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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that seven films remain in the running in the Visual Effects category for the 83rd Academy Awards®.

The Ghent Altarpiece, or Adoration of the Mystic Lamb, completed in 1432 by Jan van Eyck, is considered the first great painting of the Renaissance

Host Craig Ferguson is joined by Robot Geoff Peterson.

To create a believable new universe, Star Wars sound designer Ben Burtt recorded everyday sounds — motors, animals — on which to build the sonic signatures of spaceship engines and droids like R2-D2.

Wyclef Jean has vowed to boost the teaching of English in Haiti if he wins his bid for the presidency.

The 'Fugees' star has confirmed that he wants to fight for leadership of his homeland, and filed election papers confirming his candidacy.

He has brushed off accusations he will struggle to interact with the mainly French and Creole-speaking citizens, insisting he wants to encourage them to use English as a third language.

Tourism chiefs in the UK are expecting the UK will grow by more than 60% to £188 billion by 2020.

Brad Pitt has been roped in to star in a new film called 'World War Z', an adaptation of a book of the same name by Max Brooks.

A Swedish diver may have found the world's oldest drinkable sparkling wine when he recovered several bottles of champagne amid the wreckage of a 230-year-old ship in the Baltic Sea, Swedish and Finnish media reported.

Women are usually not prominent in the world of filmmaking, but the Swedish government is paving the way for others to follow by encouraging their participation in every aspect of the movie business.