Movies
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is restructuring its archive and library, cutting 16 staff members as part of a strategic effort to consolidate preservation efforts.
Hollywood Inc.
Amazon MGM Studios will join the MPA, which already represents Disney, Paramount, Sony, Universal, Warner Bros. Discovery and Netflix.
Entertainment & Arts
The latest installment of Pacific Standard Time, the museum series that this year is titled ‘PST Art: Art & Science collide,’ has arrived. Here’s our shortlist of exhibitions and events.
With L.A. burning, many have called for the Oscars to be canceled. Film academy CEO Bill Kramer tells The Times that the March 2 ceremony will proceed, with ‘special moments’ acknowledging first responders.
World & Nation
Judge Dale E. Ho in Manhattan set the hearing in a written order Tuesday as his first response to the government’s Friday request to dismiss the charges.
The activist art collective Indecline projects graphic videos onto symbolic L.A. buildings, including the Academy Museum and the ArcLight Cinema, to call for a cease-fire in Gaza.
Television Academy Chairman Cris Abrego and President Maury McIntyre hope to increase the organization’s role advocating for its nearly 30,000 member during a trip to Washington.
Awards
Timothée Chalamet or Adrien Brody? Demi Moore or Fernanda Torres? We have our hunches, but they could be upended on the night of the Oscars.
Television
PETA filed a new motion Wednesday asking the court to compel ‘Chimp Crazy’ star Tonia Haddix and her alleged accomplices to show why they should not be held in contempt of court, detailing evidence that aired in the HBO docuseries.
Vote and take in a museum to calm your election day anxiety; later in the week, Sophia Loren and ‘Waiting for Godot,’ starring Rainn Wilson and Aasif Mandvi, come to town.