THE ACADEMY INVITES 534 TO MEMBERSHIP

LOS ANGELES, CA – The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is extending invitations to join the organization to 534 artists and executives who have distinguished themselves by their contributions to motion pictures.

“We are thrilled to invite this esteemed class of artists, technologists, and professionals to join the Academy,” said Academy CEO Bill Kramer and Academy President Janet Yang. “Through their commitment to filmmaking and to the greater movie industry, these exceptionally talented individuals have made indelible contributions to our global filmmaking community.”

The 2025 invitees are:

Actors
Naomi Ackie – “Mickey 17,” “Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody”
Aml Ameen – “Rustin,” “Yardie”
Gillian Anderson – “The Last King of Scotland,” “The House of Mirth”
Adria Arjona – “Blink Twice,” “Hit Man”
Monica Barbaro – “A Complete Unknown,” “Top Gun: Maverick”
Dave Bautista – “Dune: Part Two,” “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery”
Yura Borisov – “Anora,” “Compartment No. 6”
Rachel Brosnahan – “The Amateur,” “I’m Your Woman”
Jodie Comer – “The Bikeriders,” “The Last Duel”
Emma Corrin – “Nosferatu,” “My Policeman”
Raymond Cruz – “Training Day,” “Clear and Present Danger”
Kieran Culkin – “A Real Pain,” “Igby Goes Down”
Danielle Deadwyler – “The Piano Lesson,” “Till”
Stephen Graham – “Boiling Point,” “The Irishman”
Ariana Grande – “Wicked,” “Don’t Look Up”
Kamal Haasan – “Vikram,” “Nayakan”
Paul Walter Hauser – “Richard Jewell,” “I, Tonya”
John Kani – “Murder Mystery,” “Black Panther”
Karren Karagulian – “Anora,” “Tangerine”
Ayushmann Khurrana – “Article 15,” “Andhadhun”
Payman Maadi – “Life and a Day,” “A Separation”
Mikey Madison – “Anora,” “Once upon a Time…in Hollywood”
Jason Momoa – “Dune,” “Aquaman”
Adriana Paz – “Emilia Pérez,” “Perpetual Sadness”
Adam Pearson – “A Different Man,” “Under the Skin”
Aubrey Plaza – “My Old Ass,” “Emily the Criminal”
Margaret Qualley – “The Substance,” “Poor Things”
Andrew Scott – “All of Us Strangers,” “Catherine Called Birdy”
Justice Smith – “I Saw the TV Glow,” “The American Society of Magical Negroes”
Sebastian Stan – “The Apprentice,” “A Different Man”
Jeremy Strong – “The Apprentice,” “The Big Short”
Fernanda Torres – “I’m Still Here,” “Love Me Forever or Never”
Emily Yancy – “Origin,” “Cotton Comes to Harlem”

Animation
Sandra Andersen – “Wolfwalkers,” “The Breadwinner”
Lucrèce Andreae – “Grandpa Walrus,” “Trois Petits Points”
Cinzia Angelini – “Hitpig,” “Mila”
Richard Beek – “Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl,” “Early Man”
Julie Bernier Gosselin – “The Sea Beast,” “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse”
Mary Blee – “The Wild Robot,” “The Boss Baby: Family Business”
Joyce Borenstein – “Lida Moser Photographer,” “The Colours of My Father: A Portrait of Sam Borenstein”
Neysa Bové – “Encanto,” “Raya and the Last Dragon”
Alex Budovsky – “Algorithm Takedown,” “Bathtime in Clerkenwell”
Eunyoung Choi – “The Colors Within,” “Inu-Oh”
Merlin Crossingham – “Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl,” “Early Man”
Mike Defeo – “The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run,” “Ice Age”
Ricardo Delgado – “How to Train Your Dragon,” “The Incredibles”
Robert DeSue – “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio,” “Missing Link”
Nina Gantz – “Wander to Wonder,” “Edmond”
Heidi Jo Gilbert – “The Wild Robot,” “Puss in Boots: The Last Wish”
Kelsey Hurley – “Wish,” “Raya and the Last Dragon”
Matīss Kaža* – “Flow”
Kim Keukeleire – “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio,” “Isle of Dogs”
Nicola Lavender – “The Mitchells vs. the Machines,” “Smallfoot”
Robert Lence – “Beauty and the Beast,” “Toy Story”
Kelsey Mann – “Inside Out 2,” “Onward”
Deanna Marsigliese – “Inside Out 2,” “Incredibles 2”
Hossein Molayemi* – “In the Shadow of the Cypress,” “Run Rostam Run”
Becky Neiman-Cobb – “Elemental,” “Bao”
Daisuke Nishio – “Magic Candies,” “The File of Young Kindaichi 2: Murderous Deep Blue”
Seiji Okuda – “The Boy and the Beast,” “Summer Wars”
Alex Orrelle – “Klaus,” “Condorito: La Película”
Rodrigo Perez-Castro – “Night of the Zoopocalypse,” “Koati”
Bill Perkins – “Fantasia/2000,” “Aladdin”
Jelena Popović – “Boat People,” “Hedgehog’s Home”
Karen Ryan – “Nimona,” “Moana”
Anna Samo – “The Wild-Tempered Clavier,” “Conversations with a Whale”
Shirin Sohani* – “In the Shadow of the Cypress,” “Run Rostam Run”
Siqi Song – “Sister,” “The Coin”
Alessandra Sorrentino – “Inside Out 2,” “Nimona”
Rosana Sullivan – “Inside Out 2,” “Kitbull”
Takashi Washio – “Magic Candies,” “Go! Princess Pretty Cure: Go! Go!! Gouka Sanbon Date!!!”
Julie Zackary – “Nimona,” “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse”
Gregory Zalcman – “Flow,” “Sirocco and the Kingdom of Winds”
Gints Zilbalodis* – “Flow,” “Away”

Artist Representatives
Bryan Besser
Laura Brokaw
Sue Lee Carls
Jon Cassir
Brooke Ehrlich
Ryan Feldman
Rick Genow
Ari Greenburg
Sue Greenleaves
Jason Ian Gutman
Christian Hodell
Courtney Kivowitz
Eric Kranzler
Molly Madden
Jenny Maryasis
Max Michael
Gaby Morgerman
Elan Ruspoli
Sarah Schweitzman
Nina Shaw
Adam Shulman
Sarah Spear
Jay Sures
Larry Taube
Doug Wald

Associates
Eric Esrailian
Ray Halbritter
Raj Kapoor
Jimmy Kimmel
Molly McNearney
Katy Mullan
Dominic Ng
Conan O’Brien
Rob Paine

Casting Directors
María Laura Berch – “Society of the Snow,” “Los Inoportunos”
An Dorthe Braker – “The Baader Meinhof Complex,” “Run Lola Run”
Courtney Bright – “Priscilla,” “The Bling Ring”
Ann Goulder – “We the Animals,” “Requiem for a Dream”
Aurélie Guichard – “Meet the Barbarians,” “In the Arms of My Enemy”
Luci Lenox – “Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant,” “Victoria”
Karan Mally – “Toofaan,” “Gully Boy”
Maurilio Mangano – “Maria,” “Queer”
Monika Mikkelsen – “10 Cloverfield Lane,” “The Devil’s Rejects”
Laura Muccino – “The Best Years,” “The Past”
Kate Rhodes James – “Gladiator II,” “House of Gucci”
Elina Ternyaeva – “Loveless,” “Leviathan”
Seth Yanklewitz – “The Hangover,” “Blades of Glory”

