Academy Award

Ang Lee's win for 'Life of Pi' thrills Taiwanese
Ang Lee in the press room at the Oscars at the Dolby Theatre on Feb. 24 in Los Angeles (AP Photo)
February 25, 2013
TAIPEI--A second Academy Award for director Ang Lee has surprised his home of Taiwan as much as Hollywood.
ANIME NEWS: 'After School Midnighters' aims for...
(c) After School Midnighters Partnership
August 22, 2012
Producers of "After School Midnighters," a full-CG anime feature slated to hit cinemas nationwide on Aug. 25, have submitted the film for an Academy Award for the best animated ...
VOX POPULI: Meryl Streep willing to give Noda...
March 08, 2012
The character Meryl Streep portrayed in “The Iron Lady” is much celebrated and still alive. When asked about the difficulty of taking on the role at a news conference in...
Costume designer Eiko Ishioka has died at 73
Eiko Ishioka
January 27, 2012
NEW YORK--Eiko Ishioka, a bold, Academy Award-winning visual artist whose surreal and sensual costumes were worn by Broadway actors, Olympic athletes, Cirque du Soleil...
ANIME NEWS: Exhibition highlights Oscar-winning...
Kunio Kato speaks about his works at the Towada Art Center in Towada, Aomori Prefecture. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
September 24, 2011
Sketches and original illustrations from the Oscar-winning "La Maison en Petits Cubes" (The House of Small Cubes) and other works by famed animator Kunio Kato are on display at ...
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