'Rango,' 'Puss in Boots,' 'Tintin' and more fight it out for Best Animated Feature Film

Posted by · 3:11 pm · December 15th, 2011

This year’s race for Best Animated Feature Film is a bit of a full one. After only 15 titles qualified last year (yielding just three nominees), the total number of qualifying films in the hunt this time around is 19, meaning we’ll have a set of five contenders when the nominees are announced in January. And now’s as good a time as any to handicap the field.

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Tech Support: Chris Cornell, Elton John, Madonna and 'The Muppets' throw down for Best Original Song

Posted by · 8:26 am · December 8th, 2011

Wrapping up the weekly category analysis at Tech Support, we turn today to the Best Original Song category.

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18 toons qualify for Best Animated Feature Film, 'Tintin' among them

Posted by · 12:27 pm · November 4th, 2011

The Academy has announced its list of qualifying titles for the Best Animated Feature Film category. And it turns out there are enough for a full slate of five nominees this year.

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Calling all original song contenders

Posted by · 1:28 pm · November 1st, 2011

This year’s Best Original Song race is slowly beginning to take shape. But we need to pull together a list of contenders before things get too far along. Possibilities from Chris Cornell’s “The Keeper” to a trio of tracks from “The Muppets” could all be in play this season, but what else?

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