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"Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" raided the Visual Effects Society Awards Sunday night and sailed off with six wins, including the two top awards: outstanding visual effects in a visual-effects-driven picture and single visual effect of the year. The...

As expected, Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest plundered a lot of gold at the Visual Effects Society’s 5th annual VES Awards. Held Sunday night at the Kodak Theater Ballroom in Hollywood, the event saw George Lucas present the lifetime achievement...

Disney’s PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN’S CHEST was the big winner for Industrial Light & Magic at the 5th Annual VES Awards, winning in all six categories for which it was nominated, including Outstanding Visual Effects, Saturday night (Feb. 11, 2007) at...

The film biz's tech community saluted an important environmental initiative and heard the promise of major changes to come Saturday night at the Academy's Scientific and Technical Awards at the Beverly Wilshire. Maggie Gyllenhaal hosted, and the thesp struggled...

Fango got the exclusive lowdown from publicist Ellen Pasternack on the 8th Annual Festival of Visual Effects, to be held July 6-8 at Hollywood’s Egyptian Theatre (6712 Hollywood Boulevard). The three-day Visual Effects Society extravaganza, set to feature workshops...

Inside his shop of horrors, not far from three naked, bloated bodies propped against the wall, Todd Masters proudly displays his latest creation: an impaled head. For a scene in the upcoming horror flick "Snakes on a Plane," Masters and his colleagues have rigged...

As John Lasseter stepped to the podium to accept the Georges Méliès Award for Pioneering and Artistic Excellence from the Visual Effects Society in February, he couldn't resist reflecting on his initial steps through the Walt Disney company — steps that launched...

VES Awards: Digital Rivers Converge By Mark London Williams