Sid Ganis

  • A Visit to Iran; What’s That All About?

    What to make of things when a group of well-meaning Hollywood liberals flies into the mouth of the lion’s den by suddenly visiting Iran? Some of us are left thinking that there must be more here than meets the eye. After all, no one in Hollywood wakes up the day of the Oscars and thinks:…

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  • Updated: Annette Bening in Tehran Group Visit

    Annette Bening joined a delegation of Hollywood dignitaries led by AMPAS president Sid Ganis in an historic visit to Tehran.

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  • How Celebrity Culture Killed the Oscars

    Here is the show’s equivalent of global warming: The Oscars rely on our fascination with celebrity, all too easily satisfied elsewhere.

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    Maria Russo

  • About That Fake Oscar List? What If It’s Right?

      What is hilarious about a list of “Oscar winners” circulating for the last couple of days around the Internet is how obviously a fraud it is. As most everyone in Hollywood know, the winners are tallied by PriceWaterhouseCooper up to just before the ceremony. It’s not as if some committee at the Academy of…

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  • Declining Ratings, Secret Plans – Can The Oscars Be Saved?

    You tell us, we’ll tell you. TheWrap tries to get to the bottom of what is working and what isn’t, starting with a Grilling of AMPAS President Sid Ganis.

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    Sharon Waxman