Will Vinton Receives Lifetime Achievement Award

Claymation master Will Vinton received a Lifetime Achievement Award this past weekend at a special ceremony at the Italian Cultural Institute of Los Angeles. The special tribute to the Oscar- and Emmy-winning animator was presented by Cinema Without Borders, the Italian Cultural Institute and the Art Institute of California, Los Angeles. Phil Roman, Phil Mendez, Terry Thoren, Sarah Baisley, Cinzia Angelina and Marco Regina were among the special evening’s attendees.

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Wizard of Oz Munchkin Margaret Pellegrini Dies

Margaret Pellegrini, who played the flowerpot Munchkin in the 1939 classic The Wizard of Oz, died on Monday at the age of 89.

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The Personal Television Revolution Is Horrifying — And Brilliant

The fall of family TV screen and the rise of personal television appears to be influencing people’s psychology in a lasting way, at least within the U.S. In a study released earlier this summer, Greenfield and two other scholars surveyed the attitudes of high school seniors and determined that during the most recent recession they developed a more inflated sense of self.

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