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Academy Museum to honor Sophia Loren, Haile Gerima at gala
Read full article: Academy Museum to honor Sophia Loren, Haile Gerima at galaDirector Haile Gerima appears at the 65th edition of the Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy, on Sept. 2, 2008, left, and Sophia Loren arrives at the Governors Awards in Los Angeles on Oct. 27, 2019. Loren and independent filmmaker Haile Gerima will be honored with special awards by the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures. (Photos by Andrew Medichini/AP, left, and Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures is assembling a star-studded cast for its opening gala in September. Italian screen legend Sophia Loren and independent filmmaker Haile Gerima will be honored with special awards, and Tom Hanks, Annette Bening and Bob Iger are being saluted for their efforts to raise $388 million for the long gestating museum, the organization said Monday. Designed by architect Renzo Piano, The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures is located at the corner of Wilshire Boulevard and Fairfax Avenue in the historic Saban Building.
Academy Museum details plan for inaugural Miyazaki exhibit
Read full article: Academy Museum details plan for inaugural Miyazaki exhibitThe Academy Museum of Motion Pictures is finally opening its doors in Los Angeles in April with an exhibit celebrating the works of the legendary Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki. Envisioned as a journey through his six-decade career, itโs the first of its kind in North America and will have over 300 objects on display, organizers said Thursday. โMiyazakiโs genius is his power of remembering what he sees,โ said Studio Ghibli co-founder Toshio Suzuki. Visitors will enter the temporary exhibit, which is organized thematically into seven sections, following Mei, the four-year-old heroine of โMy Neighbor Totoro,โ into the โTree Tunnelโ gallery. The museum will also organize film screenings in Japanese and English.