News
![Nicholl 2016 Live Read Cast Nicholl 2016 Live Read Cast](/sites/oscars_org/themes/custom/oscars_org/assets/images/placeholder.lazy-load.jpg)
Actors John Cho, Cary Elwes, Aja Naomi King and Alia Shawkat will perform a live reading of selected scenes from this year’s five winning scripts at the 2016 Academy Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting Awards Presentation & Live Read on Thursday, November 3, at 7:30 p.m. at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.
![FLFA Home Foreign Language Film Award 60 Years](/sites/oscars_org/themes/custom/oscars_org/assets/images/placeholder.lazy-load.jpg)
![Ask an Archivist Ask an Archivist](/sites/oscars_org/themes/custom/oscars_org/assets/images/placeholder.lazy-load.jpg)
In honor of California Archive Month, some of our archivists and librarians answered some excellent questions on Facebook.
The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures today announced the appointment of Katharine DeShaw as its Managing Director, Advancement and External Relations.
![Careers In Film Careers In Film 2016](/sites/oscars_org/themes/custom/oscars_org/assets/images/placeholder.lazy-load.jpg)
The Academy, in support of President Obama’s “My Brother’s Keeper” initiative, will present the second annual Careers in Film Summit on Saturday, October 8, at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. The daylong event for high school and college students will bring together Academy members and other film industry guests to discuss their professions as well as the paths they took to achieve career success.
![2016 Nicholl Fellowships 2016 Academy Nicholl Fellowship](/sites/oscars_org/themes/custom/oscars_org/assets/images/placeholder.lazy-load.jpg)
Four individuals and one writing team have been selected as winners of the 2016 Academy Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting competition.
![David Rubin Governors Awards David Rubin Governors Awards](/sites/oscars_org/themes/custom/oscars_org/assets/images/placeholder.lazy-load.jpg)
Casting director and producer David Rubin will produce the 8th Annual Governors Awards for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs announced today.
![The French Connection Gene Hackman](/sites/oscars_org/themes/custom/oscars_org/assets/images/placeholder.lazy-load.jpg)
![SAA 2016 Web banner SAA 2016 Web banner](/sites/oscars_org/themes/custom/oscars_org/assets/images/placeholder.lazy-load.jpg)
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences tonight honored 17 student winners from colleges and universities around the world at the 43rd Student Academy Awards® ceremony, held at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. The Gold, Silver and Bronze Medal awards were announced and presented by actors Joel Edgerton, Lucy Liu, Daisy Ridley and Parker Sawyers.
![Student Academy Awards News Student Academy Awards News](/sites/oscars_org/themes/custom/oscars_org/assets/images/placeholder.lazy-load.jpg)