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Sacheen Littlefeather, who spoke for Marlon Brando at Oscars, dies at 75

The Native American actress took the stage when Brando won for ‘The Godfather,’ saying he declined the Academy Award to protest ‘the treatment of American Indians today by the film industry.’

Chicago Sun-Times

Academy Unearths Long-lost 'Race Films' in Black Cinema Exhibit

Long before Denzel Washington, Spike Lee or even Sidney Poitier, generations of pioneering and revolutionary Black US filmmakers played a key role in shaping early American cinema and dispelling pejorative stereotypes, a major new Hollywood exhibition argues. "Regeneration: Black Cinema 1898–1971," opening at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Film Academy Apologizes to Littlefeather for 1973 Oscars

Nearly 50 years after Sacheen Littlefeather stood on the Academy Awards stage on behalf of Marlon Brando to speak about the depiction of Native Americans in Hollywood films, the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences apologized to her for the abuse she endured. The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures…

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The Academy to apologise to Native American actress Sacheen Littlefeather

The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures says it will host an evening of “conversation, healing and performances” hosted by Native American activist and actress Sacheen Littlefeather.

Irish Independent

The Academy apologizes to Sacheen Littlefeather for her treatment at the 1973 Oscars

In 1973, Sacheen Littlefeather spoke on behalf of Marlon Brando at the Oscars about the depiction of Native Americans in Hollywood films.

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Film academy apologizes to Littlefeather for 1973 Oscars

Nearly 50 years after Sacheen Littlefeather stood on the Academy Awards stage on behalf of Marlon Brando to speak about the depiction of Native Americans in Hollywood, the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences has apologized to her for the abuse she endured

The Independent UK

Did departing academy chief Dawn Hudson ruin the Oscars — or save them?

LOS ANGELES — When Dawn Hudson stood before the board of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in spring 2011 to make her pitch for the newly created job of chief executive, the organization appeared to be operating on cruise control.

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Academy Museum to honor Julia Roberts at 2nd annual gala

Julia Roberts will be honored by the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures at its second annual gala in October

The Independent UK

Chicago’s Jacqueline Stewart director and president of Academy Museum of Motion Pictures

Stewart is a Chicago native and a 2021 MacArthur Foundation Fellow known for her contributions to film studies and advocacy for film preservation.

Chicago Sun-Times

Jacqueline Stewart to lead Academy Museum of Motion Pictures

Film scholar Jacqueline Stewart has been named the next director and president of the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles

The Independent UK

Stuffed into a shoebox, seized by the FBI: the amazing fates of Hollywood’s greatest dresses

Kim Kardashian caused outrage recently by wearing a gorgeous souffle silk that once adorned Marilyn Monroe. But what happened to other magnificent outfits – and why did no one realise their eye-popping value?

The Guardian - UK

Academy names new CEO after years of Oscars drama, reforms

Los Angeles (AFP) - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences named its new CEO Tuesday, ending a tumultuous 11 years under Dawn Hudson that included the #OscarsSoWhite controversy, a huge expansion of the group's membership -- and Will Smith's infamous slap.

AFP

Academy Museum took heat for its handling of Hollywood’s Jewish founders. A fix is coming

LOS ANGELES — Change is hard, messy and almost always imperfectly implemented — for every two people it pleases there is at least one who’s ticked off.

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