Actress and producer Viola Davis and film editor and sound designer Walter Murch received Doctorates of Fine Arts degrees, honoris causa, “for contributions of distinction to the art of the moving image” at the AFI Conservatory’s Class of 2025 commencement ceremony.
The American Film Institute (AFI) will confer a Doctorate of Fine Arts degree honoris causa for contributions of distinction to the art of the moving image upon actress and producer Viola Davis and film editor and sound designer Walter Murch at the AFI Conservatory’s commencement ceremony celebrating the Class of 2025.
The Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has voted to present Academy Honorary Awards to Debbie Allen, Tom Cruise and Wynn Thomas, and the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award to Dolly Parton. The four Oscar® statuettes will be presented at the Academy’s 16th Governors Awards on November 16, 2025.
Presley Chweneyagae, the South African actor known for starring in Tsotsi, which won the Academy Award for Foreign Language Film at the 78th Academy Awards has died. He was 40 years old.
Steven Spielberg and George Lucas presented Francis Ford Coppola with the American Film Institute (AFI) 50th AFI Life Achievement Award on Saturday at a Gala Tribute at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.
Former Academy President Richard Kahn passed away Saturday, April 5, in Los Angeles, the Academy has announced in statement. He was 95.
Daniel Battsek has been appointed President of Film at Lincoln Center (FLC), the NYC organization dedicated to the art of cinema and home to the New York Film Festival. He assumes his new role starting May 1, 2025.
Val Kilmer, the actor known for roles in films such as Top Gun, Batman Forever, The Doors, and the documentary Val passed away on April 1, 2025, at the age of 65.
The White Lotus actor Jason Isaacs will receive the Precious Gem Award at the Miami Dade College’s (MDC) Miami Film Festival (MFF) taking place from April 3-13, 2025.
Tom Cruise is being honored by the BFI with its highest honor, a BFI Fellowship, for his achievements as an “extraordinary, versatile” actor and his contribution to the UK film industry.
Legendary actor Gene Hackman, 95, and his wife Betsy Arakawa, 64, were discovered dead at their residence in Santa Fe, New Mexico, on Wednesday, February 26, 2025. The Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office responded to a call at approximately 1:45 p.m., arriving at the couple’s home on Old Sunset Trail in Hyde Park, where they found both Hackman and Arakawa, along with their dog, dead at the scene.
Former Vice President Kamala Harris will be honored with the Chairman’s Award at the “56th NAACP Image Awards” airing live from the Pasadena Civic Auditorium on Saturday, February 22, on BET and CBS.