Oscars

Writers Guild Votes to End Strike, Return to Work

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on February 13, 2008 - 7:46am.

Los Angeles - Members of the Writers Guild of America (WGA) voted overwhelmingly Tuesday evening to end their over three-month-long strike, meaning that most were back at work writing television show and movie scripts on Wednesday. The WGA said that 92.5% of votes cast were in favor of ending the strike; members will next vote on Feb. 25 to ratify the tentative three-year contract with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP). "The strike is over. Our membership has voted, and writers can go back to work," said Patric M. Verrone, president of the Writers Guild of America, West.

Academy Files Trademark Lawsuit Against Oscarwatch.com

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on May 7, 2007 - 11:46am.

Los Angeles - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), which organizes the Academy Awards, last week filed a trademark infringement lawsuit against the owner of the website Oscarwatch.com, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Oscars.com vs Youtube.com and the value of hosting on Gootube

Authored by Mark Cuban on February 28, 2007 - 2:25pm.

Comscore released data saying that 139k people visited Oscar.com on Oscar Sunday. Seperately, Mashable reported that the Oscars asked Youtube to remove videos from the show that had been uploaded. In the same report, Mashable had a screen capture that showed that an Oscar Comedy Musical video had been viewed more than 200k times. Lets say that those 200k views translate into about 100k actual people viewing the video.

Academy Demands YouTube Remove Oscars Video Clips

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on February 28, 2007 - 11:07am.

Los Angeles - Google's YouTube video-sharing site is complying with a request sent Tuesday by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences to remove unauthorized clips of Sunday night's Oscars telecast, Variety reported.

Best Oscar Commercial? Who else: Apple

Authored by Scott Goldberg on February 25, 2007 - 9:13pm.

As they are for the Super Bowl, new (and pricey) commercials are synonymous with the Oscars. And in a night of varying success in that regard, the winner was Apple with its “Hello” commercial, the first iPhone television ad. What separated it from other Apple launches was the element of surprise; the viewer didn’t know the ad’s product until the end, when the iPhone appeared. But it did so without showing the Apple logo and the iPhone name, the message being: You already know this phone’s name and the company that makes it. And they were right.

Motorola to Gift New MOTORIZR Z3 Phones to Oscar Nominees

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on February 2, 2007 - 1:19pm.

Los Angeles - Motorola announced on Friday that it will debut its new MOTORIZR Z3 mobile phone at the 79th Annual Academy Awards, when it presents each of the top 25 nominees in the directing and four acting categories with the phone. The handsets will be housed in custom made boxes, and will come pre-loaded with 10 new songs from emerging artists.

LA Times Opens User Voting Pool for Grammys, Golden Globes and Oscars

Authored by dmw on January 4, 2007 - 11:32am.

The Los Angeles Times yesterday launched an online voting pool for the Grammys and Golden Globes titled The Road To Gold. The interactive feature allows awards enthusiasts to test their “insider” knowledge against actual award voters and other online participants. In addition, private pools can be created for friends, family and coworkers. An Oscar-oriented game will launch once the Academy Awards nominations have been announced on January 23rd. Participants can fill out a ballot to vote for their favorite movie, TV and music nominees by logging onto The Envelope.

Oscars Gift Bags to Feature Motorola PEBL Phones

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on February 15, 2006 - 9:13am.

Los Angeles - Motorola said on Wednesday that the gift bags for top directing and acting nominees at this year's Academy Awards will include a special edition Motorola PEBL mobile phone, along with its H700 Bluetooth headset and 3 months of T-Mobile wireless service.