Bill Mechanic
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Bill Mechanic’s Academy Exit Blasts CEO Dawn Hudson, Inclusion Efforts, #MeToo Response
“We have failed to the move the Oscars into the modern age, despite decades of increased competition and declining ratings,” Mechanic writes
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‘Hacksaw Ridge’ Producer Bill Mechanic Resigns From Film Academy Board
Mechanic, who co-produced the Academy Awards show in 2010, gives no reason for departure
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Women Outnumber Men on Academy’s Shortlist for Screenwriting Honor
Seven of the 13 screenwriting finalists for the 2016 Academy Nicholl Fellowships are women
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Academy Doesn’t Show Much Appetite for Change in Board of Governors Voting
Election doubles African-Americans, but female representation could actually drop with one branch runoff remaining
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‘Game of Thrones’ Michiel Huisman Joining Natalie Dormer, Teresa Palmer in Two Thrillers (Exclusive)
He replaces Benjamin Walker in Paul Currie’s “2:22” and is in talks to co-star in Jason Zada’s “The Forest”
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Pierce Brosnan, William Hurt’s ‘The Moon and the Sun’ Gets Spring 2015 Release Date
Sean McNamara’s adaptation of Vonda N. McIntyre’s historical romance novel stars Brosnan as King Louis XIV
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Oscar Gets Fancier Envelopes, Gentler Phrase
Redesign of iconic Oscar envelope comes as Academy brings back “and the Oscar goes to” after last year’s “and the winner is” experiment
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Shankman and Mechanic on Oscar Eve: ‘We Were Stifled by Academy Dictums’
Still, the telecast co-producers tell TheWrap they’ve “gone further than anybody has ever gone in stretching the boundaries.”
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Oscar Producer Mechanic: The Show Will Be ‘Emotional’
“This has a chance of being something exceptional, as opposed to just good”
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Oscars’ Mechanic Defends Axing Best-Song Performances
Dancers will be showcased in two big numbers, one of them said to be unlike any previous Oscars dance number ever
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Academy Unveils ‘Fabulous Bling’ of Oscar Set
Idea of modernist set is to immerse viewers in the movies, says designer
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Two Producers Usually a Crowd for Oscar
On the rare occasions when the Academy uses a pair of producers, the result can be a neat division of labor … or big confusion.
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New Producers: Views From the Trenches
Crew members weigh in on a production team that’s new to live television.
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Mechanic, Shankman — What’s Next for Oscar?
The big question now is whether the choice of host will fall toward the Shankman side of the scale.