Cinematographers
Pooyan Aghababaei – “The Seed of the Sacred Fig,” “Mysteries of the Lake”
Rachel Aoun – “Farha,” “Solitaire”
Kate Arizmendi – “National Anthem,” “Monica”
Stuart Bentley – “We Live in Time,” “Surge”
Valentina Caniglia – “Adieu, Lacan,” “David Chase: A Sopranos Session”
Cao Yu – “Decoded,” “The Cord of Life”
Rachel Clark – “Edge of Summer,” “Pirates”
Lol Crawley – “The Brutalist,” “White Noise”
Drew Daniels – “Anora,” “Red Rocket”
Sophie Darlington – “Penguins,” “Earth: One Amazing Day”
Ranabir Das – “All We Imagine as Light,” “A Night of Knowing Nothing”
Cristina Dunlap – “Am I OK?,” “American Fiction”
Ali Ghazi – “Residents of Nowhere,” “Day Zero”
Gorka Gómez Andreu – “The Antique,” “Cabrini”
Paul Guilhaume – “Emilia Pérez,” “The Five Devils”
Kira Kelly – “Rez Ball,” “Skin in the Game”
Jacek Laskus – “Schindler Space Architect,” “Viva Verdi!”
Suzie Lavelle – “Bridget Jones: Mad about the Boy,” “The End We Start From”
Monika Lenczewska – “Animal,” “City of Lies”
Yorick Le Saux – “Blitz,” “Little Women”
Samuel Levy – “His Three Daughters,” “Lady Bird”
Eric Lin – “House of Spoils,” “The Perfect Find”
Gin Loane – “The Convert,” “The Justice of Bunny King”
Suki Medenčević – “League of Legends: Origins,” “The Pixar Story”
Oren Soffer – “Allswell in New York,” “The Creator”
Adrian Teijido – “I’m Still Here,” “River of Desire”
Rina Yang – “The Fire Inside,” “Nanny”

Costume Designers
Sergio Ballo – “The Return,” “The Emperor’s New Clothes”
Maxima Basu – “All We Imagine as Light,” “Bajirao Mastani”
Eva Coen – “Terraferma,” “Respiro”
Thierry Delettre – “The Count of Monte Cristo,” “Before Sunset”
Nic Ede – “Hysteria,” “Wilde”
Margrét Einarsdóttir – “Touch,” “Lamb”
Bunmi Ademilola Fashina – “Mami Wata,” “Light in the Dark”
Frauke Firl – “The End,” “Antichrist”
Cynthia Flynt – “A League of Their Own,” “Awakenings”
Kate Forbes – “The Brutalist,” “Fair Play”
Małgorzata Fudala – “A Real Pain,” “The Girl with the Needle”
Tanja Hausner – “The Devil’s Bath,” “Sisi and I”
Cappi Ireland – “Better Man,” “Mortal Kombat”
Claudia Kopke – “I’m Still Here,” “The House of Sand”
Lisa Lovaas – “Horizon: An American Saga Chapter 1,” “Renfield”
Elaine Montalvo – “A Better Life,” “Real Women Have Curves”
Eva Nathena – “Murderess,” “Man of God”
Dora Ng – “Where the Wind Blows,” “Better Days”
Carlos Rosario – “Alien: Romulus,” “The Girl in the Spider’s Web”
Kazuhiro Sawataishi – “Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends,” “13 Assassins”
Katarína Štrbová Bieliková – “Waves,” “Charlatan”
Györgyi Szakács – “Semmelweis,” “Sunshine”

Directors 
Kamila Andini – “Yuni,” “The Mirror Never Lies”
Danielle Arbid – “Passion Simple,” “A Lost Man”
Emily Atef – “Someday We’ll Tell Each Other Everything,” “More than Ever”
Bi Gan – “Long Day’s Journey into Night,” “Kaili Blues”
Mong-Hong Chung – “The Falls,” “A Sun”
Gia Coppola – “The Last Showgirl,” “Palo Alto”
Brady Corbet* – “The Brutalist,” “Vox Lux”
Mamadou Dia – “Demba,” “Nafi’s Father”
Coralie Fargeat* – “The Substance,” “Revenge”
Daniel Filho – “Silence of the Rain,” “Golden Mouth”
Mike Flanagan – “Doctor Sleep,” “Gerald’s Game”
Rose Glass – “Love Lies Bleeding,” “Saint Maud”
Miguel Gomes – “Arabian Nights,” “Tabu”
Maha Haj* – “Mediterranean Fever,” “Personal Affairs”
Azazel Jacobs – “His Three Daughters,” “The Lovers”
Soudade Kaadan* – “Nezouh,” “The Day I Lost My Shadow”
Michel Khleifi – “Canticle of the Stones,” “Wedding in Galilee”
Stanley Kwan – “Lan Yu,” “Rouge”
Gabriel Mascaro – “The Blue Trail,” “Neon Bull”
David Pablos – “Dance of the 41,” “The Chosen Ones”
Halina Reijn – “Babygirl,” “Bodies Bodies Bodies”
Saeed Roustayi – “Leila’s Brothers,” “Life and a Day”
Jane Schoenbrun – “I Saw the TV Glow,” “We’re All Going to the World’s Fair”
Albert Serra – “Pacifiction,” “Story of My Death”
Elia Suleiman – “It Must Be Heaven,” “Divine Intervention”
Daniela Thomas – “O Banquete,” “Vazante”
Rose Troche – “The Safety of Objects,” “Go Fish”
Magnus von Horn* – “The Girl with the Needle,” “The Here After”
Gints Zilbalodis* – “Flow,” “Away”

Documentary 
Beth Aala – “This Is Brighton,” “Uncharted”
Yuval Abraham – “No Other Land”
Basel Adra – “No Other Land”
Cecilia Aldarondo – “You Were My First Boyfriend,” “Landfall”
Hamdan Ballal – “No Other Land”
Ben Bernhard – “All That Breathes,” “Aquarela”
Arun Bhattarai – “Agent of Happiness,” “The Next Guardian”
Eliza Capai – “Incompatible with Life,” “Your Turn”
Heather Courtney – “Breaking the News,” “For the Record”
Margje de Koning – “Daan’s Inheritance,” “Burma VJ”
Judith Ehrlich – “The Boys Who Said No!,” “The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers”
Asmae El Moudir – “The Mother of All Lies,” “The Postcard”
Sam Feder – “Heightened Scrutiny,” “Disclosure”
Elena Fortes – “A Cop Movie,” “Midnight Family”
Abby Ginzberg – “Barbara Lee: Speaking Truth to Power,” “Waging Change”
Lea Glob – “Apolonia, Apolonia,” “Venus”
Rémi Grellety – “Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat,” “I Am Not Your Negro”
Rabab Haj Yahya – “Coexistence, My Ass!,” “Another Body”
Marc Hoeferlin – “Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love,” “My Father and Me”
Bing Liu – “All These Sons,” “Minding the Gap”
Elizabeth Lo – “Mistress Dispeller,” “Stray”
Cynthia López – “Strong Island,” “Where Soldiers Come From”
Smriti Mundhra* – “I Am Ready, Warden,” “St. Louis Superman”
Mette Cheng Munthe-Kaas – “Hidden Letters,” “Nowhere to Hide”
Michel Dimitri Negroponte – “Herd,” “My Autonomous Neighbor”
Raphaela Neihausen – “Joe’s Violin,” “Miss Gulag”
Bao Minh Nguyen – “The Greatest Night in Pop,” “Be Water”
Eric Nyari – “Black Box Diaries,” “Instruments of a Beating Heart”
Molly O’Brien* – “The Only Girl in the Orchestra,” “The Disappearance of Shere Hite”
Benjamin Olafsen Ree – “The Remarkable Life of Ibelin,” “The Painter and the Thief”
Kazuhiro Soda – “The Cats of Gokogu Shrine,” “Campaign”
Sam Soko – “Free Money,” “Softie”
Johnny Symons – “Assembly,” “Out Run”
Rachel Szor – “No Other Land”
Stan Warnow – “Deconstructing Dad: The Music, Machines and Mystery of Raymond Scott,” “Woodstock”
Ema Ryan Yamazaki* – “Instruments of a Beating Heart,” “Koshien: Japan’s Field of Dreams”
Jia Zhao – “A Marble Travelogue,” “Kabul, City in the Wind”

