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    “How to Train Your Dragon 2” Wins Top Film Honor At Annie Awards

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    This file image released by DreamWorks Animation shows a scene from "How To Train Your Dragon 2." (AP Photo/DreamWorks Animation, File)
    LOS ANGELES --

    How to Train Your Dragon 2 (DreamWorks Animation) earned Best Animated Feature distinction at the 42nd annual Annie Awards recognizing the best in the field of animation in 2014. Held last night at UCLA’s Royce Hall, the Annie Awards cover varied categories and include Best Animated Feature, Best Animated Special Production, Commercials, Short Subjects and Outstanding Individual Achievements.

    For the animated feature honor, How to Train Your Dragon 2 topped a field of nominated films that also consisted of Big Hero 6 (Walt Disney Animation Studios), Cheatin’ (Plymptoons Studio), Song of the Sea (GKIDS/Cartoon Saloon), The Book of Life (Reel FX), The Boxtrolls (Focus Features/Laika), The Lego Movie (Warner Bros. Pictures), and The Tale of The Princess Kaguya (GKIDS/Studio Ghibli).

    How to Train Your Dragon 2 also topped four other Annie categories: Character Animation in an Animated Feature Production; Editorial in an Animated Feature Production; Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production; and Music in an Animated Feature Production.

    Here’s a rundown of Annie Award winners:

    Best Animated Feature
    ___ ‘How to Train Your Dragon 2’
 – DreamWorks Animation

    Best Animated Special Production
    ___ ‘Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey’ – Voyager Pictures LLC

    Best Animated Short Subject
    ___ ‘Feast’ – 
Walt Disney Animation Studios

    Best Animated Television/Broadcast Commercial
    ___ ‘Flight of the Stories’ – Aardman Animations

    Best Animated TV/Broadcast Production For Preschool Children
    ___ ‘Tumble Leaf’ – Amazon Studios

    Best Animated Television/Broadcast Production For a Children’s Audience
    ___ ‘Gravity Falls’
 – Disney Television Animation

    Best General Audience Animated Television/Broadcast Production
    ___ ‘The Simpsons’ – 
Gracie Films in association with 20th Century Fox Television

    Best Video Game
    ___ ‘Valiant Hearts: The Great War’ – Ubisoft

    Best Student Film
    ___ Jason Rayner – ‘My Big Brother’ – Savannah College of Art and Design

    Animated Effects in an Animated Production
    ___ Michael Kaschalk, Peter DeMund, David Hutchins, Henrik Falt, John Kosnik – ‘Big Hero 6’
- Walt Disney Animation Studios

    Animated Effects in a Live Action Production
    ___ Steve Avoujageli, Atsushi Ikarashi, Pawel Grochola, Paul Waggoner, Viktor Lundqvist – ‘Edge of Tomorrow’
- Sony Pictures Imageworks

    Character Animation in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production
    ___ Justin Nichols – ‘Wander Over Yonder’ – Disney Television Animation

    Character Animation in an Animated Feature Production
    ___ Fabio Lignini – ‘How to Train Your Dragon 2’ – DreamWorks Animation

    Character Animation in a Live Action Production
    ___ Daniel Barrett, Paul Story, Eteuati Tema, Alessandro Bonora, Dejan Momcilovic – ‘Dawn of the Planet of the Apes’ – Weta Digital

    Character Animation in a Video Game
    ___ Mike Mennillo – ‘Assassin’s Creed Unity’
- Ubisoft

    Character Design in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production
    ___ Benjamin Balistreri – ‘Wander Over Yonder’
- Disney Television Animation

    Character Design in an Animated Feature Production
    ___ Paul Sullivan, Sandra Equihua, Jorge R. Gutierrez – ‘The Book of Life’ – 
Reel FX

    Directing in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production
    ___ Aaron Springer – ‘Disney Mickey Mouse’
 – Disney Television Animation 


    Directing in an Animated Feature Production
    ___ Dean DeBlois – ‘How to Train Your Dragon 2’
 – DreamWorks Animation

    Music in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production
    ___ Christopher Willis – ‘Disney Mickey Mouse’
 – Disney Television Animation

    Music in an Animated Feature Production
    ___ John Powell, Jónsi – ‘How to Train Your Dragon 2’ – DreamWorks Animation

    Production Design in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production
    ___ Narina Sokolova – ‘Mickey Shorts’
 – Disney

    Production Design in an Animated Feature Production
    ___ Paul Lasaine, Tom McClure, August Hall – ‘The Boxtrolls’
 – Focus Features/Laika

    Storyboarding in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production
    ___ Joaquim Dos Santos – ‘Legend of Korra, Venom of the Red Lotus’
 – Nickelodeon Animation Studio

    Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production
    ___ Truong “Tron” Son Mai – ‘How to Train Your Dragon 2’
 – DreamWorks Animation

    Voice Acting in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production
    ___ Bill Farmer as the voice of Goofy and Grandma – ‘Disney Mickey Mouse’ – 
Disney Television Animation

    Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production
    ___ Sir Ben Kingsley as the voice of Archibald Snatcher – ‘The Boxtrolls’ – Focus Features/Laika

    Writing in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production
    ___ Darrick Bachman – ‘Disney Mickey Mouse’ – Disney Television Animation 

    Writing in an Animated Feature Production
    ___ Phil Lord, Christopher Miller – ‘The LEGO Movie’ – Warner Bros. Pictures

    Editorial in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production
    ___ Illya Owens – ‘Disney Mickey Mouse’ – 
Disney Television Animation

    Editorial in an Animated Feature Production
    ___John K. Carr – ‘How to Train Your Dragon 2’ – DreamWorks Animation

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    A Closer Look At Proposed Measures Designed To Curb Google’s Search Monopoly

    Thursday, November 21, 2024

    U.S. regulators are proposing aggressive measures to restore competition to the online search market after a federal judge ruled Google maintained an illegal monopoly for the last decade.

    The sweeping set of recommendations filed late Wednesday by the U.S. Department of Justice could radically alter Google's business, including possibly spinning off the Chrome web browser and syndicating its search data to competitors. Even if the courts adopt the blueprint, Google isn't likely to make any significant changes until 2026 at the earliest, because of the legal system's slow-moving wheels.

    Here's what it all means:

    What is the Justice Department's goal?
    Federal prosecutors are cracking down on Google in a case originally filed during near the end of then-President Donald Trump's first term. Officials say the main goal of these proposals is to get Google to stop leveraging its dominant search engine to illegally squelch competition and stifle innovation.

    "The playing field is not level because of Google's conduct, and Google's quality reflects the ill-gotten gains of an advantage illegally acquired," the Justice Department asserted in its recommendations. "The remedy must close this gap and deprive Google of these advantages."

    Not surprisingly, Google sees things much differently. The Justice Department's "wildly overbroad proposal goes miles beyond the Court's decision," Kent Walker, Google's chief legal officer, asserted in a blog post. "It would break a range of Google products — even beyond search — that people love and find helpful in their everyday lives."

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