Tag: AMPAS

  • Academy Awards proclaims date for 2023 ceremony

    By PTI

    LOS ANGELES: The ninety fifth version of the Academy Awards will happen on March 13, 2023, the organisers have introduced.

    The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) shared the information in an announcement, additionally revealing that the nominations for the awards can be unveiled on January 24, 2023. This is the second time that the Oscars can be held within the month of March after the 2022 version occurred on March 28.

    The annual award ceremony will happen on the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood and can air stay on ABC in additional than 200 territories all over the world.

    Additionally, the Governors Awards will happen on November 19, 2022, and the annual Oscar Nominees Luncheon can be held on February 13, 2023.

  • 2022 Oscars: AMPAS decides to current 8 awards earlier than reside telecast 

    By PTI

    LOS ANGELES: The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) has determined that winners for eight classes can be introduced off air throughout the 2022 Oscars, a transfer that acquired prompt backlash from the inventive neighborhood and the general public.

    On Tuesday, Academy President David Rubin despatched a letter to the nominees and AMPAS members, informing them of the adjustments which might be meant to enhance the dwindling viewership numbers of the Oscars broadcast.

    The 94th Academy Awards will start an hour earlier to current eight awards classes — Documentary Short, Film Editing, Make-up and Hairstyling, Original Score, Production Design, Animated Short, Live Action Short, and Sound — earlier than the reside telecast begins.

    The shows for these classes can be included later within the reside broadcast, reported Variety.

    “After carefully listening to feedback and suggestions from our film community, our network partner, and all those who love the Oscars, it was evident we needed to make some decisions about the broadcast that are in the best interest of the future of our show and our organisation,” Rubin wrote within the letter.

    “When deciding how to produce the Oscars, we recognise it’s a live event television show and we must prioritise the television audience to increase viewer engagement and keep the show vital, kinetic, and relevant. This has been an important focus of discussion for quite some time. We do this while also remembering the importance of having our nominees relish a once-in-a-lifetime experience,” he added.

    Rubin additional mentioned the adjustments will enable organisers extra time and alternative for “audience entertainment and engagement through comedy, musical numbers, film clip packages and movie tributes”.

    He acknowledged that the adjustments may invite a backlash however he acknowledged that the purpose was to discover a “balance in which nominees, winners, members, and viewing audience all have a rewarding show experience”.

    “Moving forward we will assess this change and will continue to look for additional ways to make our show more entertaining and more thrilling for all involved, inside the Dolby Theatre and watching from home,” he added.

    As Rubin predicted, the choice was not taken nicely by the general public with actors Melanie Lynskey and Patton Oswalt criticising the adjustments.

    “Don’t Look Up” star Lynskey mentioned that she desires to see the winners of all 23 classes introduced throughout the reside telecast.

    “I love acceptance speeches. I love craftspeople being honoured for what they do. Production design is the category I’m most excited about this year (except for Best Actress because anything could happen!!) I want to see all of the awards #AcademyAwards” she tweeted.

    I like acceptance speeches. I like craftspeople being honoured for what they do. Production design is the class I’m most enthusiastic about this yr (apart from Best Actress as a result of something may occur!!) I need to see all the awards #AcademyAwards

    — Melanie Lynskey (@melanielynskey) February 23, 2022

    Oswalt known as the Academy’s transfer “dumb and disrespectful”.

    “NONE of these categories are being televised? You’re giving in to short-term ratings panic and forgetting what The Oscars are all about. PLEASE re-think this, and televise these categories. You’ll be bragging about having this footage in the future. BE about the future, not about the present, ephemeral froth of clicks and likes. Please,” he wrote in a thread on Twitter.

    Many social media customers additionally voiced their disappointment over the adjustments.

    Using the hashtag #PresentAll23, one person wrote, “I can not wait till ABC and the academy board realise that most individuals don’t give a single f**ok about awards, together with the #Oscars.

    It’s our little bubble and the trade that care probably the most. This determination is 50 shades of STUPID.

    “Another person tweeted, “Wow it is virtually just like the Oscars aren’t actually about honoring high quality filmmaking and are nearly celebrities and PR.”

    One Twitterati known as the adjustments “the ultimate insult to the art of filmmaking”.

    “Without score, makeup, hair, editing, sound, production design you would have nothing. Why distort the show? ARE YOU REALLY going to Edit Joe Walker and Hank Corwin and Myron Kerstein? #Oscars” the individual wrote.

    This isn’t the primary time that the Academy has tried at bumping sure classes out of the reside broadcast.

    In 2018, the AMPAS had introduced that 4 Oscar awards could be introduced throughout business breaks for the 91st Academy Awards.

    At the time, filmmakers Alfonso Cuaron and Guillermo del Toro had been amongst those that had criticised the organisation for the choice.

    Wanda Sykes, Amy Schumer and Regina Hall will host the 94th version of the Academy Awards, which can be held on March 27.

  • 2022 version of Oscars delayed by a month

    By PTI
    LOS ANGELES: The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) has determined to delay the 2022 version of the Oscars by a month.

    The award ceremony, which was earlier set for February 27, will now be held on March 27, 2022, the AMPAS mentioned in a press release.

    The eligibility interval for Academy Awards consideration, nevertheless, will return to the usual December 31 deadline.

    For the earlier version, the Academy made modifications to the eligibility, extending it till February 28, 2021 within the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

    The rule change had enabled films equivalent to “The United States vs.Billie Holiday” and “Judas and the Black Messiah” to be thought of for the awards.

    The Academy additionally introduced that for the 2022 Oscars, which remains to be impacted by the pandemic, eligibility necessities will likely be according to the addendums made for the 93rd awards season.

    This will as soon as once more enable movies, which have been presupposed to be launched in theatres, however have been as an alternative launched for on-demand house viewing, to change into eligible for the awards.

    The 94th Academy Awards will even return to the celebrated Dolby Theatre in Hollywood for ceremony.