Executives 
Ravi Ahuja
Erik Baiers
Chris Brearton
Alison Cohen
Daniel Thomas Cohen
Amy Entelis
Kristen Figeroid
Natalie Fischer
Simon Gillis
Micah Green
Kim Hendrickson
Andrew Herwitz
Charlotte Koh
Matthew Leaf
Nancy Lefkowitz
Rachel Levy
Sirena Liu
Andrew Mackie
Leon Morgan
Doris Pfardrescher
Tom Quinn
Jason Ropell
Christopher Slager
Christian Vesper
Deborah Wettstein
Derval Whelan
Eva Yates

Film Editors 
Jonathan Alberts – “All of Us Strangers,” “45 Years”
Avril Beukes – “Respect,” “Yesterday”
Julia Bloch – “Bodies Bodies Bodies,” “Green Room”
Jacob Craycroft – “Out of My Mind,” “Brigsby Bear”
Yann Dedet – “The Goldman Case,” “Police”
Kelley Dixon – “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” “The Goldfinch”
Nick Emerson – “Conclave,” “Lady Macbeth”
Valentin Feron – “The Substance,” “Black Box”
Stephanie Kezia Filo – “We Grown Now,” “Root Letter”
Yang-Hua Hu – “The Accidental Getaway Driver,” “Mass”
David Jancso – “The Brutalist,” “Monkey Man”
Célia Lafitedupont – “The Count of Monte Cristo,” “What’s in a Name?”
Arik Lahav-Leibovich – “Zero Motivation,” “Afterthought”
Ching-Sung Liao – “Stonewalling,” “Us and Them”
Susan Littenberg – “Easy A,” “13 Going on 30”
Nicholas Monsour – “Nickel Boys,” “Nope”
Bill Murphy – “Memoir of a Snail,” “Lake Mungo”
Matthew Newman – “The Neon Demon,” “Drive”
Kristen Nutile – “Homegrown,” “Turn Every Page – The Adventures of Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb”
Alex O’Flinn – “The Rider,” “A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night”
Colby Ryan Parker – “Gran Turismo,” “Ant-Man”
Arthur Tarnowski – “Kidnapping Inc.,” “Drunken Birds”
Jennifer Vecchiarello – “My Old Ass,” “C’mon C’mon”
James D. Wilcox – “Thirteen Lives,” “Hillbilly Elegy”
Ema Ryan Yamazaki* – “Black Box Diaries,” “The Making of a Japanese”

Makeup Artists and Hairstylists 
Matiki Anoff – “The Book of Clarence,” “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”
Tarra Day – “The Idea of You,” “Green Book”
Stéphanie Guillon – “The Substance,” “Infested”
Traci Loader – “Nosferatu,” “The Lighthouse”
Pierre-Olivier Persin – “The Substance,” “The Count of Monte Cristo”
Tricia Sawyer – “Saturday Night,” “Jumanji: The Next Level”
Matteo Silvi – “The Last Duel,” “Thor: Love and Thunder”
Suzanne Stokes-Munton – “Nosferatu,” “Dalíland”
Vincent Van Dyke – “Nope,” “I, Tonya”

Marketing and Public Relations 
Giselle Abbud Manzur
Danielle Bekas
Eric Carr
Missy Davy
Danielle DePalma
Catherine (Cat) Rose Flores
David Fruchbom
Gregory Higgins
Seanna Hore
Catherine Hsia
Len Iannelli
John Ibsen
Evan Langweiler
Lauren Martin
Steven Newman
Heta Paarte
Ella Robinson
Shannon Ryan
Michelle Rydberg
Andrew Saffir
Carlos Salcines
Nicole Schlegel
Luke Silver-Greenberg
Debi Struzan
Adam Waldman

Music
Segun Akinola – “The Bayou,” “Girl You Know It’s True”
Abraham Alexander – “Sing Sing”
Chris Bacon – “Heretic,” “Men in Black: International”
Diego Baldenweg – “In the Land of Saints and Sinners,” “The Reformer. Zwingli: A Life’s Portrait.”
Andranik Berberyan – “Yasha and Leonid Brezhnev,” “Amerikatsi”
Daniel Blumberg – “The Brutalist,” “The World to Come”
René G. Boscio – “Lake George,” “Emergency”
Camille – “Emilia Pérez,” “Corsage”
Brandi Carlile – “Elton John: Never Too Late,” “Onward”
Kwong Wing Chan – “Peg O’ My Heart,” “The Dumpling Queen”
Toby Chu – “The Monkey King,” “Found”
Lorenz Dangel – “September 5,” “Dying”
Jack Dolman – “Wicked,” “Bones and All”
Clément Ducol – “Emilia Pérez,” “Chicken for Linda!”
Maxence Dussère – “Emilia Pérez,” “Le Principal”
Stephanie Economou – “My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3,” “Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken”
Wei San Hsu – “Invisible Nation,” “Another Woman”
Amanda Delores Patricia Jones – “Mea Culpa,” “Moving On”
Siddhartha Khosla – “A Family Affair,” “The Idea of You”
Tom Kramer – “Chupa,” “Captain Marvel”
Michael A. Levine – “Outbreak,” “Atypical Wednesday”
Branford Marsalis – “Rustin,” “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”
Nami Melumad – “Thor: Love and Thunder,” “The Adventures of Thomasina Sawyer”
Youssou N’Dour – “Youssou N’Dour: I Bring What I Love,” “Kirikou and the Sorceress”
Ré Olunuga – “Drift,” “Girl”
Adrian Quesada – “Home Free,” “Sing Sing”
Nic Ratner – “Bottoms,” “The Humans”
Carlos Rafael Rivera – “Ezra,” “Chupa”
Linda Thompson – “The Bodyguard,” “Pretty Woman”
Amritha Vaz – “Little Stones,” “Miss India America”
Isobel Waller-Bridge – “Magpie,” “Wicked Little Letters”
Andrew Watt – “Elton John: Never Too Late,” “Barbie”
Anthony Willis – “M3GAN,” “Saltburn”
Rihards Zaļupe – “Flow,” “Kaka, Pavasaris un Draugi”

Producers
Nai An – “The Shadow Play,” “Summer Palace”
Habib Attia – “Four Daughters,” “The Man Who Sold His Skin”
Chris Bender – “Under the Silver Lake,” “A History of Violence”
Maria Carlota Bruno – “I’m Still Here,” “In the Intense Now”
Pascal Caucheteux – “Emilia Pérez,” “A Prophet”
Julio Chavezmontes – “Bergman Island,” “Memoria”
Peggy Chiao – “Empire of Silver,” “Beijing Bicycle”
Agustina Chiarino – “Desperté con un Sueno,” “Bosco”
Dylan Clark – “The Batman,” “War for the Planet of the Apes”
Alex Coco – “Anora,” “Red Rocket”
Mike Goodridge – “Santosh,” “Touch”
Michael Gottwald – “Patti Cake$,” “Beasts of the Southern Wild”
Max Handelman – “Cocaine Bear,” “Pitch Perfect”
Juliette Howell – “Conclave,” “The Wonder”
Michael A. Jackman – “Conclave,” “The Good Nurse”
Rocío Jadue – “In Her Place,” “El Conde”
Giorgos Karnavas – “Inside,” “The Harvesters”
Kerry Kohansky-Roberts – “Foe,” “Boy Erased”
Julia Lebedev – “A Thousand and One,” “Bad Hair”
Dan Levine – “Arrival,” “Why Him?”
Stephen “Dr” Love – “Shadow Force,” “They Cloned Tyrone”
Ben Pugh – “The Silent Twins,” “The Courier”
Samantha Quan – “Anora,” “Red Rocket”
Jussi Rantamäki – “Compartment No. 6,” “The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Maki”
Myriam Sassine – “Costa Brava, Lebanon,” “1982”
Kevin Walsh – “Napoleon,” “Manchester by the Sea”
Monique Walton – “Sing Sing,” “Bull”
Jing Wang – “Land of Broken Hearts,” “Old Stone”
Vincent Wang – “Whether the Weather Is Fine,” “Stray Dogs”
Mariusz Włodarski – “The Girl with the Needle,” “Sweat”

