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\n\tThe Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences got down to business on Tuesday, setting its agenda for the next year in an all-hands meeting with its membership. <\/p>

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\n\tThe official purpose, as noted in the annual virtual meeting\u2019s invite, was to educate roughly 11,000 members \u201cabout the Academy\u2019s leadership structure, budget, goals and priorities.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe hourlong huddle was led by Academy president Lynette Howell Taylor and CEO Bill Kramer, Variety<\/em> can report. It addressed the Academy\u2019s $187 million budget for 2027, conversations surrounding AI and plans for the Oscars to hopefully reach \u201c2 billion people\u201d when the show begins airing on YouTube in 2029. Here are some key takeaways from the call.\n\n\t\n\n<\/p>\n

\n\t\tMaking Bank\t<\/h2>\n

\n\tThe academy has set a budget of $187 million for the time period running July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2027. Awards expenses \u2014 including the production of the Oscars show, the nominees luncheon and dinners and more \u2014 account for 23% of the budget. Five % goes to bond repayment, with Academy programs and operations accounting for 12%. Foundation operations account for 19%, including museum exhibitions and screenings, education and talent development programs and the Academy collection. Personnel expenses across programs account for 41%.\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cDiversifying our revenue streams is vitally important to the long-term health of the Academy. You hear us say this every year,\u201d Kramer said. \u201cIn the past, 90% of our operating revenues used to be related to the Academy Awards. Now, thanks to our ongoing and very successful focus on revenue diversification, we are seeing greatly increased support from individuals, foundations, and corporate sponsors, and from our museum gala and strong museum and event ticket sales.\u201d\n\n\t\n<\/p>\n

\n\tIn the two years since launching the Academy 100 Revenue Diversification Campaign, $308 million has been raised toward the goal of raising $500 million by the end of 2028. Major donors to the campaign include Netflix, Sony Pictures Entertainment, NBCUniversal and Apple. Luxury fashion and jewelry houses Chanel, Dior, Louis Vuitton, Giorgio Armani and Tiffany & Co have all come on board, too. <\/p>\n

\n\t\tAnd the Oscar Goes To\t<\/h2>\n

\n\tWhile summarizing the Oscars\u2019 move from ABC to YouTube starting in 2029, Howell was hopeful that the ceremony has the potential to reach up to 2 billion people worldwide. A new deal with AEG means the Oscars will relocate from the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood to the much larger Peacock Theater in downtown Los Angeles. The Peacock\u2019s capacity tops out at 7,000 seats as opposed to the Dolby with just 3,400. \u201cThis new venue will allow our membership greater access to the Oscars tickets \u2026 and this was one of the core goals of this move,\u201d Kramer said.<\/p>

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\n\t\tTech Talk\t<\/h2>\n

\n\tHowell touched on AI, promising members that the Academy is and will continue to be fully engaged on issues surrounding AI and new technologies. \u201cOur responsibility as an academy is not to be defined by either the fear or the hype,\u201d she said. \u201cIt is to engage, and we are. We are actively participating in conversations across our industry about how these rapidly evolving technologies are being used and developed. Listening to the members who have concerns about them, as well as to the artists who are already experimenting with them and incorporating them into their work.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tShe added that technology should be \u201ca tool in service of human creativity rather than a replacement for it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tContinuing, Howell said, \u201cHuman authorship is essential, and we don\u2019t pretend to have all the answers. None of us does. The technology is moving too quickly for that, but the Academy should be a place where these conversations happen, where artists, craftspeople, scientists, and technologists can come together to help shape what comes next, rather than simply waiting for the future to happen to us.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\tAntiques Roadshow\t<\/h2>\n

\nAcademy Museum of Motion Pictures and Academy Collection director and president Amy Homma recapped some of the museum\u2019s acquisitions over the last year, including the interior van set decoration and props from \u201cNomadland,\u201d the bicycle from \u201cPee-wee\u2019s Big Adventure\u201d and the mummified prop corpse of Catherine Deneuve from \u201cThe Hunger.\u201d The Academy\u2019s Margaret Herrick Library has acquired Diane Keaton\u2019s annotated script for \u201cManhattan Murder Mystery\u201d and costume design drawings by Edith Head for Kim Novak in \u201cVertigo.\u201d A never-before-seen 1929 John Wayne screen test on 35mm nitrate film was acquired for the film archive.\n\n\t\n<\/p>\n

\n\tKramer also announced that the Academy Film Archive building, officially known as the Pickford Center, will undergo renovations, including new or updated HVAC and mechanical systems, lighting systems and roofing structures, to be completed by the end of 2029.<\/p>

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