Two-time Academy Award®-winning actor Tom Hanks, Academy Award®-winning actress Halle Berry and three-time Academy Award®-nominated actor Tom Cruise will be among the presenters of the 84th Academy Awards ceremony, telecast producers Brian Grazer and Don Mischer announced. Tom Hanks is also a governor of the Academy and has won consecutive Oscars® in 1993 and 1994 [...]
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84th Academy Awards® Nominations; Payne Up for Another OSCAR
Beverly Hills, CA – Nominations for the 84th Academy Awards were announced today (Tuesday, January 24) by Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Tom Sherak and 2010 Oscar® nominee Jennifer Lawrence. Sherak and Lawrence, who was nominated for an Academy Award® for her lead performance in “Winter’s Bone,” announced the nominees in 10 [...]
63 Countries Vie for 2011 Foreign Language Film OSCAR
Sixty-three countries, including first-time entrant New Zealand, have submitted films for consideration in the Foreign Language Film category for the 84th Academy Awards®. “Attenberg” directed by Athena Rachel Tsagkari was selected by the Greek Film Academy to be submitted in the Foreign Film category for Oscar consideration. In the film stars Yorgos Lanthimos, director of [...]
Christina Kounelias Named Chief Marketing Officer For The Motion Picture Academy
Christina Kounelias has been named to the newly created post of Chief Marketing Officer for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, it was announced today by Academy CEO Dawn Hudson. Kounelias will assume her new role on August 1 and will report directly to Hudson. “As the Academy expands and fosters the achievements [...]
2011 Oscar Winners: “King’s Speech” Best Motion Picture
“King’s Speech” was named Best Motion Picture at the 83rd Annual Academy Awards. The ceremony took place on Sunday February 27th at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, California. Many Greeks were part of the show. Greek film “Dogtooth” was nominated in the best foreign film category but the academy gave the Oscar to Denmark’s entry, [...]
Exclusive Coverage and Interviews from the 83rd Academy Awards Red Carpet
Celebrities from all four corners of the Earth arrived at the Kodak Theater to walk the Oscars Red Carpet and attend the event that was held in the Kodak Theatre. Greek Reporter’s Gianfilippo De Rossi, Christina Aloupi and Kosta Poulos were there to get exclusive coverage and and bring to you the feeling of the [...]
Consul General of Greece in Los Angeles and LAGFF Honor “Dogtooth” Team
On Thursday February 27th the consul general of Greece in Los Angeles, Elisavet Fotiadou, held a gala at her residence in honor of the cast and crew of Oscar nominated “Dogtooth”. Key Greek-Americans of the entertainment industry were invited to the event and met with “Dogtooth’s” film-making team. Sponsors of the evening included Cat Cora’s [...]
Sid Ganis Talks about the Upcoming Oscars and “Dogtooth”
The Vice President (and former President) of the Academy in an exclusive video interview about the upcoming Oscars and Greece’s nomination.
83rd Academy Awards Nominations Announced; “Dogtooth” Included
Nominations for the 83rd Academy Awards were announced today (Tuesday, January 25) by Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Tom Sherak and 2009 Oscar® winner Mo’Nique. Sherak and Mo’Nique, who won an Academy Award® for her supporting performance in “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire,” announced the nominees in 10 of [...]
“Dogtooth” Advances to the Foreign Language Films Oscar® Race
Nine films will advance to the next round of voting in the Foreign Language Film category for the 83rd Academy Awards®. Among them is Greece’s submission “Dogtooth”. Sixty-six films had originally qualified in the category. The films, listed in alphabetical order by country, are: Algeria, “Hors la Loi” (“Outside the Law”), Rachid Bouchareb, director; Canada, [...]
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02 / 08 Maria Menounos Strips Down to a Bikini for Losing Super Bowl Bet
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02 / 06 The Lead in Zalman King’s Final Film Reveals the Erotic Maestro’s Personality
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02 / 06 Superbowl XLVI: The Greek “Players” of the Game
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02 / 02 Hanks, Berry & Cruise to Present at the 84th Academy Awards
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04 / 03 Tom Hanks Celebrates Good Friday with Greek Orthodox Community
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