Production and Technology
Michael Dixon Beugg
Freddy Bouciegues
Chaitanya Chinchlikar
Mark Dinicola
David Emmerichs
Sarah Franzl
Andy Given
Steven Gizicki
Mike Jutan
Joanne Kim
Lou Levinson
Hao Li
Kathy McHugh
Anton Monsted
Tony Ngai
John Polito
Greg Powell
AJ Sciutto
Momita SenGupta
Christina Lee Storm
Munira Tayabji
Kevin Weaver
Des Whelan
Jan A. Yarbrough
Justin Yu

Production Design
Caroline Amies – “Miss Julie,” “In the Name of the Father”
Marco Bittner-Rosser – “Tár,” “Only Lovers Left Alive”
Beatrice Brentnerová – “Nosferatu,” “Underworld: Blood Wars”
Dawn Brown – “Spiderhead,” “Alita: Battle Angel”
Matthew Cavaliero – “Killers of the Flower Moon,” “La La Land”
Robbie Consing – “Kraven the Hunter,” “Madame Web”
Carlos Conti – “I’m Still Here,” “The Roads Not Taken”
Patricia Cuccia – “The Brutalist,” “Brokeback Mountain”
Leann Emmert – “The Fabelmans,” “Dune”
Kasra Farahani – “Captain Marvel,” “Star Trek Into Darkness”
Kevin Ishioka – “Dunkirk,” “Avatar”
Chad Keith – “The Bikeriders,” “Scream”
Paul D. Kelly – “They Cloned Tyrone,” “A Man Called Otto”
Craig Lathrop – “Nosferatu,” “The Lighthouse”
Lydia Marks – “tick, tick…BOOM!,” “Money Monster”
Naaman Marshall – “Alien: Romulus,” “Knock at the Cabin”
Tom Meyer – “Black Adam,” “Finch”
Beth Alyce Mickle – “Megalopolis,” “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3”
Cristina Onori – “House of Gucci,” “John Wick: Chapter 2”
John Panzarella – “Hail, Caesar!,” “L.A. Confidential”
Stanislas Reydellet – “The Substance,” “Hawaii”
Simon Rogers – “Hope Gap,” “Official Secrets”
Jesse Daniel Rosenthal – “Black Panther,” “American Hustle”
Denis Schnegg – “Napoleon,” “The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus”
Lisa Sessions Morgan – “Megalopolis,” “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”
Cynthia Sleiter – “Conclave,” “The Art of Racing in the Rain”
Ethan Tobman – “Madame Web,” “Room”
Luca Tranchino – “La Dolce Villa,” “The Doorman”
Julian R. Wagner – “September 5,” “The Colony”

Short Films 
Annick Blanc – “Fauve,” “The Colour of Your Lips”
Gaël Cabouat – “Bazigaga,” “Rise of a Star”
Kate Chamuris – “The Breakthrough,” “Nuevo Rico”
Christine W. Chen – “Jamgasm,” “En Route”
Johnson Cheng – “Only the Moon Stands Still,” “Lonely Blue Night”
Jeffrey Gee Chin – “Beta,” “Anastasia’s Journey”
David Cutler-Kreutz – “A Lien,” “Flounder”
Sam Cutler-Kreutz – “A Lien,” “Flounder”
Sam Davis – “Nǎi Nai & Wài Pó,” “You Know Where to Find Me”
Elham Ehsas – “Yellow,” “Your Hand Found Mine”
Eduardo Moises Escribano Solera – “Five Seasons of My Childhood,” “How She Didn’t Die”
Flavio Gerber – “Our Child,” “Ala Kachuu – Take and Run”
Adam J. Graves – “Anuja,” “Cycle Verité”
Joyce Liu-Countryman – “Don’t Be Sorry,” “A Family Guide to Hunting”
Carlo Francisco Manatad – “Cross My Heart and Hope to Die,” “Shoredust”
Bongani Mlambo – “Bertie the Brilliant,” “The Goldfish”
Hossein Molayemi* – “In the Shadow of the Cypress,” “Run Rostam Run”
Smriti Mundhra* – “I Am Ready, Warden,” “St. Louis Superman”
Molly O’Brien* – “The Only Girl in the Orchestra,” “Wild Things”
Danijel Pek – “The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent,” “Penalty Shot”
Nebojša Slijepčević – “The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent,” “My Neighbour Wolf”
Shirin Sohani* – “In the Shadow of the Cypress,” “Run Rostam Run”
Trent – “I’m Not a Robot,” “Mustachio”
Sean Wang – “Nǎi Nai & Wài Pó,” “Still Here”
Diana Ward – “Family Time,” “The Goldfish”
Victoria Warmerdam – “I’m Not a Robot,” “Mustachio”
Ema Ryan Yamazaki* – “Instruments of a Beating Heart,” “Wheels of Fate: The Story of the Rickshaw Man”

Sound 
Niels Barletta – “Emilia Pérez,” “The Animal Kingdom”
Michael Barosky – “A Quiet Place Part II,” “A Quiet Place”
Antonio Betancourt-Márquez – “Plane,” “Fortress”
Angelo Bonanni – “Ferrari,” “Don’t Be Bad”
Kevin Cerchiai – “Red One,” “Blue Beetle”
Benjamin L. Cook – “Ghosts of the Ozarks,” “The Night”
Margaret Crimmins – “On Broadway,” “Out of My Head”
Aymeric Devoldère – “Emilia Pérez,” “Woman at War”
Corrin Ellingford – “Ash,” “Bookworm”
Kim Foscato – “More than Robots,” “Groomed”
Jonathan Fuh – “Amsterdam,” “Nope”
Chris Gridley – “The Last of the Winthrops,” “Gay Chorus Deep South”
Katie Halliday – “The Fire Inside,” “Family Switch”
Tom Hartig – “Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody,” “Once upon a Time…in Hollywood”
Gord Hillier – “Love Hurts,” “Bad Genius”
Gareth John – “Dune: Part Two,” “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story”
Brandon Jones – “Drive Back,” “A Quiet Place”
Erwan Kerzanet – “Emilia Pérez,” “The Goldman Case”
Dmitriy Kliminov – “This Summer Will End,” “The Buried Talent”
Heikki Kossi – “A House Made of Splinters,” “Despicable Me 4”
Viktor Krivosudský – “Černák,” “Gabriela Soukalova: Pravda Se Porad Vyplati”
Douglas Parker – “Captain America: Brave New World,” “Wish”
Eric Potter – “Dune: Part Two,” “Joker: Folie à Deux”
P. M. Satheesh – “Agni,” “Baahubali: The Beginning”
Douglas W. Shamburger – “Killers of the Flower Moon,” “Oppenheimer”
Kira Smith – “Dumb Money,” “Motherless Brooklyn”
Balazs Varga – “The Beautiful Game,” “Stockholm Bloodbath”
Darren Warkentin – “Harold and the Purple Crayon,” “Venom: The Last Dance”
Bonnie Wild – “Hitpig,” “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania”

