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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.

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.

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.

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