Vanity Fair party changing locations
Oscar-night soiree leaves Mortons for Craft
The Vanity Fair Oscar-night party, held at Mortons for the past 14 years, is changing its venue to Craft in Century City.

Academy sets overseas entries
Taiwan, Israel come up with new submissions
New selections from Taiwan and Israel were among the record 63 entries for the foreign-language Oscar that include pics from first-timers Azerbaijan and Ireland.

Paramount puts out 'Fire' screeners
6,000 Oscar voters to receive DVD Friday
In another sign that kudos campaigns are getting innovative in a jam-packed season, 6,000 Oscar voters will receive a screener of DreamWorks-Paramount's "Things We Lost in the Fire" on Friday -- the same day the film opens in theaters.

Oscar deems 'Band's Visit' ineligible
Israeli film bizzers disappointed
Israeli film industry insiders expressed disappointment after the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences ruled "The Band's Visit," the nation's submission in the foreign-language Oscar category, ineligible because a good portion of the film's dialogue is in English.

Working Title back in Oscar race
'Atonement' among season's early front runners
Working Title co-heads Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner have the best of both worlds. They're the big fish at the top of the British film pond, drawing top scripts and directors. At the same time, they boast a rich seven-year first-look deal with Universal Pictures.

AMPAS sets shortlist for docu shorts
Academy cuts 23 eligible films down to eight
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences has released its shortlist of documentary shorts up for Oscar nom consideration.

Academy preps Science Demonstration
Technical presentation to be held Oct. 16
The Scientific and Technical Academy Awards Demonstrations will take place Oct. 16, with presentations made for seven of the 15 devices currently considered for the 2007 Oscar.

Academy alters documentary rules
Films can screen for seven days in L.A., N.Y.
Feature-length documentarians have been given some slack under the rules that determine their films' eligibility for Oscar.

'Knot' is China's Oscar entry
Melodrama by Yi Lin is mainland's submission
After a tense political row and some frantic maneuvering by mainland movie mandarins, the Film Bureau in Beijing has announced that the wartime drama "The Knot" is China's entry in the foreign-language Oscar category.

Russia, Chile pick Oscar entries
'12,' 'Our Father' enter race
Helmer Nikita Mikhalkov, whose “Burnt by the Sun” took the foreign language film Oscar in 1995, will rep Russia for the fourth time with latest pic “12,” while Colombia and Chile have selected pics from newcomers to represent them in the foreign language Oscar race.

 

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