Visual Effects 
Ravi Bansal – “Nyad,” “The Jungle Book”
Rodney Burke – “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes,” “Poker Face”
André Bustanoby – “Abigail,” “Scream”
David Caeiro Cebrian – “Avatar: The Way of Water,” “War for the Planet of the Apes”
Alejandro Damiani – “The Obituary of Tunde Johnson,” “Don’t Breathe”
Kim Davidson
Keith Herft – “Better Man,” “Jungle Cruise”
Joker Huang – “Only Fools Rush In,” “The Wandering Earth”
Stephen James – “Dune: Part Two,” “Dune”
Mat Krentz – “Thunderbolts*,” “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice”
Daniel Macarin – “Alien: Romulus,” “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2”
Cordell McQueen – “The Woman King,” “Maze Runner: The Death Cure”
Abishek Nair – “Solo: A Star Wars Story,” “The Fate of the Furious”
Alex Nowotny – “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes,” “Avatar: The Way of Water”
Paul Murray Raeburn – “Better Man,” “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes”
Rhys Salcombe – “Dune: Part Two,” “Dune”
Oliver Schulz – “Avengers: Infinity War,” “Doctor Strange”
Peter Stubbs – “Better Man,” “Mortal Kombat”
Francois Sugny – “Avatar: The Way of Water,” “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2”
Yugandhar Tammareddy – “Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo,” “Rangasthalam”
Marcus Antony Taormina – “Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child of Fire,” “Bird Box”
Jateen Thakkar – “Leo: Bloody Sweat,” “Mirzya”
Rob van den Bragt – “Boy Kills World,” “The Kitchen”
Chris Voy – “Wicked,” “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker”
Ben Warner – “Gemini Man,” “War for the Planet of the Apes”

Writers 
Clint Bentley – “Sing Sing,” “Jockey”
Theodore Edward Braun – “Betting on Zero,” “Darfur Now”
Brady Corbet* – “The Brutalist,” “Vox Lux”
Coralie Fargeat* – “The Substance,” “Revenge”
Mona Fastvold – “The Brutalist,” “The Sleepwalker”
Maha Haj* – “Mediterranean Fever,” “Personal Affairs”
Murilo Hauser – “The Blue Trail,” “I’m Still Here”
Soudade Kaadan* – “Nezouh,” “The Day I Lost My Shadow”
Payal Kapadia – “All We Imagine as Light,” “A Night of Knowing Nothing”
Matīss Kaža* – “Flow,” “Neon Spring”
Greg Kwedar – “Sing Sing,” “Jockey”
Line Langebek – “The Girl with the Needle,” “I’ll Come Running”
Heitor Lorega – “The Blue Trail,” “I’m Still Here”
Chris Morgan – “The Fate of the Furious,” “Wanted”
Julius Onah – “Captain America: Brave New World,” “Bad Genius”
Drew Pearce – “The Fall Guy,” “Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation”
Channing Godfrey Peoples – “Miss Juneteenth”
Astrid Rondero – “Sujo,” “Identifying Features”
Jeymes Samuel – “The Book of Clarence,” “The Harder They Fall”
Danny Strong – “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1,” “Lee Daniels’ The Butler”
Apolline Traoré – “Sira,” “Moi Zaphira!”
Magnus von Horn* – “The Girl with the Needle,” “The Here After”
Lena Waithe – “Beauty,” “Queen & Slim”
Richard Wesley – “Let’s Do It Again,” “Uptown Saturday Night”
Ti West – “Pearl,” “The House of the Devil”
David Zellner – “Sasquatch Sunset,” “Damsel”
Gints Zilbalodis* – “Flow,” “Away”

The twelve individuals noted by an asterisk have been invited to join the Academy by multiple branches. These individuals must select one branch upon accepting membership.

The Academy’s membership process for its 19 branches and one membership classification is conducted by sponsorship, not application. Except for Associates, candidates must be sponsored by two Academy members from the branch or category to which the candidate seeks admission. In addition, Academy Award nominees are automatically considered for membership in the year in which they are nominated and do not require sponsors.

Branch executive committees review candidates, and recommendations for membership are considered and approved by the Academy’s Board of Governors. Associate membership is extended by invitation only through the Membership Committee and the Board of Governors in honor of service to the Academy and commitment to the film industry.

Membership selection is based on professional qualifications, with an ongoing commitment to representation, inclusion and equity remaining a priority. Of the 2025 invited class, 41% are women, 45% belong to underrepresented communities, and 55% are from 60 countries and territories outside the United States. There are 91 Oscar® nominees, including 26 winners, and three Scientific and Technical Award winners among the invitees.

Demographic information is provided by the candidate when possible or projected through publicly available research and will be confirmed by members upon acceptance. Those who accept the invitations will be the only additions to the Academy’s membership in 2025.
 


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BAFTA Announces Hilary Rosen as New Deputy Chair Appointee of BAFTA’s Board of Trustees.

London, Friday 20 June: BAFTA today announces that Hilary Rosen, chair of the Television Committee, has been appointed deputy chair of its Board of Trustees, following a highly competitive election process.

Alongside BAFTA’s chair, Sara Putt, Hilary will help oversee the delivery of BAFTA’s mission as an arts charity to champion creatives and practitioners working in film, games and TV, by recognising exceptional storytelling and technical achievement through its annual awards and promoting best practice and greater inclusion in the screen arts through its year-round talent development programmes.

The appointment is for a term of one year. The deputy chair is voted by elected members of BAFTA’s sector committees and the Board and will succeed the chair in autumn 2026.

Hilary Rosen, said: “I’m honoured to have been elected as deputy chair of BAFTA, it’s an incredible organisation and I’m delighted to get to work closely with Sara over the next year.  I look forward to working more closely with the sector committees across film, games and television and the senior leadership team. As my role at BAFTA has grown, I have gained knowledge and insight into this community and the challenges it faces and will ensure my time as deputy chair is as impactful as possible.”   

Sara Putt, chair of BAFTA, said: “I’m thrilled that Hilary has been appointed deputy chair. She brings extensive experience from the television industry which will be invaluable to BAFTA. I know how committed she is to our charitable mission to support, empower and celebrate the screen industries. I look forward to working with Hilary.”

Hilary Rosen is currently director of commissioning at UKTV and leads a team of commissioners, overseeing a growing slate of original scripted and unscripted content such as thenew drama series Outrageous, Bergerac and I, Jack Wright, the award-winning Emma Willis Delivering Babies and Big Zuu’s Big Eats. She was original commissioner of Dave’s BAFTA-winning Taskmaster. Under Hilary’s leadership, UKTV was the first broadcaster to BAFTA albert certify all commissions to reduce a production’s carbon footprint and the first to commit to paying access costs on every production.

Hilary began her career in television in BBC News & Current Affairs, as a researcher on Panorama, before moving on to work in the independent production sector, firstly at Lion Television as Senior Executive Producer, and later as Creative Director at Silver River Productions.

She joined the BAFTA Television Committee in 2021 and has been chair for the last two years, alongside becoming a Board Trustee. As chair, she guides the extensive work in running the TV and Craft juries and shapes the editorial approach for awards ceremonies. Outside of BAFTA and UKTV, Hilary regularly speaks on industry panels and chairs events and taskforces, most recently Film and TV Charity’s Mentally Healthy Productions initiative. She has also led roundtables combatting antisemitism and Islamophobia in the industry. She has been a consultant for BBC Academy and has sat on the advisory boards of Edinburgh Television Festival and Realscreen and is a mentor for women in television.

