5 Most Awesome Things About Writing "Everything Is AWESOME!!!" for The Lego Movie

After months of the song getting cut into various early versions of the rough film, I finally went down to Animal Logic to meet with writer-directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller, Chris McKay and producer Seanne Winslow. That…was AWESOME. They were all so incredibly happy with my song and appreciative of it. Also, I was such a huge fan of Phil Lord and Chris Miller’s work, so this was just getting to be ridiculous levels of fun. Even if the song never ended up in the final film, the ride getting there was the best experience.      Read More.

Best Picture Winners That Should Have Lost

''Forrest Gump'' over ''Pulp Fiction''? ''Crash'' over ''Brokeback Mountain''? ''Gandhi'' over ''E.T.''? Questionable choices, and the more-deserving films they beat out

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R.I.P. Jimmy Murakami, animator of The Snowman

Animation director Teruaki “Jimmy” Murakami has died at the age of 80. Born in San Jose, California, Murakami was 8 years old when Pearl Harbor was attacked, and spent four years during the war housed with his family in a Japanese-American internment camp. He would eventually become best known for his pitch-perfect adaptations of works by the English cartoonist and illustrator Raymond Briggs, such as The Snowman, made after he’d selected Ireland as his base of operations. Children’s TV creator Jason Tammemagi publicly mourned him as “a friend to us all in the Irish animation scene, supporting new talent and offering advice.”

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'Captain Phillips,' 'Gravity,' 'The Great Gatsby' Win Sound Editors Awards

In the feature films categories, the sound editing teams behind Gravity -- which earlier on Sunday won the BAFTA for sound -- collected one trophy, in the category for sound effects and foley; Captain Phillips claimed the trophy for dialogue and ADR; and The Great Gatsby topped the category for music editing.

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'Dallas Buyers Club,' 'Bad Grandpa' Win at Make-Up and Hair Stylists Awards

American Hustle, Dallas Buyers Club, Lee Daniel’s The Butler, Prisoners and Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa all won awards in the feature categories at the Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild Awards, Saturday at the Paramount Studios Theatre.

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Jim Henson's Son, John, Dies at 48

He suffered a "massive heart attack" at his home, the Henson Company stated in a post on its Facebook page.

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'Gravity' Tops the Visual Effects Society Awards

Gravity also won awards for compositing, virtual cinematography, created environment, models, and FX and simulation animation. The VFX were created at London-based Framestore, led by Framestore VFX supervisor, Tim Webber.

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