Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Film academy expels Roman Polanski and Bill Cosby over sex crimes

The lawyer for the Jewish director, who allegedly raped a 13-year-old before fleeing the United States, said he would appeal the decision.

May 4, 2018 5:00 am

Harvey Weinstein expelled from Oscars academy amid mounting allegations by women

An emergency meeting of the academy’s board “voted well in excess of the required two-thirds majority,” the body that awards the Oscars said in a statement.

October 15, 2017 9:42 am

Israeli student filmmaker’s documentary to be entered in Oscar race

Maya Sarfaty, a Tel Aviv University graduate, will receive a gold medal for her film about a love affair between an SS guard and a young Jewish woman at Auschwitz.

August 30, 2016 6:27 am