THE ACADEMY TO HONOR DEBBIE ALLEN, TOM CRUISE, DOLLY PARTON AND WYNN THOMAS AT THE 2025 GOVERNORS AWARDS.

Oscar® statuettes to be presented to these honorees on November 16

LOS ANGELES, CA – The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today that its Board of Governors 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 event on Sunday, November 16, 2025, at the Ray Dolby Ballroom at Ovation Hollywood.

“This year’s Governors Awards will celebrate four legendary individuals whose extraordinary careers and commitment to our filmmaking community continue to leave a lasting impact,” said Academy President Janet Yang. “The Academy’s Board of Governors is honored to recognize these brilliant artists. Debbie Allen is a trailblazing choreographer and actor, whose work has captivated generations and crossed genres. Tom Cruise’s incredible commitment to our filmmaking community, to the theatrical experience, and to the stunts community has inspired us all. Beloved performer Dolly Parton exemplifies the spirit of the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award through her unwavering dedication to charitable efforts. And production designer Wynn Thomas has brought some of the most enduring films to life through a visionary eye and mastery of his craft.”

Allen’s indelible impact on screen spans nearly five decades as a choreographer, actor, and producer. She choreographed the Academy Awards® ceremony seven times, as well as films including “Forget Paris,” “A Jazzman’s Blues” and “The Six Triple Eight.” Her producing credits include “Amistad” and “A Star for Rose.” Allen made her mark as an actress with “Fame,” “Ragtime” and “Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life is Calling.”

One of the most recognized and highest-grossing actors of all time, Cruise has been a committed advocate of the theatrical experience, and he helped to usher the industry through a challenging time during the COVID-19 pandemic. Showcasing a deep commitment to his craft – including performing all of his own stunts – his expansive body of work includes his Oscar-nominated acting roles in “Born on the Fourth of July,” “Jerry Maguire” and “Magnolia,” and the Oscar-nominated “Top Gun: Maverick,” for which he earned a Best Picture nomination as producer. His other notable film credits include “Risky Business,” “A Few Good Men,” “Interview with the Vampire,” “Eyes Wide Shut,” “Vanilla Sky” and the “Mission: Impossible” film series.

Parton is an international icon whose remarkable career spans seven decades. A renowned musical artist and one of the most accomplished in history, with 49 studio albums and more than 100 million records sold worldwide, she has starred in such films as “Nine to Five” and “Steel Magnolias.” She has earned two Oscar nominations in the Original Song category for “Nine to Five” and for “Travelin’ Thru” from “Transamerica.” With this Governors Award, a Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, Parton will be recognized for her decades-long humanitarian efforts. She has founded various charitable and philanthropic organizations, including the Dollywood Foundation, which was created in 1988 to inspire the children of East Tennessee – her home state – to achieve educational success. Additionally, her literacy program, “Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library,” launched in 1995 in honor of her father, has provided children with 285 million books. It evolved into an international movement and remains the signature program of the Dollywood Foundation.

Acclaimed production designer Thomas began his career working on Spike Lee’s “She’s Gotta Have It,” which would be the first of several collaborations between the two. Thomas’s film credits include Lee’s “Do the Right Thing,” “Malcolm X” and “Da 5 Bloods.” Other notable credits from his career include the Best Picture-winning “A Beautiful Mind,” as well as “Cinderella Man” and “Hidden Figures,” to name a few.

The Honorary Award, an Oscar statuette, is given “to honor extraordinary distinction in lifetime achievement, exceptional contributions to the state of motion picture arts and sciences in any discipline, or for outstanding service to the Academy.”

The Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, also an Oscar statuette, is given “to an individual in the motion picture arts and sciences whose humanitarian efforts have brought credit to the industry by promoting human welfare and contributing to rectifying inequities.”

The 16th Governors Awards are presented in partnership with Rolex, the Exclusive Watch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
 

ABOUT THE ACADEMY
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is home to a global membership of more than 10,500 of the most accomplished film industry artists and leaders. The Academy recognizes and celebrates all aspects of the arts and sciences of moviemaking through renowned awards for cinematic achievement, including the Oscars®. With the largest film-related collection in the world, the Academy is a leader in the fields of conservation, preservation and exhibition of film-related objects and materials. Through its Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, the Academy presents powerful exhibitions, screenings and programs about cinema’s past, present, and future. The Academy also inspires young artists and creates opportunities for underrepresented communities to engage with the film world. Across all initiatives, the Academy connects global audiences – its members, the film industry, and film fans – through their shared passion for making and watching films.

ABOUT ROLEX AND CINEMA
Rolex celebrates human achievement, recognizing the journey marked by milestones and emotions that culminates in defining moments – determined by a path followed. Forming an integral part of this philosophy is the Swiss watchmaker’s long-standing relationship with cinema through the Perpetual Arts Initiative, a broad portfolio of arts that also extends through architecture, dance, literature, music, theatre and visual arts. The company has had close ties with the film industry for decades, its watches playing a role in numerous films, including Oscar®-winning masterpieces. Since 2017, Rolex has championed cinematic achievement through its partnership with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, serving as Proud Sponsor of the Oscars®, hosting the event’s Greenroom, as well as supporting the Governors Awards, known for recognizing lifetime achievement and humanitarian efforts in the film industry. The company also promotes achievement through its cinema Testimonees such as James Cameron, Leonardo DiCaprio, Martin Scorsese and Jia Zhang-ke and assists in the preservation of film history for future generations as a Founding Supporter of the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles and a partner of The Film Foundation and The National Film and Television School.

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Halloween Horror Nights Resurrects the Infamous Jason Voorhees in an All-New Haunted House “Jason Universe.”

Halloween Horror Nights Resurrects the Infamous Jason Voorhees in an All-New Haunted House, “Jason Universe,” Celebrating the Legacy of One of the Most Notorious Killers in Cinematic History, at Universal Orlando Resort and Universal Studios Hollywood This Fall Click Here for a Killer Peek and Here to Purchase Tickets.

Orlando, Fla., Universal City, Calif. (June 13, 2025) – Halloween Horror Nights gives rise to horror movie icon Jason from the infamous Friday the 13th films in the all-original haunted house, “Jason Universe,” which takes guests back to the summer camp where the gruesome legend was born. The reckoning begins on Friday, August 29 at Universal Orlando Resort and Thursday, September 4 at Universal Studios Hollywood.

For 45 years, Jason has tormented audiences worldwide and is considered one of the most notorious villains in cinematic history. This fall, the twisted, creative minds behind Halloween Horror Nights pay homage to the machete-wielding slasher in a horrifying haunted house that re-awakens the legend to terrify old and new fans alike.

“Jason Universe” will take Halloween Horror Nights guests on a vengeance tour throughout the summer camp to see where it all began, from the creaking floorboards of Jason’s ramshackle cabin to the decaying main lodge and the eerie forest that offers no refuge for his victims. Around every corner, fans will be inundated with infamous killer moments from Jason’s heinous homicidal career as he taunts and stalks his victims who learn too late that the legend is real.

Guests can purchase tickets and event-inclusive vacation packages for Universal Orlando’s Halloween Horror Nights, which will run 48 select nights from August 29 through November 2, and feature 10 terrifying haunted houses, scare zones, live shows and more. Products on-sale now include single-night tickets and event upgrades such as Halloween Horror Nights Express Passes, the R.I.P Tour and the Behind the Screams: Unmasking the Horror Tour. Guests can also stay, scream and save up to $200 on a special vacation package that includes hotel accommodations, one-night admission to Halloween Horror Nights, daytime admission to enjoy Universal’s theme parks – including the all-new Universal Epic Universe theme park, exclusive benefits and more (package savings vary based on length of stay). For additional details on all available products, click here. 

