The new Academy Museum gets a launch party at LACMA

14 April 2013

The new Academy Museum gets a launch party at LACMA

Category: Film, Visual arts | Tags: academy museum, academy of motion picture arts & sciences, ampas, annette bening, jeffrey katzenberg, l.a. museum shows, lacma, laura dern, michael govan, renzo piano, warren beatty

Super fun party on April 11 2013 to launch the AMPAS film museum project in the former May Company building on Wilshire Blvd. [...]

17 October 2012

Lurch on, Universal monsters! Scary centennial series creeps up on Halloween.

Category: Film | Tags: academy of motion picture arts & sciences, ampas, bride of frankenstein, carla laemmle, guillermo del toro, hollywood history, howard koch, john landis, randy haberkamp, rick baker, the academy

Midway through October, 2012, we recommend a great celebration of monster movies, “A Monstrous Centennial” at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences. [...]

14 September 2012

Jerry Lewis, amped on technology

Category: Film | Tags: academy of motion picture arts & sciences, ampas, hollywood history, jerry lewis, the nutty professor

In a rare and wonderful evening at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, the great comedian Jerry Lewis talked about his use of film technology to amp up his considerable personal humor. [...]

20 May 2012

Happy 100th Gene Kelly! Love, Oscar

Category: Dance, Film | Tags: academy of motion picture arts & sciences, ampas, an american in paris, ellen harrington, gene kelly, george chakiris, hello dolly, hollywood history, justin timberlake, kenny ortega, leonard maltin, on the town, patricia kelly, russ tamblyn, turner classic movies

A big centennial event for Gene Kelly @ the Academy. [...]

7 May 2012

BYOB – Bring Your Own Blanket – to “Oscars Outdoors”

Category: Film | Tags: academy of motion picture arts & sciences, ampas, randy haberkamp, tom sherek

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has unveiled its new screening venue and summer on-the-lawn film series. “Oscars Outdoors,” kicks off on Friday, June 15 and runs through Saturday, August 18. [...]