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    Oscar Race Has 25 Animated Feature Entrants In The Running

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    This image released by Fox Searchlight Pictures shows the character Boss, voiced by Bill Murray, in a scene from "Isle of Dogs." (Fox Searchlight via AP)
    LOS ANGELES --

    Twenty-five features have been submitted for consideration in the Animated Feature Film category for the 91st Academy Awards®.

    The submitted features, listed in alphabetical order, are:

    • Ana y Bruno
    • Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch
    • Early Man
    • Fireworks
    • Have a Nice Day
    • Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation
    • Incredibles 2
    • Isle of Dogs
    • The Laws of the Universe – Part I
    • Liz and the Blue Bird
    • Lu over the Wall
    • MFKZ
    • Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms
    • Mirai
    • The Night Is Short, Walk on Girl
    • On Happiness Road
    • Ralph Breaks the Internet
    • Ruben Brandt, Collector
    • Sgt. Stubby: An American Hero
    • Sherlock Gnomes
    • Smallfoot
    • Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
    • Tall Tales
    • Teen Titans Go! To the Movies
    • Tito and the Birds

    Several of the films have not yet had their required Los Angeles qualifying run.  Submitted features must fulfill the theatrical release requirements and comply with all of the category’s other qualifying rules before they can advance in the voting process.  Sixteen or more films must qualify for the maximum of five nominees to be voted.

    Films submitted in the Animated Feature Film category also qualify for Academy Awards in other categories, including Best Picture.

    Nominations for the 91st Academy Awards will be announced on Tuesday, January 22, 2019.

    The 91st Oscars® will be held on Sunday, February 24, 2019, at the Dolby Theatre® at Hollywood & Highland Center® in Hollywood, and will be televised live on the ABC Television Network.  The Oscars also will be televised live in more than 225 countries and territories worldwide.

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    Apple and Google Face UK Investigation Into Mobile Browser Dominance

    Saturday, November 23, 2024

    Apple and Google aren't giving consumers a genuine choice of mobile web browsers, a British watchdog said Friday in a report that recommends they face an investigation under new U.K. digital rules taking effect next year.

    The Competition and Markets Authority took aim at Apple, saying the iPhone maker's tactics hold back innovation by stopping rivals from giving users new features like faster webpage loading. Apple does this by restricting progressive web apps, which don't need to be downloaded from an app store and aren't subject to app store commissions, the report said.

    "This technology is not able to fully take off on iOS devices," the watchdog said in a provisional report on its investigation into mobile browsers that it opened after an initial study concluded that Apple and Google effectively have a chokehold on "mobile ecosystems."

    The CMA's report also found that Apple and Google manipulate the choices given to mobile phone users to make their own browsers "the clearest or easiest option."

    And it said that the a revenue-sharing deal between the two U.S. Big Tech companies "significantly reduces their financial incentives" to compete in mobile browsers on Apple's iOS operating system for iPhones.

    Both companies said they will "engage constructively" with the CMA.

    Apple said it disagreed with the findings and said it was concerned that the recommendations would undermine user privacy and security.

    Google said the openness of its Android mobile operating system "has helped to expand choice, reduce prices and democratize access to smartphones and apps" and that it's "committed to open platforms that empower consumers."

    It's the latest move by regulators on both sides of the Atlantic to crack down on the... Read More

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