AWNtv is proud to present trailers and clips from all the animated Oscar nominees.

This week in AWN's Forums, members are questing for information on the TUSKER film project that was formerly at Imagi.

Last Thursday's Oscar VFX bakeoff pitted the seven remaining semi-finalists, and the nominees will be announced tomorrow morning along with the rest of the contenders for the 81st Academy Awards. You can read Tom McLean's informative report with links to our exclusive breakdown clips on AWNtv: Best of luck to those vying for the three coveted spots. Meanwhile, MK12, which was tapped by Marc Forster for the illustrious QUANTUM OF SOLACE main title sequence, tells VFXWORLD all about that singular motion graphics challenge, and they provided a nice clip that you can view as well.

Not all leaders are presidential, at least not in this collection of presidential parodies.

Test your skills and challenge your brain with AWN's Animation Trivia Quiz.

This week in AWN's Forums, a new discussion thread has been started to discuss classical hand-drawn animation.

The new TV season is in full-swing, so we dispatched Tara Bennett to cover 24 and SMALLVILLE this week. To freshen up the seventh season, Jack Bauer (Kiefer Sutherland) relocates to D.C. to fight domestic terrorism as a new president is sworn in, with Stargate Studios providing its invaluable digital backlot work. For SMALLVILLE's eighth season, Entity FX reveals how it raises the bar with a few new wrinkles.

Test your skills and challenge your brain with AWN's Animation Trivia Quiz.

With the awards season in full swing, AWNtv highlights award-winning animated shorts.

This week in AWN's Forums, a user is looking for help bidding on a job solo for the first time.