Oscar gets animated. (Movies).What do a boy genius, a green giant, and a blue monster have in common? Their movies, Jimmy Neutron neutron, uncharged elementary particle of slightly greater mass than the proton. It was discovered by James Chadwick in 1932. The stable isotopes of all elements except hydrogen and helium contain a number of neutrons equal to or greater than the number of protons. : Boy Genius, Shrek, and Monsters, Inc. were nominated nom·i·nate tr.v. nom·i·nat·ed, nom·i·nat·ing, nom·i·nates 1. To propose by name as a candidate, especially for election. 2. To designate or appoint to an office, responsibility, or honor. for Academy Awards, or Oscars, in a brand-new category. The category, Best Animated Feature Film, honors films often dismissed as kid stuff. The very first animated feature film, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs IBM's early competitors in the mainframe business: Burroughs, CDC, GE, Honeywell, NCR, RCA and Univac. Seven Dwarfs Doc, Happy, Sleepy, Sneezy, Bashful, Grumpy, Dopey. [Am. , got a special Academy Award in 1937. And in 1991, Beauty and the Beast Beauty and the Beast is a traditional fairy tale (type 425C -- search for a lost husband -- in the Aarne-Thompson classification). The first published version of the fairy tale was a meandering rendition by Madame Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve, published in became the first animated film ever nominated for Best Picture. So why aren't filmmakers thrilled? "It's great that animation is getting this honor," says Shrek co-director Andrew Adamson. But it's kind of "like saying animation can't compete with other films." |
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