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Academy Awards Rules Changed
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has re-evaluated what constitutes an animated feature film after last year's controversies,.
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AMPAS honours Norman McLaren
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences presents "A Salute to Norman McLaren" on August 18 at the Samuel Goldwyn Theatre in Beverly Hills.
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Beowulf an Animated Film
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has decided that Beowulf is a contender for Best Animated Feature Film. But Alvin and the Chipmunks isn't.
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Madagascar, WALL-E, Horton Up For 2009 Oscars
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa, WALL-E, Bolt, Horton Hears a Who and Kung Fu Panda are among the 14 animated films nominated for an Oscar.
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Persepolis Off Oscar Category
Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis is no longer in the running for the Best Foreign Language Film at this year's Oscars. But it's still up for Best Animated Feature Film.
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Ratatouille Up For Visual FX Oscar
Both Beowulf and Ratatouille have made the fifteen film shortlist for Best Visual Effects category at this year's Oscars. Awards are handed out on February 24th.
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WALL-E For Best Picture?
Once again, Disney/Pixar contemplates a run for Oscar's big prize, this time for WALL-E. But do they have a chance?
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9 animators join Academy
Hayao Miyazaki, Steve Box, John Canemaker among the 9 animators invited to join The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and vote for next year's Oscars.
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Academy Announces Documentary Films in Competition for the 77th
Twelve documentary films were announced today, with one notable omittance.
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Animated Academy Nominations
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced its short list for Best Animated Feature Film for next year's Academy Awards.
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Ed Catmull to Receive Gordon E. Sawyer Award
AMPAS has voted to give the Gordon E. Sawyer Award for technological merit to Disney Animation president and Pixar co-founder Ed Catmull.
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Irving Thalberg – MGM's Premier Producer
In the founding years of the MGM Studios, Irving Thalberg was the sole producer behind every major film the studio generated.
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Oscar Nominations and Winners for LGBT Roles
In the past decade, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has rewarded an increasing number of actors for playing LGBT characters, and several have won Oscars.
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Sixteen for animation Oscar
The Great CG Glut of 2006 carries over into Oscar nominations, as sixteen movies have been short-listed for Best Animated Feature Film.
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WALL-E Shut Out of Best Picture
WALL-E's out of the Best Picture race, but it's nominated in 6 other categories. Where are the animated films at this year's Oscars?
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Which toon gets the Oscar?
In a year that featured a ton of look-alike, sound-alike CG animated movies, which one will walk home with an Oscar? Your fearless animation writer looks at their chances
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Academy Presents a Program on the History of Sound in Early Motion Pictures
The Science and Technology Council of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will present "A Century of Sound," on September 15 in the Academy's Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood.
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Eleven Films to Compete for Animated Feature Oscar
Eleven films are eligible to compete for the Best Animated Feature Film Oscar in the 2004 Academy Awards® competition.
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Golden Globes get animated
The 2007 Golden Globes will have a new category for your consideration: Best Animated Feature Film. Three movies are nominated: guess who?
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Kanin Re-Elected President of Academy Foundation
Fay Kanin, a governor of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences representing the writers branch, has been re-elected president of the Academy Foundation, the educational and cultural arm of the Academy.
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Paprika gets limited release
Satoshi Kon's Paprika will have a limited screening at 10 am at Laemmle's Grande 4-Plex in Los Angeles. This will make the anime movie eligible for the 2006 Oscars
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Sci-Tech Requests Solicited for 78th Academy Awards
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences officially launched the 78th Annual Academy Awards season by mailing over 850 application request forms to the scientific and technical communities in the United States and abroad.
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2009 Academy Award for Kate Winslet?
This just may be the year actress Kate Winslet takes home an Oscar.
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2009 Florida Film Fest Opens With Food Theme
Now in its 18th year, the Florida Film Festival opens on Friday March 27 with original cinema and forbidden fruit.
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Academy to Launch Annual Documentary Film Program
The documentary film will be the subject of an annual event presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences beginning next month.
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Alvin and Chipmunks Takes 2nd
Fox's Alvin and the Chipmunks pulled a surprising $44 million in its first weekend in theatres, despite generally unfavourable reviews.
