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Since the early days of film, there've been stunt designers and performers who make leaping through glass windows, flipping cars and escaping from burning buildings look realistic. Now, they have the chance to get an Oscar for it. Thanks to the campaigning of former stunt performer and "The Fall Guy" director David Leitch, the Academy Board of Governors approved a new category for stunt design, which will start in 2027. Here's more from @Variety. Tell us in the comments the most impressive or memorable movie or TV stunt you can think of.

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Ben Jenkin on the set of THE FALL GUY, directed by David Leitch
Variety · Oscars Add Best Stunt Design CategoryAv Katcy Stephan

Boiling Point: Not a great year for #climatechange at #Oscars
For second year, nonprofit firm Good Energy applied Climate Reality Check to #Oscar-nominated films. Intended as a #climate version of Bechdel test, which measures representation of women, Climate Reality Check tests whether movie & characters acknowledge #globalwarming
Climate silence “does feel a little striking after the harrowing year we’ve all had,” Good Energy Anna Jane Joyner said
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An Oscars statue at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.
Los Angeles Times · Boiling Point: Not a great year for climate change at the OscarsHardly any Academy Award-nominated films mentioned global warming.
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Update: AMPAS's governors have apologized for their initial statement over Israeli authorities' treatment of Palestinian Oscar winner Hamdan Ballal. “On Wednesday, we sent a letter in response to reports of violence against Oscar winner Hamdan Ballal, co-director of No Other Land, connected to his artistic expression,” CEO Bill Kramer and President Janet Yang wrote to members today. “We regret that we failed to directly acknowledge Mr. Ballal and the film by name.” They continued: “We sincerely apologize to Mr. Ballal and all artists who felt unsupported by our previous statement and want to make it clear that the Academy condemns violence of this kind anywhere in the world. We abhor the suppression of free speech under any circumstances.” @Deadline has more details and context to share,

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No Other Land
Deadline · Academy Apologizes For Not Naming ‘No Other Land’ Or Its Co-Director In Statement Denouncing Attacks On ArtistsAv Erik Pedersen

"The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has convened an extraordinary meeting to address a crisis over its tepid response to the arrest and detention of Oscar-winning director Hamdan Ballal, of the documentary No Other Land, by Israeli authorities."

"tepid"

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The Guardian · Academy board convenes over No Other Land director’s detention after criticism over initial responseAv Adrian Horton

The governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS, the organization that gives out the Oscars) have met today to discuss their "belated and tepid" response to the beating and detention of Oscar-winning Palestinian documentarian Hamdan Ballal. Leading members of the Academy including Olivia Colman, Javier Bardem, Emma Thompson, Ava DuVernay and Adam McKay signed a letter demanding a more forceful response to Ballal's treatment by Israeli authorities, saying the original statement "fell far short of the sentiments this moment calls for." Here's more from @Deadline.

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'No Other Land' Oscars controversy
Deadline · Academy Governors Hold Urgent Meeting On ‘No Other Land’ Crisis As Oscar Winners Blast Tepid AMPAS Response To Filmmaker’s BeatingAv Matthew Carey
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#Oscars winner kidnapped by #IDF #Nazis!

"Hamdan Ballal, the co-director of the Oscar-winning documentary #NoOtherLand, has been arrested by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank after he was beaten and injured by Israeli settlers.

“A group of settlers just lynched Hamdan Ballal, co-director of our film No Other Land. They beat him and he has injuries in his head and stomach, bleeding.”

“Soldiers invaded the ambulance he called, and took him. No sign of him since.” More above the fold.