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3 days ago · The Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay is the Academy Award (also known as an Oscar) for the best screenplay not based upon previously published material. It was created in 1940 as a separate writing award from the Academy Award for Best Story .
9 hours ago · The Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony Awards are presided over by industry bodies based in the United States, and as of 2024, 14 out of the 19 EGOT winners were American nationals. The remaining five ― John Gielgud, Audrey Hepburn, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Tim Rice, and Elton John ― were British.
3 days ago · Most awards or nominations. Most awards won by a single film: 11. Three films have won 11 Academy Awards: Ben-Hur (1959): nominated in 12 of the 15 possible categories. Titanic (1997): nominated in 14 of the 17 possible categories. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003): nominated in 11 of the 17 possible categories.
2 days ago · Leo Chaloukian, multiple Emmy Award-winning American sound designer/sound executive/entrepreneur, and former chair of the Television Academy, passed away Thursday, July 18, at the age of 97. Active professionally into his 80s, Chaloukian began his storied sound career at Ryder Sound Service in 1954, becoming an award-winning re-recording mixer and eventually the sole owner in 1976.
2 days ago · Leo Chaloukian, a multi-Emmy Award-winning sound designer and former chair of the Television Academy, died July 18. He was 97. During his 60-year career in sound, Chaloukian won four national ...
3 days ago · Five-time Oscar-nominated sound mixer Tod A. Maitland, whose credits range from Steven Spielberg’s “West Side Story” to Oliver Stone’s “JFK,” will receive the Cinema Audio Society Career Achievement Award during the 61st annual CAS Awards on Feb. 22. Maitland has more than 100 credits and has earned Academy Award nominations for “West Side Story” (2022), …
9 hours ago · July 26, 2024. Pablo Munguía. Image by Olga Carrillo Photography. The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences nominated 21 Berklee alumni for Emmy Awards on Wednesday, July 17. This year's nominees were recognized for their mixing, editing, and music composition contributions to the industry’s biggest programs and events.
