Soul (Pixar), the Best Animated Feature Oscar has now gone to alumni of the
California Institute of the Arts’ (CalArts) renowned animation programs 12 times. Since the category was introduced at the Academy Awards 20 years ago, the majority of winning films have been directed by “CalArtians.”
Soul (Pixar) was directed by
Pete Docter (Film/Video BFA 90) with co-director Kemp Powers. Docter, who also wrote the film with Powers and Mike Jones, took home trophies with producer Dana Murray.
Soul marks Docter’s third Oscar, having won for Pixar classics
Up and
Inside Out.
When accepting the award, Docter said, “We want to thank music teachers and art teachers everywhere… You make the world a better place.”
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After winning the Golden Globe for Best Picture Drama as a -180 favorite, Nomadland has vaulted up the oddsboard to become a -600 favorite in Oscar odds to win Best Picture at the Academy Awards. The film stars Frances McDormand as a widow who travels across the United States after losing her job and meets people in similar struggling circumstances. The movie has been universally acclaimed by film critics and seems like a runaway train to take the golden statue.
The competition in the Best Picture category for 2020 doesn’t seem as overwhelming as in years past with the COVID-19 pandemic shuttering a lot of new productions. Nearly all of the films nominated for Best Picture were shot prior to the pandemic, which may partially explain why Nomadland is such an odds-on favorite for arguably the most coveted award in the film industry.
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Plus, tickets on sale now for next week s return of Premium Member Tuesday. Catch Michelle Pfeiffer s acclaimed turn in French Exit on 4/20. There will also be a special screening of Dazed and Confused also with a new post-film onscreen cast reunion (FYI: 4/20 is cannabis culture slang for marijuana and also refers to cannabis-oriented celebrations that take place annually on April 20.
The 18 Arclight and Pacific theaters represented about 200 screens as well as countless premieres, chance encounters, and the belief that they were too important to fail.
The 18 Arclight and Pacific Theaters represented about one percent of the North American box-office gross, but the April 13 announcement of their permanent closure by parent company Decurion inspired front-page stories and social-media outpourings of grief. What other industry would generate that response? Of course, these theaters meant much more than their receipt
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