OSCARS: 'Life of Pi' wins 'Best Cinematography'
... Paco Delgado also received Academy Award nominations this year for their work on Les Misérables. “I am so excited Claudio’s brilliance has been recognized by the academy,” said agent Bill Dispoto. “I’m sure there will be many more Oscars to come.”
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OSCARS: Dell powers nominees, presenters
... Language Film, respectively. Dell Precision workstations also helped Tippett Studio bring Ted back to life to present the Oscars for Sound Mixing and Sound Editing alongside Mark Wahlberg. “We are beyond proud that many of our customers were ...
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OSCARS: Backstage Q&A
HOLLYWOOD — The movie industry celebrated well into the early hours following the 85th annual Academy Awards—winners were thrilled and runner-ups were gracious. Some of the acceptance speeches onstage were lengthy, others short and sweet. Backstage, ...
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OSCARS: 'Pi,' 'Argo,' 'Lincoln' take top honors
HOLLYWOOD — Glitz and glamor galore. Amid the high fashion, the nervous smiles, the ode to James Bond, and more, were the newly crowned winners of the Academy Awards. But, there was controversy as well, particularly centering on visual ...
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OSCARS: Soundelux honored for 'Skyfall' work
HOLLYWOOD — Supervising sound editors Per Hallberg and Karen Baker Landers of Soundelux received the Academy Award for Best Sound Editing on Sunday, recognizing their creative contributions to the James Bond film, Skyfall. “We are grateful to the ...
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OSCARS: 'Lincoln,' 'Life of Pi' lead nominees
BEVERLY HILLS — Nominations for the 85th Academy Awards were announced this morning by this year's Oscar (www.oscar.com) host, Seth MacFarlane, and actress Emma Stone. Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln leads the list of nominees with recognition in 12 ...
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OSCARS: Academy names nine Sci-Tech recipients
BEVERLY HILLS — The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced that nine scientific and technical achievements represented by 25 individual award recipients will be honored at its annual Scientific and Technical Awards Presentation at ...
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OSCARS: Post's Picks for the 85th Academy Awards
Post contributor Iain Blair looks at this year's contenders for directing, editing and visual effects. CLICK HERE
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OSCARS: 282 features eligible for consideration
BEVERLY HILLS — The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (www.oscars.org) has announced that 282 feature films are eligible for the 2012 Academy Awards, which will be held on Sunday, February 24, 2013. To be eligible for 85th Academy Awards ...
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OSCARS: VFX list down to 10
... — Ten films now remain in the running for the Visual Effects Oscar, which will be presented at the 85th Academy Awards (www.oscars.org) on February 24. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences recently announced the category’s shortlist. They ...
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OSCARS: Academy honors Universal's 'Legacy of Horror'
BEVERLY HILLS — The Academy (www.oscars.org) is hosting a month-long celebration, throughout October, of classic horror films in honor of "Universal’s Legacy of Horror," which is part of the studio’s 100th anniversary celebration. The schedule ...
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OSCARS: Seth MacFarlane to host 85th Academy Awards
BEVERLY HILLS – Seth MacFarlane is set to host the 85th Academy Awards (www.oscars.org), which will take place on Sunday, February 24, on ABC. MacFarlane recently made his feature directorial debut with this summer’s box office success Ted. He also ...
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OSCARS: Academy to celebrate music of 'James Bond'
... in a body of work that continues to play a major role in popular film culture. Tickets for "The Music of Bond" are $5 for the general public and $3 for Academy members and students with a valid ID. They may be purchased online at www.oscars.org.
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OSCARS: Key dates announced
BEVERLY HILLS — The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences has announced key dates for the 85th Academy Awards season. The dates are: Friday, Nov. 30 — Official screen credits due Saturday, Dec. 1 — Governors Awards presentation Monday, Dec. 17 ...
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OSCARS: Academy to host public events in February
BEVERLY HILLS — In the week leading up to the Oscars, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will present five public events celebrating this year’s nominees. The Oscar Week events will feature screenings, film clips, and discussions with ...
