Animation Producer Arthur Rankin, Jr. Dies

Producer Arthur Rankin, Jr. - of the producing team Rankin-Bass - has passed away. Among his films and TV specials, the iconic "Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer," "Frosty The Snowman" and "Mad Monster Party."

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Tom Sherak, Former Academy President, Dies at 68

Tom Sherak, the charismatic and charitable studio marketing and distribution executive who recently took the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences through some tumultuous times, has died. He was 68.

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Fox’s glowing puck was ahead of its time

The biggest problem with Fox’s glowing puck wasn’t the concept. It’s that it was born too soon. Now, 18 years after its ignominious debut, we have the glow puck to thank for the yellow first-down line, baseball pitch tracking, and every other on-screen doodad we’ve come to love.

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Oscars to Celebrate 'Wizard of Oz' 75th Anniversary

The film received six Oscar nominations in 1939, including one for best picture, and won Academy Awards for original score and song.

"We are delighted to celebrate the birthday of one of the most beloved movies of all time at this year’s Oscars,” Oscar producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron said in a statement.

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Pete Seeger dies at 94

Beginning in the 1940s, Seeger played an instrumental role in the rise of folk music as a popular form. On his own and as a member of the Weavers, the banjo-playing New Yorker followed in the footsteps of legends like Woody Guthrie, bringing traditional songs sung by common Americans to a wider audience as well as composing soon-to-be-classic original tunes like “If I Had a Hammer.” Seeger became a nationwide star in 1950 when the Weavers’ cover of Leadbelly’s “Goodnight, Irene” became a No. 1 smash.

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DGA Awards: The Winners

Gravity director Alfonso Cuaron walked away with the top honor at the 66th annual Directors Guild of America Awards, held Saturday.

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Oscars: The Tale Behind Animated Feature Nominee 'Ernest and Celestine'

In earning the nomination, the movie outpaced far more high-profile movies -- including Pixar’s Monsters University and Blue Sky’s Epic -- to join three Hollywood hits: Despicable Me 2, The Croods and Frozen, as well as The Wind Rises, the final film of respected Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki.

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Sundance: Indie Filmmakers Reach for 16 mm

TV has all but abandoned shooting on film. A growing majority of Hollywood blockbusters are 100% digital, with only directors like JJ Abrams and Christopher Nolan insisting their movies still be shot on 35 mm. Even the self-proclaimed "analog" Coen Brothers have speculated that Inside Llewyn Davis will be their last movie shot on film. And, in what might be a sign of things to come, this weekend the LA Times reported that Anchor Man 2 would be the last release for which Paramount makes 35 mm prints for the 8 percent of movie theaters still using film projectors. So why are a handful of films at Sundance 2014 bucking the trend and choosing to shoot on 16 mm film?

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PGA Awards: 'Gravity,' '12 Years' Unprecedented Tie

In a first, the Producers Guild of America bestowed its top prize on two films at its awards ceremony Sunday night. Gravity and 12 Years a Slave both won the Darryl F. Zanuck Award for outstanding producer of theatrical motion pictures at the show, which took place at the Beverly Hilton. Frozen won in the animated movie category.

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SAG Awards Winners!

Honored with individual awards were Cate Blanchett, Jared Leto, Matthew McConaughey and Lupita Nyong’o for performances in motion pictures and Ty Burrell, Bryan Cranston, Michael Douglas, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Helen Mirren and Maggie Smith for performances in television. The Screen Actors Guild Awards originated awards for the outstanding performances by a motion picture cast and by television drama and comedy ensembles. The Actor® for a motion picture cast performance went this year to “American Hustle,” while the Actors® for television drama and comedy ensemble performances went this year to “Breaking Bad” and “Modern Family.”

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Critics' Choice Awards: The Winners

The 19th annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards just concluded, with 12 Years a Slave nabbing the top prize of best picture. 12 Years a Slave's Lupita Nyong'o also won best supporting actress and the film's screenwriter John Ridley won best adapted screenplay. Going into the show, the Fox Searchlight film had 13 nominations.

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R.I.P. Ruth Robinson Duccini, the last surviving female Munchkin

The Los Angeles Times reports that Ruth Robinson Duccini, the last surviving female Munchkin from The Wizard Of Oz, has died at the age of 95. Duccini appeared in the 1939 film as part of a 124-strong troupe of diminutive actors, though she had no lines and received no official credit. But in the years since, as that group inevitably dwindled, Duccini became one of the last living links to the beloved movie, and she was often called upon to turn up at Oz promotional events like the one in 2007, when she appeared alongside her fellow surviving Munchkins to receive their star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

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R.I.P. Russell Johnson, the Professor on Gilligan's Island

Actor Russell Johnson, best known for his role as the Professor on "Gilligan’s Island," has died at the age of 89. Johnson was the last surviving male cast member of the series. By the time he was cast as the Professor—when he was still “Roy Hinkley” to his friends—Johnson had been in movies and TV for almost 15 years, appearing in several Westerns and sci-fi films, including a handful of B-movie classics like Jack Arnold’s It Came From Outer Space (1953), Roger Corman and Charles B. Griffith’s Attack Of The Crab Monsters (1957), and This Island Earth (1955).

