Academy Awards

‘Ice Age: Continental Drift’ Featurette Parodies ‘The Artist’

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20th Century Fox has released this new promotional video featurette for their fourth Ice Age film, “Ice Age: Continental Drift,” and it's a parody of the Academy Award Nominated film “The Artist.”

Autodesk Tools Used on 14 Oscar-Nominated Films

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Digital artists worldwide used Autodesk digital entertainment creation software to create 2011's most celebrated movies.

Milla Jovovich to Host Academy’s Sci-Tech Awards

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Milla Jovovich will host the Academy’s Scientific and Technical Awards on Saturday, February 11.

AMPAS Moves to Electronic Voting in 2013

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AMPAS has entered into an agreement with Everyone Counts Inc. to exclusively develop an electronic voting system for the 85th Academy Awards, to be held in 2013.

Double Negative VFX Supervisor Nominated for VFX Oscar

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Following on Double Negative's Oscar win for Inception in 2011, Dneg's work has again been nominated for a Visual Effects Oscar, this year for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2.

Pixomondo Recognized with Academy, BAFTA & VES Award Noms

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Artists from international VFX company Pixomondo have earned the company's first-ever Academy Award nomination garnered for work on Martin Scorsese's 3D epic adventure, Hugo.

Digital Domain Features Nominated for Two Academy Awards

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Digital Domain had two of the feature films it worked on nominated for the visual effects Academy Award: Real Steel and Transformers: Dark of the Moon.

Independent Films Capture 60 Academy Award Nominations

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The IFTA announced independent films captured 60 nominations in feature categories for the 84th Academy Awards.

Paramount to Re-Release Oscar-Nominated Rango Friday, January 27

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The Oscar-nominated Rango saddles up for a one-week limited engagement at the ArcLight Hollywood beginning this Friday, January 27.

And the Race is On! 2012 Oscar Nominees Announced

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3D animated feature Hugo leads the field with 11 nominations, including Best Picture, Art Direction, Cinematography, Costume Design, Directing, Film Editing, Music (Original Score), Sound Editing, Sound Mixing, Visual Effects and Writing.