Something incredible is unfolding at the corner of Wilshire and Fairfax. Through the force of dollar signs, and the indomitable will of Hollywood’s glitterati, the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures is taking shape, glistening in the Los Angeles sun like an Oscar of immense proportions.Indeed, the Renzo Piano–designed complex has already stirred sighs and ahs from film buffs and passers-by alike, despite the fact that it won’t be completed until next year.Though the museum is one of the most talked-about coming cultural institutions in the state, less is publicly said of the busybody team overseeing much of its construction, particularly its director, Kerry Brougher, and Brendan Connell Jr., the museum’s newly appointed chief operating officer.“Kerry is just an inspiring, energetic visionary,” says Connell, who began his tenure as the museum's COO on June 20. He was formerly deputy COO for New York’s Guggenheim Museum. “I left a place I … [Read more...] about A Place for All Film Lovers: The Academy Museum’s New Home and Contemporary Art Pedigree
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Motion picture academy president John Bailey faces accusations of sexual harassment
John Bailey, who was elected in August as the 34th president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, is being investigated by the organization following allegations of sexual harassment against him.On Wednesday, three harassment claims were reportedly brought against the veteran cinematographer, whose credits include such films as “Ordinary People,” “The Big Chill,” and “Groundhog Day,” prompting the academy — which recently enacted new standards of conduct for its members — to open a probe.“The Academy treats any complaints confidentially to protect all parties,” the group said in a statement released Friday afternoon. “The Membership Committee reviews all complaints brought against Academy members according to our Standards of Conduct process, and after completing reviews, reports to the Board of Governors. We will not comment further on such matters until the full review is completed.”Variety first … [Read more...] about Motion picture academy president John Bailey faces accusations of sexual harassment
Oscar Nominees Lunch With Academy, Party at THR Event as Final Voting Approaches
The 87th Academy Awards ceremony is less than three weeks away, but the final round of voting doesn't even begin until Friday. That's what made Monday's festivities — the Academy's 34th annual Oscar Nominees Luncheon and THR's 3rd annual Oscar Nominees Night party — so much fun: everyone on hand knew that they have made it to The Big Show and any outcome once there is still theoretially possible. For the luncheon, more than 150 of this year's 195 Oscar nominees — along with their guests, the top brass from the Academy and ABC (which airs the Oscars telecast) and a few lucky journalists — packed into the Beverly Hilton's International Ballroom. Among those on hand were Selma's Oprah Winfrey and Common; American Sniper's Clint Eastwood, Bradley Cooper and Jason Hall; Birdman's Michael Keaton, Edward Norton and Emma Stone; Boyhood's Richard Linklater and Patricia Arquette; The Theory of Everything's Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones; Whiplash's Damien Chazelle and … [Read more...] about Oscar Nominees Lunch With Academy, Party at THR Event as Final Voting Approaches
Oscars: How John Bailey Was Elected Academy President
The election of cinematographer John Bailey to become the 34th president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, at Tuesday night's meeting of the Academy's board of governors, will shock many who wake up to the news on Wednesday morning, since he wasn't one of the candidates widely expected to run for the position. So how did he wind up prevailing? Inside the board room on the seventh floor of the Academy's Wilshire Blvd. headquarters, actress Laura Dern, the presumptive frontrunner for the position, was indeed nominated — but she declined the nomination, citing her busy schedule, and instead threw her support behind David Rubin, the casting director who was thought to be her only serious rival for the job, with the possible exception of documentarian Rory Kennedy. In the end, only two people were nominated: Rubin and Bailey, a veteran director of photography whose credits include 1980's Ordinary People, 1983's The Big Chill and 1993's Groundhog Day. Both accepted … [Read more...] about Oscars: How John Bailey Was Elected Academy President
Academy Museum COO Steps Down
Rich Cherry, the COO of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science's currently-in-construction film museum, has resigned after just one year in the position, a spokesperson for the museum confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter. A statement from the museum spokesperson read: “The Academy is grateful to Rich Cherry for his service over the past year as our Chief Operating Officer. During his time with the Museum, he helped guide us effectively through a critical period of construction and institutional planning. Rich will remain with the Museum through the end of February. We wish him success as he focuses on his museum consultancy firm. The Museum has begun a search for the next COO.”Cherry joined the museum as COO in February last year, after having previously overseen construction of The Broad museum downtown.The museum's construction was originally slated to be finished in 2017, but had been delayed until early 2019. … [Read more...] about Academy Museum COO Steps Down