes in the Grammy rules: The Recording Academy announced today that the number of nominees in the four top categories (album, song and record of the year, and best new artist) will be reduced to eight for the 2024 awards.

Meghan McCain — a self-proclaimed «reality TV aficionado» — is offering her hot take on ' Scandoval fallout. In her column for, McCain speaks out on the vitriol hurled at Raquel Leviss by her castmates during a reunion episode of the show. The taping, which took place in March and aired earlier this month, marked the first time Leviss had come face to face with the group since news broke of her affair with Tom Sandoval. The secret romance occurred while Sandoval was still involved in a nearly decade-long relationship with co-star Ariana Madix. «This was TV gold.

As the Trooping the Colour celebrations approach this weekend, royal fans are keen to get a glimpse of Prince Louis and his funny antics.