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Oprah, Meryl Streep, Michael. B. Jordan to be honored at Academy Museum Gala

The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures will pay tribute to Meryl Streep, Oprah Winfrey, Michael B

The Independent UK · Aug 15, 2023

Sacheen Littlefeather, who spoke for Marlon Brando at Oscars, dies at 75

The Native American actress took the stage when Brando won for ‘The Godfather,’ saying he declined the Academy Award to protest ‘the treatment of American Indians today by the film industry.’

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 3, 2022

Academy Unearths Long-lost 'Race Films' in Black Cinema Exhibit

Long before Denzel Washington, Spike Lee or even Sidney Poitier, generations of pioneering and revolutionary Black US filmmakers played a key role in shaping early American cinema and dispelling pejorative stereotypes, a major new Hollywood exhibition argues. "Regeneration: Black Cinema 1898–1971," opening at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Aug 19, 2022

Academy Museum to honor Julia Roberts at 2nd annual gala

Julia Roberts will be honored by the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures at its second annual gala in October

The Independent UK · Jul 15, 2022

Chicago’s Jacqueline Stewart director and president of Academy Museum of Motion Pictures

Stewart is a Chicago native and a 2021 MacArthur Foundation Fellow known for her contributions to film studies and advocacy for film preservation.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jul 7, 2022

Jacqueline Stewart to lead Academy Museum of Motion Pictures

Film scholar Jacqueline Stewart has been named the next director and president of the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles

The Independent UK · Jul 6, 2022

Stuffed into a shoebox, seized by the FBI: the amazing fates of Hollywood’s greatest dresses

Kim Kardashian caused outrage recently by wearing a gorgeous souffle silk that once adorned Marilyn Monroe. But what happened to other magnificent outfits – and why did no one realise their eye-popping value?

The Guardian - UK · Jul 4, 2022

Academy Museum took heat for its handling of Hollywood’s Jewish founders. A fix is coming

LOS ANGELES — Change is hard, messy and almost always imperfectly implemented — for every two people it pleases there is at least one who’s ticked off.

Los Angeles Times · Mar 22, 2022