A variety of Halloween Horror Nights ticket options for Universal Studios Hollywood, which runs select nights from September 4 through November 2, are now available, including General Admission, Universal Express, After 2 P.M. Day/Night, the Early Access Ticket,which provides entry to select haunted houses beginning at 5:30 p.m. (subject to change), the R.I.P. Tour and popular passes, Frequent Fear Pass and Ultimate Fear Pass, which enable guests to experience the scares again and again. Click here to purchase tickets and for Terms and Conditions.

Available now at Universal Orlando Resort and Universal Studios Hollywood, fans can collect new merchandise and limited release items, including a t-shirt and camping mug, inspired by the “Jason Universe” haunted house. Additionally, a new graphic puzzle piece for “Jason Universe” is available to fit into the collectible Halloween Horror Nights frame. The pieces from this year’s killer line-up will come together to create a framed mural within the frame. Beginning Saturday, June 14, fans also can purchase Halloween Horror Nights items online at Shop.UniversalOrlando.com.

Additional event details, including new haunted houses coming to Universal Studios Hollywood and Universal Orlando Resort, will be revealed soon.

For a deeper dive into the scares, check out the Discover Universal Blog. For more information and to purchase tickets to Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood, visit www.UniversalStudiosHollywood.com/Halloween and at Universal Orlando, visit www.UniversalOrlando.com/Halloween.

Hit the NOS: Universal Studios Hollywood Announces “Fast & Furious: Hollywood Drift.”

Universal Studios Hollywood first High-Speed Outdoor Roller Coaster Opening in 2026, will Rocket Guests Up to 72 MPH, Making It the Fastest Roller Coaster in the Universal Destinations & Experiences Portfolio.

Universal City, California, June 12, 2025 – Universal Studios Hollywood announces its “Fast & Furious: Hollywood Drift,” first-ever, high-speed outdoor roller coaster launching in 2026 will debut as the fastest roller coaster in the Universal Destinations & Experiences portfolio at a staggering 72 MPH. The theme park also reveals a first look rendering and animatic video showcasing the breadth of this exciting new thrill ride.

Construction continues on this ambitious roller coaster and its state-of-the-art ride system, which is being uniquely designed to immerse guests within Universal Pictures’ exhilarating Fast & Furious universe.

This innovative roller coaster will take guests on an adventure, unlike anything ever encountered before. Featuring groundbreaking 360-degree rotation of the individual ride vehicles, the coaster will rocket guests up to 72 MPH along 4,100 feet of elaborate track, meticulously constructed with sound reduction technology for a breathtaking experience.

The fully rotational ride vehicles will create a seamless sensation of drifting cars as guests spin in motion at furiously fast speeds while being catapulted along an aerial track that winds its way over sections of the theme park, including the multi-level escalator that connects the Upper and Lower Lots.

“Watching the progress of this incredible roller coaster come to life is truly spectacular,” said Scott Strobl, Executive Vice President & General Manager, Universal Studios Hollywood. “2026 is just around the corner and we are equally as excited as our guests to introduce such an inspiring new ride to our theme park portfolio. ‘Fast & Furious: Hollywood Drift’ will be a powerful game changer for Universal Studios Hollywood that will not only transform the topography of our destination but will infuse an entirely new level of adrenaline to our already dynamic theme park. We look forward to riding it ourselves and to welcoming guests to experience it in the very near future.”

“Fast & Furious: Hollywood Drift” will be located on the Upper Lot of Universal Studios Hollywood. Guests will queue up within an expansive garage-like structure before settling into one of four ride vehicles, designed to look like the iconic cars from the films. The ride vehicle modeled after Dominic Toretto’s 1970 Dodge Charger is currently on display at Universal Studios Hollywood.

The “Fast & Furious: Hollywood Drift” roller coaster will benefit from Universal Destinations & Experiences’ decades-long expertise in revolutionizing the development of the contemporary roller coaster across its global theme parks.

The ride will join Universal Studios Hollywood’s slate of unprecedented groundbreaking attractions, including the interactive land, SUPER NINTENDO WORLD™, featuring the critically-acclaimed “Mario Kart™: Bowser’s Challenge” ride; “The Wizarding World of Harry Potter™” highly immersive land that features Hogsmeade™ village, “Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey™” and “Flight of the Hippogriff™ rides; “Jurassic World—The Ride”; Illumination’s award-winning “The Secret Life of Pets: Off the Leash” and “Despicable Me Minion Mayhem”; Springfield, U.S.A. and “The Simpsons Ride™”; “TRANSFORMERS™:  The Ride-3D” and “Revenge of the Mummy—The Ride,” as well as the theme park’s signature, behind-the-scenes Studio Tour attraction.

About Fast & Furious Saga: Over the course of eleven films that have stoked passion in an ever-expanding audience and have earned more than $7 billion at the worldwide box office, Universal Pictures’ record-smashing, homegrown Fast & Furious Saga has become the studio’s most-profitable and longest-running franchise. Across social media platforms, the fan following for the movies and cast has grown into the biggest of any active franchise. Following 2017’s The Fate of the Furious, which debuted in theaters as the biggest global opening of all time, the blockbuster franchise expanded to a multitude of offerings – from toys and video games to an animated series and the hit spin-off title, Hobbs & Shaw. The tenth and most recent chapter in the Fast & Furious Saga, Fast X, raced into theaters May 2023.

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Universal City, California, June 12, 2025 – Universal Studios Hollywood announces its “Fast & Furious: Hollywood Drift,” first-ever, high-speed outdoor roller coaster launching in 2026 will debut as the fastest roller coaster in the Universal Destinations & Experiences portfolio at a staggering 72 MPH. The theme park also reveals a first look rendering and animatic video showcasing the breadth of this exciting new thrill ride.

RECORDING ACADEMY® ADDS TWO GRAMMY® CATEGORIES AND MAKES PROCEDURAL UPDATES FOR 68TH ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS® SET TO TAKE PLACE SUN, FEB. 1, 2026.

SANTA MONICA, CALIF. (JUNE 12, 2025)— The Recording Academy® has revealed the key dates, deadlines and rule amendments for the 68th Annual GRAMMY Awards®, taking place on Sun, Feb. 1, 2026, at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, with nominations set to be announced on Fri, Nov. 7, 2025 . the Recording Academy’s annual process of accepting proposals from the music creators and professionals that make up its membership body, and as part of the organization’s commitment to evolve with the ever-changing musical landscape, several new changes have been made to the GRAMMY Awards® process. The expansive list of updates is outlined below and goes into effect immediately for the 68th Annual GRAMMY Awards. The full GRAMMY® rulebook can be accessed here.

“The Academy’s top priority is to represent the music people that we serve each year,” said Harvey Mason jr., CEO of the Recording Academy. “That entails listening carefully to our members to make sure our rules and guidelines reflect today’s music and allow us to accurately recognize as many deserving creators as possible. As we kick off another exciting GRAMMY Season, we look forward to celebrating the amazing power of music and its ability to bring so many people together.”

For more on this year’s category updates, including insights from Recording Academy CEO, Harvey Mason jr., visit here.

GRAMMY AWARD FIELD AND CATEGORY UPDATES 

General Field 
Eligibility for Best New Artist has been expanded to include artists who have been previously nominated in Album Of The Year, but whose contributions fell below the current 20 percent playing time threshold. This update allows acts who were credited as featured artists on projects that were GRAMMY nominated for Album Of The Year in a previous awards cycle to be eligible for Best New Artist consideration.  

Country Field 
The existing Best Country Album Category has been renamed Best Contemporary Country Album, and a new Category, Best Traditional Country Album, has been added.  

