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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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AMPAS Uses Preferential System For Oscars
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will use a preferential system to determine which of the 10 Best Picture Nominees gets the Oscar.
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Is Motion-Capture Animation?
Paramount is calling Beowulf an animated film, but animators disagree. I take you inside the controversy. Part #1 of a 2-part series.
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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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Ratatouille Robbed of Oscar Nom
Why was the best reviewed film of 2007 not in the Best Picture category in this year's Oscars? Could it be because it was animated?
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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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Is Beowulf Animation?
Beowulf may have taken the Number One spot at the box office, but is it animated? Several animators, plus director Robert Zemeckis, sound off.
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2006 Animated Oscar nominations
In a shocking move, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences only nominated 3 movies for its best Animated Feature Film category: Cars, Happy Feet & Monster House.
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Beowulf Early Reviews, Clips
Check out nine clips from Paramount's upcoming motion capture flick Beowulf. Robert Zemeckis film opens November 16th.
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Is motion capture animation?
Animators complain that 2 Oscar nominees (Happy Feet and Monster House) use motion capture technology. Is Mocap is killing animation, or is it the logical heir to rotosco
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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 France's Pick for Oscar
France has picked Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud's Persepolis as its contender for the 2008 Oscars. Cue much gnashing of teeth from Tehran.
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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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Ratatouille Versus Persepolis
Brad Bird's Ratatouille and Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis are the front runners for the Best Animated Feature Film category at the Oscars. Who will win?
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The Beyonce Oscar Snub
Dethroning the queen can be done as Miss Beyonce stomachs an Oscar snub...is B Irreplaceable?
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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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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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LA Film Critics Call WALL-E Best Picture
The Los Angeles Film Critics Association have called Disney/Pixar's WALL-E the best film of the year. Period.
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The Academy's New Rules Regarding Internet Films
Last week, I reported on the Academy's clarification which prevented films broadcast first on the internet from being considered for Academy Awards. This week, my own commentary on the controversial ruling.
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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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Pixar, Up, WALL-E, Cars 2 News
John Lasseter wants Paul Newman for Cars 2, Michael Giacchino scores Up, and does Pixar want a Best Film nomination for WALL-E?
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Kung Fu Panda Wins Annie Award
In a shocking upset, DreamWorks Animation's Kung Fu Panda beat Disney/Pixar's WALL-E for the 2009 Annie Award for Best Animated Feature Film.
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Up Opens 2009 Cannes Film Festival
The 62nd Cannes Film Festival has chosen Disney/Pixar's Up to be the opening ceremony film on May 13th, the first animated film to be so honoured.
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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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Happy Feet wins awards
Happy Feet is picking up its share of critic-loving. New York Film Critics Circle and Los Angeles Film Critics Association have named it "Best Animated Film."
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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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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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Stop It With The Funny Animal Sidekicks
Do you like funny animal sidekicks? Do you know anyone who does? Neither do I. Oh yeah, and I don't like them either.
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Casablanca's Corner Men
The WGA crowns Casablanca the greatest screenplay of all time - a script that had more collaborators than Vichy France.
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Happy Feet still on top
It's conservative pundits' worst nightmare: Happy Feet hangs onto the top spot for the 3rd week.
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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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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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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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Tom and Jerry Movie?
Warner Bros. announced that they want to turn the classic Tom and Jerry into a live-action plus CGI movie.
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WALL-E Best Reviewed of 2008
A Disney/Pixar film, WALL-E, has become the best-reviewed film of 2008, for a second year in a row.
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WALL-E Gets Two Golden Globe Nominations
Disney/Pixar's WALL-E has received two Golden Globe nominations, one for Best Animated Film and another for Best Song. Golden Globes handed out January 11th.
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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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20 Important CGI Flicks
What are the 20 most important moments in CGI movie history? I take you through my list of candidates. Part #3 of a 5-part series.
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Best And Worst Animated Films of 2008
What was the best and worst animation in 2008? I show you the year's most stupendous - and stomach churning - moments.
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NBR loves Ratatouille
The National Board of Review called Disney/Pixar's Ratatouille the best animated feature film of 2007. But who are these guys?
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Ratatouille Wins 2008 Annie Awards
Brad Bird's movie Ratatouille cleaned up at this year's Annie ceremony, taking Best Picture, Director, Writer, Voice Actor and Storyboarding awards.
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2007 Annie Movie Nominations
Here are the nominees for the 25th Annual Annie Awards, which will be presented February 8, 2008 at UCLA's Royce Hall, in Los Angeles, CA.
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Flushed Away, Cars lead Annie noms
DreamWorks animated movies lead Annie nomination pack with 17 nods. Disney/Pixar's Cars and Flushed Away tied with nine nominations
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