Bruce Davis: Last News

Dan Walker, 45, appeared on the Zoe Ball Breakfast Show today, where he was quizzed about his former Strictly Come Dancing partner Nadiya Bychkova, 33, and her new pair-up with Matt Goss, 54.The former BBC Breakfast star insisted that the Bros singer is “very shy” and told Zoe Ball, 51, that the star needs more time to change the public’s minds about his dancing ability.Dan appeared on BBC Radio 2 today to promote his new book, Standing on the Shoulders. When radio host Zoe started taking calls, one Sheffield-based listener named Bruce Davis asked Dan what he thought of Nadiya’s new Strictly partner. “I’m really enjoying watching them,” Dan revealed. “I think Nadiya is brilliant and doing a fantastic job.”The Channel 5 presenter then went on to address the fact that Matt had not yet hit his stride in the competition. “I think Matt is very shy,” Dan suggested.

Anna Tingley If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. The 96th Academy Awards are almost here, marking the final night of an eventful award season and potentially offering a definitive answer on whether 2024 was the year of the “Barbie” or…the atomic bomb.

Tim Gray Senior Vice President Millions of moviegoers think the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences has one purpose: To hand out Oscars. Members know that’s not true and veteran AMPAS exec Bruce Davis reveals that awards were initially a low priority for the organization, in his new book “The Academy and the Award: The Coming of Age of Oscar and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences” (Brandeis University Press) about the early decades of the group.  Davis also makes clear that the group, formed in 1927 as movies were undergoing seismic shifts, made decisions that forever changed the way we watch movies — but that had nothing to do with Oscar.

If you happen to care about the history of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (at least in its first fifty years), you’ll have no shortage of reasons to read Bruce Davis’ forthcoming book, The Academy and the Award.

Bruce Davis, say the notices, is finally ready to publish his monumental history of Hollywood’s film Academy. Twelve years in the making; part memoir, part chronicle; the book—The Academy and the Award: The Coming of Age of Oscar and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences—is due this fall from Brandeis University Press. A former executive director of the Academy, Davis has been wading through hitherto private files since his retirement in 2011. Order now. Galleys are available to the media on request.

La La Land was wrongly announced as Best Picture instead of Moonlight), the segment included the wrong photo for costume designer Janet Patterson, showing an image of a living producer instead. The stakes are high, the scrutiny real, and errors won’t go unnoticed.