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The Jokes, the Scene (Oh, and the Winners) at the Film Academy's Scientific and Technical Awards
Leslie Mann and John Cho hosted the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Scientific and Technical Awards.
Credit: Richard Harbaugh / MPAA
The beautiful people hog most of the headlines during Oscars season, but it was the geeks who inherited the Earth on Saturday (February 11) as the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences handed out its annual Scientific and Technical Awards.
The Sci-Tech Awards ceremony was, as always, distinctly lacking in many of the hallmarks of the Oscars.
There was zero suspense. (The winners were announced weeks before.) There was minimal star power. There was no televised audience of millions.
Still, for the 34 individuals and five companies that received awards, none of that did anything to dampen the thrill of being honored for the kinds of behind-the-scenes innovations that rarely get the spotlight but that make much of the spectacle and visual-effects razzle-dazzle of cinema possible.
"Simply put, the movies we love would not exist if not for your talent, your knowledge, and your creativity," said academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs.
From The Los Angeles Times
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