Classical Field 
In Classical Categories, composers and lyricists/librettists are now eligible for GRAMMY recognition alongside all other key creative personnel including artists, producers and engineers on winning albums. 

Packaging Field   
The existing Best Recording Package and Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package Categories have been combined into one single Category: Best Recording Package. A new Category, Best Album Cover, has also been added. 

The physical product eligibility requirement for Best Recording Package, Best Album Notes and Best Historical Album has also been expanded to be more representative of today’s marketplace. This change ensures that physical album packages sold directly to fans through an artist’s or label’s website are eligible for GRAMMY consideration. 

Additionally, the Craft Committee serving in this field is transitioning from a regional to a national model. 

Category Definition, Eligibility & Criteria Updates 
Minor updates to definitions, eligibility and criteria across multiple fields and awards have been reviewed and revised to be more expansive and inclusive. A full list of those changes can be found on page six of the rulebook.

Key dates for the 68th Annual GRAMMY Awards season are as follows:

Aug. 31, 2024 – Aug. 30, 2025
Product Eligibility Period

July 7, 2025 – Aug. 22, 2025
Media Company Registration Period

July 16, 2025 – Aug. 29, 2025
Online Entry Period

Oct. 3, 2025 – Oct. 15, 2025
First Round Voting

Nov. 7, 2025
Nominees Announced for the 68th Annual GRAMMY Awards

Dec. 12, 2025 – Jan. 5, 2026
Final Round Voting

Feb. 1, 2026
68th Annual GRAMMY Awards, broadcasting live on the CBS Television Network and streaming live and on demand on Paramount+.

For more information regarding the upcoming 68th Annual GRAMMY Awards season, click here.To learn more about the annual GRAMMY Awards process, clickhere.

ABOUT THE RECORDING ACADEMY

The Recording Academy represents the voices of performers, songwriters, producers, engineers, and all music professionals. Dedicated to ensuring the recording arts remain a thriving part of our shared cultural heritage, the Academy honors music’s history while investing in its future through the GRAMMY Museum® , advocates on behalf of music creators, supports music people in times of need through MusiCares® , and celebrates artistic excellence through the GRAMMY Awards® — music’s only peer-recognized accolade and highest achievement. As the world’s leading society of music professionals, we work year-round to foster a more inspiring world for creators. 

For more information about the GRAMMY Awards and the Recording Academy, please visit GRAMMY.com and RecordingAcademy.com . For breaking news and exclusive content, follow @RecordingAcad on X, “like” Recording Academy on Facebook, and join the Recording Academy’s social communities on Instagram, YouTube, TikTok , and LinkedIn. For media assets, please visit the Recording Academy’s Press Room.

Prime Video’s Hit Series “Fallout” Blasts Its Way into Halloween Horror Nights – Universal Studios Hollywood, Sept. 4 – Nov 2; Universal Orlando Resort, Aug 29 – Nov 2 2025.

Prime Video’s Hit Series “Fallout” Blasts Its Way into Halloween Horror Nights with All-New Haunted Houses at Universal Studios Hollywood and Universal Orlando Resort. Based on the Global Hit Show and Video Game Franchise, Fans Will Encounter the Horrors of a Post-Apocalyptic Wasteland for the First Time at Halloween Horror Nights – Tickets Are Now on Sale at Universal Studios Hollywood and Universal Orlando Resort

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Universal City, Calif., Orlando, Fla. (June 5, 2025) – For the first time ever, horror fans will step into the post-apocalyptic wasteland of Prime Video’s “Fallout,” in an all-new terrifying haunted house at Universal Studios’ Halloween Horror Nights. The unimaginable terror becomes a reality starting Friday, August 29 at Universal Orlando Resort and Thursday, September 4 at Universal Studios Hollywood.

Based on the award-winning global video game franchise from Bethesda Game Studios, “Fallout” was a critically acclaimed hit with audiences worldwide when it debuted on Prime Video in 2024. The cinematic series is set in the year 2296, two hundred years after a nuclear war destroyed civilization. All that is left is an eradicated and highly violent hellscape known as The Wasteland crawling with mutated animals and creatures, while gentle citizens take refuge underground in luxury fallout shelters known as Vaults.

In this terrifying haunted house, fans will encounter iconic scenes and characters that will put them into the frightening action of the popular series. The journey begins beneath the surface in Vault 33, where guests follow vault-dweller Lucy MacLean as she escapes a bloody massacre, only to discover an evil hidden secret. From there, visitors venture to the surface, where they must dodge attacks from Scavengers and Raiders, desperate survivors who will do anything to remain alive, as well as mutated cockroaches known as RAD Roaches. As guests travel through the hellish Wasteland, they will go through iconic locations like the Super Duper Mart and encounter The Ghoul, an ageless bounty hunter who has endured radiation exposure for centuries. Additionally, they will come face-to-face with a young squire named Maximus and gaze in awe at his T-60 armor. With frightful terrors at every turn of the eerily authentic haunted house, fans will question if they can ever escape the horrors of The Wasteland.

Guests can now purchase tickets and event-inclusive vacation packages for Universal Orlando’s Halloween Horror Nights, which will run 48 select nights from August 29 through November 2 and feature 10 terrifying haunted houses, scare zones, live shows and more. Products on-sale now include single-night tickets and event upgrades such as Halloween Horror Nights Express Passes – which allow guests to skip the regular lines one time at haunted houses and participating attractions; the R.I.P Tour – which provides priority V.I.P. entry to the haunted houses; and the Behind the Screams: Unmasking the Horror Tour that offers a glimpse into how the scares are brought to life via a daytime, lights-on journey through select haunted houses. Fans can also get an early start by adding the Scream Early ticket to their Halloween Horror Nights admission, which gives them access to Universal Studios Florida starting at 3 p.m.; or stay, scream and save up to $200 on a special vacation package that includes hotel accommodations just minutes away from the haunts, one-night admission to Halloween Horror Nights plus access to a dedicated gate for entry into the event, daytime admission to enjoy Universal’s theme parks – including the all-new Universal Epic Universe theme park, exclusive benefits and more (package savings vary based on length of stay). For additional details on these products, click here. 

Plus, Premium Scream Night returns to Universal Orlando for one night only on Thursday, August 28, giving fans the opportunity to be one of the first to experience this year’s scares during a limited-capacity event that includes access to everything they love about Halloween Horror Nights, plus shorter wait times, a selection of all-you-care-to-enjoy food items and more.

A variety of Halloween Horror Nights ticket options for Universal Studios Hollywood are now available, including General Admission, Universal Express, After 2 P.M. Day/Night, the Early Access Ticket,which provides entry to select haunted houses beginning at 5:30 p.m. (subject to change), in advance of the scheduled 7:00 p.m. event opening time, the premium R.I.P. Tour and popular passes, Frequent Fear Pass and Ultimate Fear Pass, which enable guests to experience the scares again and again. Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood will run select nights from September 4 to November 2. Click here to purchase tickets and for Terms and Conditions.

This year’s Halloween Horror Nights unveils all-new merchandise collections with limited release products inspired by the “Fallout” haunted house, including a t-shirt and tumbler available now at Universal Orlando Resort and Universal Studios Hollywood. Additionally, fans can purchase and collect graphic puzzle pieces inspired by new haunted houses that fit into a collectible frame. All the pieces will come together to create a framed mural that showcases highlights from this year’s killer lineup.

Additional event details, including new haunted houses coming to Universal Studios Hollywood and Universal Orlando Resort, will be revealed soon.

For a deeper dive into the scares, check out the Discover Universal Blog. For more information and to purchase tickets to Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood, visit www.UniversalStudiosHollywood.com/Halloween and at Universal Orlando, visit www.UniversalOrlando.com/Halloween.