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You can now meet Bruce the Shark in the flesh.

A California judge denied Roman Polanski’s bid to be reinstated to the Academy of Motion Pictures and Sciences, the organization behind the Oscars. The controversial director sued the Academy in April 2019 after it expelled him in May 2018, alleging he had been thrown out without any warning or fair process. The director behind “Rosemary’s …

In a compacted election period due to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced the candidates who have been elected to its Board of Governors. Among the six voted in for their first term on the board are Ava DuVernay (“Selma,” “When They See Us”) for …

Protesters gathered on Friday at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to support the Black Lives Matter movement. The protest comes one day after David Oyelowo, who starred in the 2014 best picture nominee “Selma” as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., revealed that Oscar voters were angered by the cast wearing T-shirts that …

The Academy Museum is now the proud owner of Florence Pugh’s iconic floral dress from “Midsommar.” The organization behind the Oscars was the highest bidder in an auction held by A24, with proceeds going to coronavirus relief efforts. The final bid went for $65,000, per A24’s website, though the Academy Museum declined to confirm the …