The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences are holding a special exhibit called, “Crew Call 2011: Celebrating the Crafts”, which features in studio and on set photos taken by members of The Society of Motion Picture Still Photographers. The exhibition will be held September 9th – December 18th at The Academy Grand Lobby Gallery in Beverly Hills. [Read more…]
National Public Radio (NPR) has broadcast a radio feature about the world of the prop master, talking with principals from History for Hire, ISS Props, and The Handprop Room and others. [Read more…]
Tom Spina and his amazing restoration of an original American Werewolf in London piece created by Academy Award-winning special effects master Rick Baker and owned by Bob Burns, as covered back in 2008, is now the focus of a new video feature published by Tom Spina Designs on YouTube. [Read more…]
The Heritage Auction Galleries has published on their website the online catalog and listings for their upcoming event, “Signature Music & Entertainment Memorabilia Auction – Auction #7018”, to be held April 9-11, 2010. This will be their first entertainment memorabilia auction event at their new facility in Beverly Hills, California.
While visiting the California Museum to view the “Out of This World” exhibit back in October, I took some photos of an unrelated display of Jack Nicholson memorabilia. [Read more…]
The Heritage Auction Galleries website now offers the online catalog and listings for their upcoming event, “Signature Music & Entertainment Memorabilia Auction – Auction #7011”, to be held November 6-7, 2009 in Dallas, Texas.
Costumes designed by Anna Sheppard are currently on display at Cinerama Dome, The Arclight (Hollywood and Sherman Oaks), and The Landmark, all to promote Quentin Tarantino’s latest film, Inglourious Basterds. [Read more…]
Picking up from the report published in January (see Oscar Statuette Legal Dispute Between Heirs & The Academy), the L.A. Times today reports that a jury has decided in favor of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), prohibiting the sale of a 1930 Oscar (Academy Award) which heirs of Mary Pickford had planned to auction, with proceeds to benefit a charity, the Buddy Rogers Youth Symphony. The Academy has the first right of refusal to buy the award – valued at hundreds of thousands – for $10. [Read more…]