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'Monsters University' Snub Leaves Pixar Void at the Oscars

Monsters University’s omission also means that for the first time, Pixar will now go two straight years without a nomination in the category. That is because its upcoming The Good Dinosaur has been pushed from a summer 2014 release to Nov. 25, 2015, leaving the studio without a 2014 release.

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Oscars: 25 Directors Nominated for First Film

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Oscars: 45 First-Gig Acting Nominees

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Oscar Nominations: Who Was Snubbed

Tom Hanks didn't receive an Oscar nomination for his work in Captain Phillips or Saving Mr. Banks. Oprah Winfrey was also snubbed in the best supporting actress category for her work in Lee Daniels' The Butler.

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Oscars: The complete list of nominees

American Hustle and Gravity led with 10 nominations each, while 12 Years a Slave followed closely with nine. Nine films were nominated for best picture.

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'12 Years a Slave,' 'Gravity' Lead Sound Editors' Nominations

The sound-editing teams behind Steve McQueen's 12 Years a Slave and Alfonso Cuaron's Gravity earned three nominations apiece -- the most in the feature competition -- for the The Motion Picture Sound Editors' 61st annual Golden Reel Awards, which will be handed out Feb. 16 at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel.

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Razzie Nominations: 'Grown Ups 2' Leads With Eight Nods

After Earth, A Madea Christmas and Movie 43 each scored six nominations.

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Cinematographers Nominated for ASC's Inaugural Spotlight Award

The American Society of Cinematographers on Tuesday revealed the nominees for its debut ASC Spotlight Award: Lukasz Zal and Ryszard Lenczewski for Ida, Mark Ping Bing Lee for Renoir and Camille Cottagnoud for Winter Nomads.

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'Gravity' Leads Visual Effects Society Awards Nominations

Following Gravity with the most nominations in features is Pacific Rim, with six, and Iron Man 3 and The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, both of which earned five. These films, along with Star Trek Into Darkness, round out the category for outstanding VFX in a VFX-driven feature.

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'Captain Phillips,' 'Gravity,' 'Inside Llewyn Davis' Among Sound Mixers' Nominees

The sound-mixing teams behind Captain Phillips, Gravity, Inside Llewyn Davis, Iron Man 3 and Lone Survivor were nominated for Cinema Audio Society Awards in the category of live-action features, it was announced Tuesday. The 50th annual CAS Awards for outstanding achievement in sound mixing will be handed out Feb. 22 at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel.

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DGA Unveils Documentary Award Nominations

The Directors Guild of America on Monday announced the nominees for its documentary award. The directors nominated are Zachary Heinzerling's Cutie and the Boxer, a portrait of two artists in a long-standing marriage; Jehane Noujaim's The Square, an on-the-scene account of the Egyptian Revolution of 2011; Joshua Oppenheimer's The Act of Killing, in which Indonesian death squad leaders re-enact their crimes in the style of Hollywood movies; Sarah Polley's Stories We Tell, in which the actress investigates family secrets; and Lucy Walker's The Crash Reel, which looks at the aftermath of incapacitating injuries suffered by snowboarder Kevin Pearce.

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Golden Globes 2014: The winners list

12 Years a Slave and American Hustle are on top of the Globes.

The two films took home the top prizes at the 2014 Golden Globes Sunday night, winning best motion picture drama (12 Years) and best comedy or musical motion picture (Hustle).

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L.A. Film Critics Awards: 'Gravity' and 'Her' Win Big

12 Years a Slave, Spring Breakers' James Franco, an independent experimental film called Cabinets of Wonder and the Criterion Collection: these were just a few of an eclectic group of honorees at the 39th Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA) Awards.

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'Gravity' Takes Top Prize at Australian Academy International Awards

Alfonso Cuaron's space odyssey, Gravity, has won best film and best direction at the AACTA (Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts) International Awards, beating out 12 Years a Slave, American Hustle, Captain Phillips and Rush for the top prize. The awards were handed out at an intimate ceremony in Los Angeles Friday.

