This year, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has invited 11 Arab filmmakers to join its ranks, as part of a new class of 395 members from around the world. It’s a quiet but significant ...

Ariana Grande, Kieran Culkin and Jimmy Kimmel are among the 534 artists and executives invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Hamdan Ballal and the other directors of “No Other Land,” which looks at the struggles of Palestinians living under Israeli occupation, had mounted the stage at the 97th Academy Awards in ...