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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced the 15 films vying for best visual effects consideration at the Oscars.

Blockbusters such as “Avatar,” “2012″ and “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” will compete with minor films such as “Where the Wild Things Are,” “District 9″ and “Coraline.”

The other semifinalists are: “Disney’s A Christmas Carol,” “G-Force,” “G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra,” “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince,” “Sherlock Holmes,” “Star Trek,” “Terminator Salvation” and “Watchmen.”

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The  A-record feast revel drew top performers and singing myths.

George Clooney, Matt Damon, Bruce Willis, Larry David, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie gathered around Jerry Weintraub’s stall at the expensive UNICEF Ball in the Beverly Wilshire Hotel ballroom Thursday night to principle the legendary producer’s philanthropic work. Clooney offered Weintraub with the Danny Kaye Humanitarian Award, named after the belated soloist-actor.

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Adam Shankman has a Twitter fondness, and it’s making Academy officials anxious.

Although the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has nothing against promotion, it likes to dole out its reports about the 82nd Annual Academy Awards, set for March 7, on its own timetable.

Shankman, who is producing the Oscar show with Bill Mechanic, doesn’t assign that coolness, though. He enjoys chatting to the fans exactly via his Twitter account, which has more than 48,000 followers, as the mood strikes him.

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LOS ANGELES – The dash for Hollywood video honors chosen up step on Tuesday when a key independent covering group unveiled Spirit Award nominees, giving dramas “Precious” and “The Last Station” five nods each, plus best picture.

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LOS ANGELES – The travel adventure “Up,” the musical fairy tale “The Princess and the Frog” and the imaginary adaptations “Fantastic Mr. Fox” and “Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs” are competing for top honors at the Annie Awards, exclusively for vigorous films.

Also in the operation for best vibrant eminence are the obscurity family tale “Coraline,” which standard an important 10 nominations, and the Irish adventure “The Secret of Kells.”

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