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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