#Big Box-Office Weekend for ‘Moana 2’ Could Also Spill Into Oscars

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Moana 2‘s historic weekend at the box office is not only filling Disney’s coffers but bolstering its case for an Oscar nomination. The movie has shattered record after record since its launch on Thanksgiving eve, serving up a massive $221 million for the five-day weekend, including $135.3 million from Friday to Sunday. That could help…

#Will the Best Picture Race Have Two Animation Contenders?

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In 2002, the Academy Awards first honored animated features with their own Oscar category — the inaugural winner was DreamWorks Animation’s Shrek. Before then, the stance on rewarding animated features was that there were too few to warrant a separate category; honorary Oscars were given to groundbreaking films like the animated/live-action hybrid Who Framed Roger…

#‘Puss in Boots: The Last Wish,’ ‘Marcel the Shell With Shoes On’ Directors Reflect on the Voices Behind Their Animated Visions

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‘Puss in Boots: The Last Wish,’ ‘Marcel the Shell With Shoes On’ Directors Reflect on the Voices Behind Their Animated Visions Nana Connie and Marcel (Isabella Rossellini and Jenny Slate) The birth of the profound and heartwarming 1-inch shell voiced by Jenny Slate was an unusual situation that began years before the movie was made,…