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LOS ALAMITOS, Calif., 9 June 2009 Computer Pioneer Jean Bartik, Computer Entrepreneurs Charles Geschke and John Warnock, Kanai Award winner Ben Wah, and Technical Achievement Award winners John Bay, Sajal Das, and Tim Finin were recognized for their technical accomplishments at a 4 June awards dinner in Savannah, Georgia.

As ambitious and strange as its title is simple, "Up" tells the story of Carl Fredricksen , a curmudgeonly widower who thus far has refused to sell his house to a construction firm that has turned his once-charming neighborhood into a slick and soulless development.

Ed Catmull, president of Walt Disney and Pixar Animation Studios, will be honored with the Visual Effects Society's 2010 George Melies Award at the eighth annual VES Awards, which will be held Feb.

George Lucas: Maker of Films Michael Rubin, author of Droidmaker reposted the '71 Lucas interview from last week , which reminded me of The Human Story of Pixar, a celebratory panel from 2005, in which Rubin interviews Brad Bird, Andrew Stanton, Alvy Ray Smith, Ed Catmull, some of the great minds behind Pixar and just about ever single technology ...

Today, the former Fake Steve Jobs has some rather fanboyish sounding things to say about the Real Steve Jobs.

You know animator Angus MacLane's work even though he's not one the Pixar marquee stars like John Lasseter or Brad Bird: MacLane lent his talents to WALL-E , for which he accepted the film's Saturn Award on Wednesday.

Disney/Pixar Animation Studios has created another smash summer hit with Up. The movie, which tells the story of a man named Carl Fredrickson who ties thousands of balloons to his house in order to escape to South America after his wife's death, is one of the best movies, animated or not, I've seen in a long time.

WOODSIDE, Calif. -- This is the mansion that Steve Jobs, the chief executive of Apple and Pixar, has stated his intention to tear down on a property he owns near Palo Alto, Calif.

In the peerless pantheon of Pixar flicks - the new Up makes it an even 10 gems - A Bug's Life always seems to get ranked last.

He's the reason adults of a certain age can't stop themselves from finishing the song line beginning "M-I-C-K-E-Y," the force causing untold legions to see marching mops when they hear the rousing strains of "The Sorcerer's Apprentice." But the story of Walt Disney the man sometimes gets forgotten in the telling of his legend.

According to the Wall Street Journal, Steve Jobs had a liver transplant 2 months ago in Tennessee.

Steven Paul Jobs. AGE - 54. Born Feb. 24, 1955. EDUCATION - Dropped out of Reed College in Portland, Ore., after one year.

Colby Curtin got her final wish. The 10-year-old girl desperately wanted to see the new Disney-Pixar movie, "Up." But the cancer-stricken girl was too sick to go to a theater.

Pixar, which merged with Walt Disney in 2006, are behind animation blockbusters such as "Toy Story," "Finding Nemo," "The Incredibles," "Ratatouille" and more recently "WALL-E," which has been nominated for best animated feature at next month's Academy Awards.

FILM whizz Warren Trezevant returns to Tyneside today to inspire the designers of tomorrow.

Former students from Texas A&Ma s Department of Visualization made major contributions to a oeUp,a the current cinema smash from Pixar Animation Studios.

Hollywood nursed another big weekend hangover. The Warner Bros. comedy "The Hangover" hauled in $33.4 million to remain the top box-office draw for a second-straight weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday.

The latest release from Pixar Animation Studios, UP, generated an astonishing $68,108,790 its opening weekend.

Although it runs counter to the spirit of a no-use policy, allowing teens to drink as part of family celebrations and gatherings might not be such a bad idea.

A new crop of would-be film industry workers picks up credentials this week in Michigan.