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'12 Years a Slave,' 'Captain Phillips,' 'Gravity' Among ACE Eddie Award Nominees

Nominees for best edited feature, comedy or musical, are the editors of American Hustle, August: Osage County, Inside Llewyn Davis, Nebraska and The Wolf of Wall Street.

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Art Directors Guild Nominations Announced

American Hustle, Gravity and The Great Gatsby are among the film nominees for the 18th annual Art Directors Guild's Excellence in Production Design Awards, it was announced Thursday morning.

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Academy Announces 19 Scientific and Technical Achievements

The achievements will be represented by 52 individual award recipients at the event at the Beverly Hills Hotel.

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NAACP Image Awards Nominations Announced

The Weinstein Company leads with 17 film nominations, followed by Fox Searchlight with seven. BET and CBS were the top networks in the television categories with 19 and 16 nominations, respectively. ABC followed with 15 and HBO with 13.

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10 Most Outrageous Moments at the Golden Globes' Home

The Beverly Hilton has hosted the ceremony since 1961, as well as a whole history of headline-making incidents from Heidi Fleiss' hooker ring to John Edwards' affair to Whitney Houston's tragic end.

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'Gravity,' 'Inside Llewyn Davis' Among Cinematography Nominees

Due to a three-way tie this year, the American Society of Cinematographers have nominated seven directors of photography in the theatrical motion picture category of the 28th Annual ASC Awards for Outstanding Achievement.

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Costume Designers Guild Unveils Awards Nominations

The Costume Designers Guild on Wednesday announced the nominees for its 16th annual awards.

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'12 Years a Slave' Named Best Film at Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards

The 14th edition of the Canadian fest also gave Joel and Ethan Coen's Inside Llewyn Davis the best actor trophy for Oscar Isaac's performance as well as the best screenplay prize.

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DGA Unveils Film Award Nominations

Three of the DGA's choices -- Gravity's Alfonso Cuaron, Captain Phillips' Paul Greengrass and 12 Years a Slave's Steve McQueen -- are first-time DGA nominees. David O. Russell, who was previously nominated for 2010's The Fighter, was nominated for American Hustle. And Martin Scorsese, a DGA feature award winner for 2006's The Departed, received his 11th DGA nom for his current film, The Wolf of Wall Street.

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'Rudolph' Voice Actor Larry D. Mann Dies at 91

Larry D. Mann, who voiced Yukon Cornelius in the animated Christmas favorite "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer," has died. He was 91.

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'Inside Llewyn Davis' Awarded Best Picture by National Society of Film Critics

The National Society of Film Critics have announced its 48th annual awards, honoring Inside Llewyn Davis in the Best Picture category.

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Legendary Producer Saul Zaentz Dies at 92

After presenting such major acts as Creedence Clearwater Revival on his Fantasy Records label, Zaentz moved into producing and shared three Academy Awards for best picture -- for One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975), Amadeus (1984) and The English Patient (1996).

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Phil Everly, One Half of The Everly Brothers, Dies at 74

The singer passed away Friday in Burbank of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

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With WGA Nom for 'August: Osage County,' Tracy Letts Joins Elite Club

When the Writers Guild of America announced its nominees for the 66th WGA Awards, it recognized Tracy Letts with a best adapted screenplay nom for August: Osage County, which he adapted from his Pulitzer Prize and Tony-winning play. I was curious to know how many other people, over the years, have been nominated for adapting for the big screen a theatrical production that they also wrote -- which is not an easy thing to do, practically or emotionally.

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Sci-Fi Producer Bernard Glasser Dies at 89

In 1950, Glasser borrowed money from his landlord, invested in the now-defunct Key West Studios lot in Hollywood and produced Gold Raiders (1951), a Western starring George O'Brien and the Three Stooges. The rarely seen film shot in five days and had a budget of $50,000. He also leased the facility to such producers as Burt Lancaster and Roger Corman.

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WGA Unveils Film Award Nominations

The Writers Guild of America on Friday unveiled the film nominees for its 2014 awards.

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Producer Noms Go to Woody Allen's Movie, The Weinstein Company Shut Out

Along with Blue Jasmine, the PGA's ten nominees for its Darryl F. Zanuck Producer of the Year Award in Theatrical Motion Pictures -- the guild's top prize -- include American Hustle, Captain Phillips, Dallas Buyers Club, Gravity, Her, Nebraska, Saving Mr. Banks, 12 Years a Slave and The Wolf of Wall Street. The winner will be announced at the 25th annual Producers Guild Awards on Jan. 19.

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'Fresh Prince of Bel Air' actor James Avery dies

A Navy veteran who served during the Vietnam War, Avery starred in various voice-over and live-action roles, most recently in series including "Grey’s Anatomy" and "Harry’s Law."

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