The travel adventure "Up" was the winner of the best animated feature at the 37th annual Annie Awards. "Up" director Pete Docter won the award for directing in a feature production. Also competing for top honors at the Annies, presented exclusively for animated films, were the musical fairy ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The animation category at this year's Oscars ceremony presents a crowded field of singing frogs, sly foxes and spunky kids, but despite some tough competition, the high-flying adventure movie "Up" is expected to float away with the Oscar. Disney/Pixar's "Up" this week became the only animated film apart from 1991's "Beauty and the ...

Complete list of 82nd Annual Academy Award nominations announced Tuesday: 1. Best Picture: "Avatar," "The Blind Side," "District 9," "An Education," "The Hurt Locker," "Inglourious Basterds," "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire," "A Serious Man," "Up," "Up in the Air." 2. Actor: Jeff Bridges, "Crazy Heart"; George Clooney ...

The Golden Globes gave top honors to James Cameron's "Avatar" and took its cue from the film's celebration of humanity, with winners ranging from the gritty child-abuse drama "Precious" to freewheeling comedy "The Hangover." Sunday's awards ceremony also opened wide to embrace the long-admired Jeff Bridges, who took best dramatic-acting honors for the country-music film "Crazy Heart ...