dollars to a film museum in Los Angeles, California. It reports that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (MPAS) Film Museum announced the promised donation on April 8, 2013 and said it would name the premiere theater as The David Geffen Theater. The article also states that ...
NFMLA and the Film Academy are teaming to co-host a virtual edition of the annual NFMLA Film Festival InFocus: Latinx and Hispanic Cinema Festival.
"But with all due respect, a place like Los Angeles, created by the Motion Picture Academy... this museum has really got to be the Parthenon of such places." Upon opening, the museum -- run by the Oscar-awarding Academy -- will be the largest film-dedicated museum in North America....
Created by the same organization behind the Oscars, theAcademy Museum of Motion Picturesis replete with cinema history, from movie props and historical artifacts to director-focused exhibitions. It’s not huge by any means at 50,000 square feet (the Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s buildings...
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Cicada, Downtown Los Angeles Sheer torture... Yes,Eli Rothfans, there really is aMuseum of Torture– and itisthe one seen inHostel. It's not in Slovakia, though, but in the beautiful Medieval village ofČeský Krumlov, in theCzech Republic, where much of the film was shot. It's ...
Academy preservationists Cassie Blake and Tessa Idlewine discuss curating horror trailers for their "Don't Go into the Vault" show on October 12.
Daniel Day-Lewis won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of Abraham Lincoln in Steven Spielberg's 2012 film, Lincoln. Day-Lewis originally turned down the role, but revisited the project after Liam Neeson dropped out. Age: 67 Birthplace: London, England, UK Dig Deeper Forge...
Los Angeles first set its sights on a film museum in the 1920s, but it wasn’t until 2012 that architect Renzo Piano was commissioned to build a space grand enough to show off the Academy’s treasures. Funding poured in as Tom Hanks, Bob Iger,Anna Kendrickand Annette Bening led fundraisi...
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