Academy Awards
| The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that 15 films in the Documentary Feature category will advance in the voting process for the 86th Oscars® . One hundred forty-seven films had originally qualified in the category. The 15 films are listed below in alphabetical order by title, with their production companies: "The Act of Killing," Final Cut for Real |
| The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that 10 films remain in the running in the Visual Effects category for the 86th Oscars®. The films are listed below in alphabetical order: “Elysium” “Gravity” “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug” “Iron Man 3” “The Lone Ranger” “Oblivion” “Star Trek Into Darkness” “Thor: The Dark World” |
| One hundred fourteen scores from eligible feature-length motion pictures released in 2013 are in contention for nominations in the Original Score category for the 86th Oscars®, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today. The eligible scores along with their composers are listed below, in alphabetical order by film title: "Admission," Stephen Trask, composer "Ain't Them Bodies Saints," Daniel Hart, composer |
| The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that seven films remain in competition in the Makeup and Hairstyling category for the 86th Academy Awards®. The films are listed below in alphabetical order: "American Hustle" "Dallas Buyers Club" "The Great Gatsby" "Hansel & Gretel Witch Hunters" "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" "Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa" "The Lone Ranger" |
| The Academy launched its Oscar season with a trailer starring show host Ellen DeGeneres and 250 tuxedo-clad men and women dancing to “The Walker” by indie pop band Fitz and The Tantrums. The Oscars® will air Sunday, March 2, 2014, live on ABC. “I had the best time making this,” said DeGeneres. “I love Paul, I love tWitch, I love Fitz and I like most of the Tantrums.” |
| Nine features will advance to the next round of voting in the Foreign Language Film category for the 86th Academy Awards®. Seventy-six films had originally been considered in the category. The films, listed in alphabetical order by country, are: Belgium, "The Broken Circle Breakdown," Felix van Groeningen, director; Bosnia and Herzegovina, "An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker," Danis Tanovic, director; |
| Nominations voting for the Oscars will close on Wednesday, January 8, at 5 p.m. PT. The votes are being tabulated and verified by the international accounting firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers. The 86th Oscars Nominations Announcement will be held on Thursday, January 16, 2014, at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater. |
| John Legend, nine-time Grammy® Award-winning singer-songwriter, will take the stage on Oscar Sunday, March 2, at the Academy’s official post-Oscars celebration, the Governors Ball. “John Legend is one of the industry’s most innovative and talented artists,” said Jeffrey Kurland, Costume Design Branch governor and chair of the Governors Ball. “We’re thrilled he will be joining us to celebrate this year’s achievements in film, and for what promises to be a most memorable evening.” |
| The 86th Academy Awards® will be a celebration of movie heroes, producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron announced today. Offering their first preview of the upcoming Oscar broadcast, hosted by Ellen DeGeneres, the producers said the show will honor big-screen real-life heroes, super heroes, popular heroes and animated heroes, both past and present, as well as the bold filmmakers who bring them to life. The Oscars will air on Sunday, March 2, live on ABC. |