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Backstage at the Oscars
Behind the scenes at the Oscars: Interview snippets with some of the winners. Excerpts from interviews provided by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Visual Effects: “Hugo” ( see article ) Interview with: Rob Legato, Joss Williams ...
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'The Artist' & 'Hugo' win big at Oscars
HOLLYWOOD — The 84th Annual Academy Awards took place last night, and while Hugo ( see article ) came into the evening with the most nominations (11) and took home statuettes for VFX, Sound Editing and Sound Mixing, it was clearly The Artist’s night, ...
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Oscars: 10 live action shorts advance
BEVERLY HILLS — The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that 10 live action short films will advance in the voting process for the 84th Academy Awards. One hundred seven pictures had originally qualified in the category. The 10 ...
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Oscars: 10 animated shorts advance
BEVERLY HILLS — The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences have announced that 10 animated short films will advance in the voting process for the 84th Academy Awards. Forty-four pictures had originally qualified in the category. The 10 films are ...
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Oscars: VFX race down to 10
BEVERLY HILLS — The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (www.oscars.org) announced that 10 films remain in the running in the Visual Effects category for the 84th Academy Awards. The films are listed below in alphabetical order: "Captain ...
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Oscars: Ballots mailed to voting members
... 84th Academy Awards were recently mailed to the 5,783 voting members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (www.oscars.org). Completed ballots must be returned to PricewaterhouseCoopers by 5:00pm PT on Friday, January 13, 2012. ...
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OSCARS: R&H'S WESTENHOFER NOMINATED FOR 'COMPASS' EFFECTS
The studio’s work for The Golden Compass involved the creation of the hero daemons, including Richard's daemon Pan in all his incarnations; the Golden Monkey (Kidman’s daemon); Stelmaria (Craig’s daemon); the spyflies and numerous other characters. ...
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OSCARS: SOUNDELUX'S STATEMAN RECOGNIZED FOR 'WANTED' SOUND
Wanted is an action film that's loosely based on the comic book miniseries of the same name. The film stars James McAvoy, Angelina Jolie and Morgan Freeman, and is also nominated in the "Best Sound Mixing" category. "We extend our warmest ...
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OSCARS: 'SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE' SCORE HONORED WITH NOMINATIONS
He received two nominations for "Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Songs" for the tracks "O Saya" and "Jai Ho," as well as a nomination for "Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score." His ...
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OSCARS: 'THE GOLDEN COMPASS' RECOGNIZED FOR VFX
Framestore CFC (www.framestore-cfc.com) created the huge and heroic polar bear, Iorek, his evil arch-enemy, Ragnar, and a host of supporting bears. The studio also created the icy CG environments in which they live. The award was accepted on behalf ...
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OSCARS: A LOOK AT THE POST INDUSTRY'S CONNECTION TO THE NOMINEES
... could get any better than that. I certainly didn’t even dare to think Oscar nominations! I don’t think I’ve missed a single Oscars since I was seven years old, and to be actually attending as a nominee this year is ridiculous. I couldn’t feel ...
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OSCARS: VIPER FILMSTREAM USED ON 'BENJAMIN BUTTON'
According to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences (www.oscars.org), based in Hollywood, the film was nominated in the "Best Cinematography" category. Claudio Miranda served as director of photography on the project. The Awards will be ...
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Editor's Letter: A VFX industry in flux
... & Hues has filed for bankruptcy. While things have been shaky for a while now, the issue came to a head just before the Oscars, when hundreds of artists took to the streets for an Oscar-day protest. Then after the Oscars telecast, where the ...
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ELEPHANT POST LAUNCHES OFFERING HD & SD SERVICES
... Elephant Post recently contributed to The Nominees, a short film shot by Errol Morris and featuring many of this year’s Oscars nominees. The piece features interviews with Peter O’Toole, Clint Eastwood, Helen Mirren and a number of others, sewn ...
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FInal Oscar ballots mailed today
BEVERLY HILLS — Final ballots for the 83rd Academy Awards ( www.oscars.org ) were mailed today. A total of 5,755 voting members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will receive ballots, which must then be returned to ...
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