NEW YORK (AP) — There was something for virtually everyone to smile about on Broadway on Tuesday after 30 of 37 shows this season got at least one Tony Award nomination.BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. – The first Oscars of the year have been presented at the Scientific and Technical Awards.
Oscar winners at the Saturday night gala included Douglas Trumbull, the visual-effects master behind such pioneering works as “2001: A Space Odyssey,” “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” and “Blade Runner.”
Trumbull, 69, was honored for his long career of technological contributions to filmmaking, including his latest wizardry in the Brad Pitt-Terrence Malick drama “The Tree of Life,” which featured grand images of the cosmos and the age of dinosaurs.
Also receiving an Oscar for technical achievement at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel ceremony was Germany’s ARRI camera company for its Arrilaser film recorder used extensively in the post-production phase of motion pictures and also for restoring old films.
In addition, 25 academy plaques and certificates were presented honoring a variety of other technical achievements in moviemaking, including lenses to camera mounts.
Portions of the Scientific and Technical Awards presentations will be included in the Feb. 26 Academy Awards show on ABC.
