AI-generated actors and scripts are now ineligible for Oscars

AI-generated actors and scripts are now ineligible for Oscars

The organization behind the Academy Awards released new Oscar rules on Friday, including several that address the use of generative artificial intelligence. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said that only performances “credited in the film’s legal billing and demonstrably performed by humans with their consent” will be eligible for Academy Awards. Similarly,…

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Egypt’s Oscar Hopeful ‘Happy Birthday’ Follows an 8-Year-Old Maid Who Is a Class Act in a World of Classism

Egypt’s Oscar Hopeful ‘Happy Birthday’ Follows an 8-Year-Old Maid Who Is a Class Act in a World of Classism

This Oscar season, you may find yourself falling in love with an eight-year-old maid and celebrating Happy Birthday. That is the title of the coming-of-age drama film, directed and co-written by Sarah Goher in her feature directorial debut, which is Egypt’s submission for the best international feature category at the 2026 Oscars. Jamie Foxx is a…

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Oscars: Sweden Picks ‘Eagles of the Republic’ as Best Int’l Feature Submission

Oscars: Sweden Picks ‘Eagles of the Republic’ as Best Int’l Feature Submission

Sweden is sending Eagles of the Republic to the Oscars 2026, on Wednesday, unveiling it as its official entry for the best international feature film category at the Academy Awards.  Tarik Saleh (Dark and Clever Conspiracy Thriller) wrote and directed the political thriller, starring Fares Fares, Lyna Khoudri and Zineb Triki, is set in the powerful and glamorous Egyptian film…

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Film Academy’s Longtime Theater Manager Richard Stermer Is Retiring (Exclusive)

Film Academy’s Longtime Theater Manager Richard Stermer Is Retiring (Exclusive)

Richard Stermer, one of the longest-serving employees of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, is retiring, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. For LA-based members of the Academy, that’s very big news. Why? Because Stermer, since 1994, has been a fixture at the 1,000-seat Samuel Goldwyn Theater within the Academy’s Beverly Hills headquarters — initially…

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Marlee Matlin Makes Plea for Greater Accessibility as Oscar SciTech Awards Honors Captioning

Marlee Matlin Makes Plea for Greater Accessibility as Oscar SciTech Awards Honors Captioning

Marlee Matlin made an appearance at the 2025 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Scientific and Technical Awards Tuesday night to accept an Academy Award of Merit recognizing “all the individuals who have developed and supported captioning technology, whether open or closed, for film.” In receiving the Oscar statuette, which will remain at the…

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Oscars: Film Academy Revokes, Then Reinstates Screenings Access for Widows and Widowers After Backlash

Oscars: Film Academy Revokes, Then Reinstates Screenings Access for Widows and Widowers After Backlash

Over the past week, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences terminated — briefly and, the organization insists, inadvertently — a longstanding courtesy that it had afforded to widows and widowers of people who had been members of the organization, sparking considerable backlash. For at least the past few decades, the Academy has allowed widows…

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