2.25.2013

BEPE GRILLO AND SILVIO BERLUSCONI TSUNAMI SWEEPING ITALIAN ELECTIONS AND CHANGES EUROPEAN POLITICS


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P.L. BERSANI 32.9%
SILVIO BERLUSCONI 29.2%
BEPE GRILLO 24% (A massive victory for newcomer Bepe Grillo and the Five Star Movement).
MARIO MONTI 10%

HOLLYWOOD VISUAL FX INDUSTRY FACES HUGE PROBLEMS THAT ACADEMY AWARD WINNERS FAILED TO ADDRESS LAST NIGHT. RHYTHM AND HUES VFX ARTISTS' JOBS IN RISK...


(...) When Life of Pi won an Oscar in visual effects, the film’s VFX supervisor Bill Westenhofer—who is a Rhythm & Hues employee—started to thank R&H artists and began to address the company’s recent bankruptcy filing, but his acceptance speech was cut off as the orchestra played him off with the theme from Jaws. And then, when Life of Pi director Ang Lee won the Oscar for best director, he failed to address the movie's visual effects.
"Ouch! Played off and then mic cut off at the Oscars,” one commented in response to Westenhofer's treatment, while another wrote, “We don’t have time to hear about Rhythm & Hues but we have time for a Ted bit?"
HUNDREDS OF VISUAL FX ARTISTS IN HOLLYWOOD FACE UNEMPLOYMENT
READ MORE  ON THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER WEBSITE
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/oscars-2013-vfx-artists-blast-424304

ACADEMY AWARDS 2013 FULL LIST



Best Picture: "Argo"
Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis, "Lincoln"
Best Actress: Jennifer Lawrence, "Silver Linings Playbook"
Best Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz, "Django Unchained"
Best Supporting Actress: Anne Hathaway, "Les Misérables"
Best Director: Ang Lee, "Life of Pi"
Animated Feature Film: "Brave"
Cinematography: "Life of Pi"
Costume Design: "Anna Karenina"
Documentary Feature: "Searching for Sugar Man"
Documentary Short: "Inocente"
Film Editing: "Argo"
Foreign Language Film: "Amour" (Austria)
Makeup: "Les Misérables"
Original Score: "Life of Pi"
Original Song: "Skyfall" from "Skyfall"
Production Design: "Lincoln"
Short Film (Animated): "Paperman"
Short Film (Live Action): "Curfew"
Sound Editing: "Skyfall" & "Zero Dark Thirty" (tie)
Sound Mixing: "Les Misérables"
Visual Effects: "Life of Pi"
Best Adapted Screenplay: "Argo"
Best Original Screenplay: "Django Unchained"