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    20 Films In Running For VFX Oscar Nominations

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    Amy Adams as Louise Banks in "Arrival" (photo by Jan Thijs/photo courtesy of Paramount Pictures)
    LOS ANGELES --

    The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that 20 films are in the running in the Visual Effects category for the 89th Academy Awards®.

    The films are listed below in alphabetical order:

    •       “Alice through the Looking Glass”
    •       “Arrival”
    •       “The BFG”
    •       “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice”
    •       “Captain America: Civil War”
    •       “Deadpool”
    •       “Deepwater Horizon”
    •       “Doctor Strange”
    •       “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them”
    •       “Independence Day: Resurgence”
    •       “The Jungle Book”
    •       “Kubo and the Two Strings”
    •       “Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children”
    •       “Passengers”
    •       “Rogue One”
    •       “Star Trek Beyond”
    •       “Suicide Squad”
    •       “Sully”
    •       “Warcraft”
    •       “X-Men: Apocalypse”

    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 89th Oscars® will be announced on Tuesday, January 24, 2017.

    The 89th Oscars will be held on Sunday, February 26, 2017, at the Dolby Theatre® at Hollywood & Highland Center® in Hollywood, and will be televised live on the ABC Television Network at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT.  The Oscars also will be televised live in more than 225 countries and territories worldwide.

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    Trump taps “Apprentice” producer, Mark Burnett, as special envoy to the U.K.

    Saturday, December 21, 2024
    Television producer Mark Burnett, left, looks on as President Donald Trump arrives for the National Prayer Breakfast, Feb. 2, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

    Mark Burnett, the power producer who helped reintroduce Donald Trump to a national television audience with "The Apprentice," is being tapped by the president-elect as special envoy to the United Kingdom in his upcoming administration.

    "With a distinguished career in television production and business, Mark brings a unique blend of diplomatic acumen and international recognition to this important role," Trump announced Saturday.

    Burnett, who was born in London, helped produce hits like "Survivor" and "The Voice," but is perhaps best known for teaming up with Trump for "The Apprentice," which first aired on NBC in 2004.

    Trump had been well-known in real estate and pop culture circles for decades. But the show helped again make him a household name — though Trump severed ties with NBC in 2015, the same year he launched his first White House run.

    The selection of Burnett continues Trump's trend of filling out his incoming administration with people who have high-profile backgrounds in television or politics, or both — including his choice to be defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, a former co-host of "Fox & Friends Weekend," and ex-television doctor and unsuccessful Senate candidate in Pennsylvania, Mehmet Oz.

    Trump's first campaign in 2016 was rocked by allegations about his conduct on "The Apprentice" and other appearances during his association with NBC, notably in footage in which he said he could sexually assault women and get away with it because he was a "star."

    Almost a decade after he left his reality TV role, Trump's television career remains central to his biography and political rise. The show presented Trump Tower to tens of millions of people as a symbol of power and success before Trump launched his first... Read More

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