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It's a one-two punch: both Part I of "Three Shorts: Commentary on Society" (2003) and "Thief" (2006) have each surpassed 400 views on YouTube! The former ("3 Shorts") currently has 425 views, and the latter ("Thief") has 416. View 'em below!

You can also view all of this year's Oscar-nominated Animated Shorts below, at least before they're ever removed from the web!

French Roast:

The Lady and the Reaper:

Logorama (Pts. I & II):

Wallace and Gromit in A Matter of Loaf and Death:

Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty:

Bunch of Names

And so the nominees are officially announced. The Hurt Locker and Avatar tied with 9 noms apiece, the highest quantity achieved! However, Avatanic received zero nods for acting and screenplay, which luckily implies it's just a techie. See the noms here.

As a second tie-in to this blog entry's title, the Names Database has been updated for the first time in several months. Apparently, it had not yet contained the names of those involved with Journey of the Mind, including the neurological experts... until now!

First Female, Pt. 1

Wahoo! The Hurt Locker is on a role! Its director, Kathryn Bigelow, became the first woman in history last night to win the top award from the Director's Guild of America.

All but 6 previous winners of this top DGA award, for the past 61 years, then also went on to win the Academy Award for Best Director.

All I know is, this is awesome. A filmmaker from San Carlos has won the top award from the DGA, and she's the first person in history to be female to do it.

Big Bear Fare

The deed is done: Journey of the Mind has been submitted to the festival in my birthtown of Big Bear Lake!

So far, I've always entered things into festivals through the Earlybird Deadline, which provides the least expensive submission cost. For this particular festival, however, the festival itself is in September, but their Earlybird is in January, eight months prior -- more than half a year! Just sayin'...

Now, 'bout to get 2 Vimeo uploads through Pen TV, hopefully in the next week!