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Celebrity Gossip - Oscar Nominations
Awards season in full force! The 2006 Academy Awards nominations were announced this morning. The only real surprise was the total takeover by the independent film world of the bastion of old line studio dominence, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
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Enchanted Drops to 2nd
Walt Disney's Enchanted gets bumped to 2nd position on the box office chart after three weeks in theatres. Movie has made $83 million.
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John Lasseter Toy Story 3 in 3-D
Disney/Pixar's Toy Story 3 will be released in 3-D, as will the two previous movies. Lee Unkrich will direct flick, coming June of 2010.
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Official Announcements for the Next Academy Awards
This past week, the Academy made the official announcement of the date for the next Academy Awards, as well as confirmation of the location for the 74th Annual Oscars. All the details this week.
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On The Waterfront - 1954 Best Picture
Brando was not favourite to win Best Actor. Audiences vied with their hearts for Bing Crosby in The Country Girl

Santa Monica Hotel Shangri-La
The historic Santa Monica Hotel Shangri-La opens its doors for business again in October 2008 after a $30 million refurbishment providing ocean-front LA accommodation.
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Sorrell and Son to Launch Archival Rediscovery Series
In a rare public presentation of a film believed to be lost, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will launch its new "Lost and Found" series with the screening of the 1927 film "Sorrell and Son".
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The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, the new film from acclaimed French film director, Julian Schnabel, testifies to the strength of the human spirit.
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2008 Oscar Animated Nominations
Disney/Pixar's Ratatouille, Sony Picture Classics' Persepolis and Twentieth Century Fox's Surf's Up are 2008's Oscar nominees.
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Academy Awards History and Trivia
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will shortly name the 2008 nominees for the Oscars. Now's time to test your knowledge of winners from the 1920s & 1930s.
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Academy Awards Youngest and Oldest
No other twenty year period in Academy Awards history probably had such a wide range of ages among its Oscar nominees. Here they are from Tatum O'Neal to Groucho Marx.
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Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
A review of the Oscar-winning, box office champion <I>Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon</I>.
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Emmy Nominations Contain Some Surprises
The Emmy nominations have been announced. See some of the highlights and a link to the complete listing. This week in television history remembers a sitcom with co-starring Gary Busey and Mark Hamill. See our web site of the week and find out how you can attend one of the largest comic book and television related conventions in the country.
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First Oscar Winners
Only 14 statuettes were handed out, but the recipients - Louis Milestone, Janet Gaynor & Charles Chaplin, among them - are still well known to classic movie fans today.
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Foreign Language Film Oscar Narrowed Down to 49
Every year, each country across our wide world is asked to submit one cinematic work to represent their nation at the Academy Awards. This year forty-nine countries have submitted films to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for consideration in the 2005 Foreign Language Film Award category.
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Haunted Graumann's Chinese Theater, Hollywood
Graumann's Chinese Theater is one of the most easily recognized landmarks in Hollywood. The theater and the forecourt are believed to be haunted by several ghosts.
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In Tribute to Paul Newman
Hollywood has lost a true star. Respect the memory of this great man by showing kindness to family and friends.
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It's Official: Best Animated Feature Will Be Presented ...
The Academy officially announced this week that there are enough eligible films to warrant the new award for Best Animated Feature at the 74th Annual Oscars. This week, I look at the eligible list, and make my early nomination predictions for the first new Oscar category in twenty years.
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National Board of Review Loves WALL-E
The controversial National Board of Review have decided that Andrew Stanton's WALL-E is the best animated film of the year.
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Nominations for 77th Annual Academy Awards
Oscar-winner Adrian Brody (The Pianist, and upcoming pictures The Village and The Jacket) will join Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Frank Pierson on January 25th to announce the 77th Annual Academy Award nominees. Brody is the youngest male performer to win a leading actor Oscar.
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Screenplay Winners from 2009 Oscars
Writing honors for the 2009 Academy Awards were awarded to Dustin Lance Black, Best Original Screenplay, and Simon Beaufoy, Best Adapted Screenplay.
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Sony Distributes Waltz With Bashir
Sony Pictres Classics nabbed the distribution rights for Ari Folman's Waltz with Bashir, a film critics are calling this year's Persepolis.
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The Eye of the Beholder
When is a movie a good movie?
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The First Academy Award Ceremony
Despite competition from the Golden Globe Awards, the Emmys, & others, Oscar night remains the premier entertainment event of the year. It wasn't always that important.
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