Motion Picture Academy’s annual Scientific and Technical Awards ceremony, which was among events postponed due to the L.A.

This will include a presentation of an Academy Award of Merit – an Oscar statuette – which is handed out at the discretion of the Academy, to broadly recognize “all the individuals who have ...

In addition, an Academy Award of Merit — the only Oscar statuette to be handed out at the ceremony this year — will be presented to collectively recognize “all the individuals who have developed and ...

Fourteen scientific advancements in the film industry — ranging from visual effects systems to “burn gels” to camera stabilization equipment — were named Monday as winners of the Academy of Motion ...

A year ago, films like Avatar (with its sci-fi eco-gospel) and The Road (with its depictions of a lonely, post-apocalyptic world) duked it out for Oscar statuettes. This year, films competing for the ...