Topic: Sid Ganis

ABC Picks Up 'Poe', 'Pan Am' Drama Pilots, Two Multicamera Comedies

Deadline Hollywood - 386 days ago
UPDATE 1:40 PM: After just picking up a period soap, Pan Am, ABC has also greenlighted a period PI show. In its second drama pilot order today and...

Oscars then and now: A look at 1939's 10 nominees

Reuters US Online Report Entertainment News - 744 days ago
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - In June, when Sid Ganis, then president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, made the surprise announcement that Oscar's best picture race would expand to 10 nominees this year, he was flanked by a ...

Oscars' best picture race: 10 in 2010

Reuters US Online Report Entertainment News - 966 days ago
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - There will be 10, count 'em 10, nominees for best picture when the nominations for the 82nd Annual Academy Awards are announced February 2.In a move designed to let more movies share in the limelight that surrounds ...

Oscars double down with 10 best-picture nominees

AP News - 966 days ago
Oscars double down with 10 best-picture nominees, opening door for action flicks, comediesThe Academy Awards will have 10 best-picture nominees instead of the usual five starting next year, improving the odds for films such as " The Dark Knight," a fan and critic ...

Oscars doubling best picture nominee to 10

AFP Global Edition - 967 days ago
Oscar organizers said Wednesday they will double the number of best picture nominees for the 2010 awards to ten.Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences president Sid Ganis announced the decision at a press briefing at the Academy headquarters. "After more ...

Oscar nominations eve is all-nighter for workers

AP News - 1120 days ago
Oscar nominations eve is a long, sleepless, top-secret night for film academy workersIf filmmakers and movie stars lose sleep the night before the Academy Award nominations are announced, they are not alone.Nearly 100 workers spent a sleepless night preparing for Thursday ...

Film museum to celebrate Hollywood

AP News - 1561 days ago
Motion Picture Academy's Film Museum Aims to Capture Essence of Hollywood and MoviesAfter honoring the movie business with Oscars for nearly 80 years, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is planning to celebrate cinema in still another way — on ...