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    VFX Oscar Race Pared Down To 20 Contenders

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    This image released by Twentieth Century Fox shows Woody Harrelson, center, in a scene from "War for the Planet of the Apes," one of 20 contenders for the VFX Oscar. (Twentieth Century Fox via AP)
    LOS ANGELES --

    The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced that 20 films are in the running in the Visual Effects category for the 90th Academy Awards®.

    The films are listed below in alphabetical order:

    • “Alien: Covenant”
    • “Beauty and the Beast”
    • “Blade Runner 2049
    • “Dunkirk”
    • ‘‘Ghost in the Shell”
    • “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2”
    • “Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle”
    • “Justice League”
    • “Kong: Skull Island”
    • “Life”
    • “Logan”
    • “Ojka”
    • “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales”
    • “The Shape of Water”
    • “Spider-Man Homecoming”
    • “Star Wars: The Last Jedi”
    • “Thor: Ragnarok”
    • “Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets”
    • “War for the Planet of the Apes”
    • “Wonder Woman”

    The Academy’s Visual Effects Branch Executive Committee determined the preliminary shortlist. Later this month, the committee will select the 10 films that will advance to nominations voting.

    Nominations for the 90th Oscars® will be announced on Tuesday, January 23, 2018.

    The 90th Oscars® will be held on Sunday, March 4, 2018, at the Dolby Theatre® at Hollywood & Highland Center® in Hollywood, and will be televised live on the ABC Television Network at 6:30 p.m. ET/ 3:30 p.m. PT. The Oscars also will be televised live in more than 225 countries and territories worldwide.

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    Growth Brings Growing Pains–and Bots–To Bluesky

    Sunday, December 22, 2024

    Bluesky has seen its user base soar since the U.S. presidential election, boosted by people seeking refuge from Elon Musk's X, which they view as increasingly leaning too far to the right given its owner's support of President-elect Donald Trump, or wanting an alternative to Meta's Threads and its algorithms.

    The platform grew out of the company then known as Twitter, championed by its former CEO Jack Dorsey. Its decentralized approach to social networking was eventually intended to replace Twitter's core mechanic. That's unlikely now that the two companies have parted ways. But Bluesky's growth trajectory — with a user base that has more than doubled since October — could make it a serious competitor to other social platforms.

    But with growth comes growing pains. It's not just human users who've been flocking to Bluesky but also bots, including those designed to create partisan division or direct users to junk websites.

    The skyrocketing user base — now surpassing 25 million — is the biggest test yet for a relatively young platform that has branded itself as a social media alternative free of the problems plaguing its competitors. According to research firm Similarweb, Bluesky added 7.6 million monthly active app users on iOS and Android in November, an increase of 295.4% since October. It also saw 56.2 million desktop and mobile web visits, in the same period, up 189% from October.

    Besides the U.S. elections, Bluesky also got a boost when X was briefly banned in Brazil.

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