Recent Press for ‘The Academy and the Award’

Books About The Oscars - NYT Book Review Podcast (clip at 11:25), Mar 10, 2023

It’s the Oscars that Got Small - The New York Times, Mar 7, 2023

How The Academy Awards, and Their Iconic Oscar, Came To Be - Variety Magazine, Feb 11, 2023

Bruce Davis takes readers behind the scenes on the early days of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences - Public Libraries Online, Nov 18, 2022

A satisfying history of the Oscars - Washington Examiner, Nov 11, 2022

How former Academy Executive Director Bruce Davis solved the mystery of Oscar’s name - The Wrap, Nov 11, 2022

A fond look at the genesis and growing pains of the world’s foremost film organization - Kirkus, Oct 11, 2022

So, once and for all (we hope), Bruce Davis settles why they call it ‘Oscar’ - Deadline, June 26, 2022

Articles by Bruce Davis

No, Rin Tin Tin didn’t really win the first best actor Oscar - The Wrap, Feb 15, 2017

What really happened to that Oscar statue that Marlon Brando refused? - The Wrap, Dec 9, 2016