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'Journalist Bait' Study Deemed A Fraud

natureheader | Posted 05.06.2013 | Science
Read More: Fake Science, Video, Fake Data, Fraud Study, Academic Fraud, Study Fraud, Robert Trivers, Sexual Selection, Motion Capture, Dance Study, Anthropology, Genetics, Science News

By Eugenie Samuel Reich Few researchers have tried harder than Robert Trivers to retract one of their own papers. In 2005, Trivers, an evolutionary b...

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Andy Serkis Conquers The Sea

Posted 02.19.2012 | Entertainment
Read More: Andy Serkis Captain Haddock, Video, Motion Capture, Andy Serkis Tintin, Steven Spielberg, Trailers and Clips, Tintin, Andy Serkis, Jamie Bell, Captain Haddock, Movies, Entertainment News

This summer, Andy Serkis leaped from tree to tree as a genius ape. Now, he's conquering the high seas as a drunken Scottish boat captain. Not a bad ye...

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Could A Monkey Win An Oscar?

HuffingtonPost.com | Jordan Zakarin | Posted 01.28.2012 | Entertainment
Read More: Video, Weta Digital, Motion Capture, Andy Serkis Weta Digital, Andy Serkis, Andy Serkis Peter Jackson, Andy Serkis Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Andy Serkis Lord of the Rings, Celebrities, Peter Jackson, Entertainment News

Could a monkey win an Oscar? Save your sarcastic remarks about the state of Hollywood -- this is a very pressing question. The monkey at hand, of c...

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Scientists Use Motion Tracking To Measure Mood

AolGovernment | Posted 01.04.2012 | Technology
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Computer scientists working at the National Science Foundation (NSF) have taken the art of motion capture -- typically used to enhance video games and...

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Spielberg, Peter Jackson Detail Their Epic Next Film

AP | DAVID GERMAIN | Posted 09.22.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Peter Jackson Tintin, The Adventures of Tintin, Motion Capture, Steven Spielberg, Tintin, The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn, Peter Jackson, Movies, Steven Spielberg Tintin, Entertainment News

SAN DIEGO — Hollywood still dictates what the world watches at movie theaters. But more and more, the world outside North America will dictate w...

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Cinefantastique Round Table Podcast: Zemeckis Vanishes Into the Uncanny Valley

Dan Persons | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Action-Adventure, Michael Gough, Repression, Horror, Big Love, Drama, Indie, Comedy, Science Fiction, Acting Legend, Fantasy, Motion Capture, Robert Zemeckis, Drive Angry, Animation, Black Death, Tangled, Battle: Los Angeles, Mo-Cap, Entertainment News
Dan Persons

A fond farewell to actor Michael Gough, a fine character actor who appeared in numerous genre films, ranging from Horror of Dracula (1958) to Sleepy Hollow (1999).

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Cinefantastique Podcast: Tron: Legacy

Dan Persons | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Cinefantastique, Violence, Action-Adventure, Emotion, Garrett Hedlund, Sex, War, Tron, Drama, Death, Success, Debut Feature, Cinefantastique Podcast, Tron Legacy, Jeff Bridges, Acting Legend, Fantasy, Off Beat, Racism, Science Fiction, Cgi, Bruce Boxleitner, Explosions, Motion-Capture, Animation, Disney, CG Animation, Love, Entertainment News
Dan Persons

In the latest episode of the "The Cinefantastique Podcast" Steve Biodrowski, Lawrence French, and Dan Persons attempt to build their own consensual reality after a viewing of "Tron: Legacy".

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Making Of Avatar (VIDEO): Creating Emotions With Motion Capture Tech

Huffington Post | Amanda Ng | Posted 05.25.2011 | Technology
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*See video below* James Cameron wants one thing to be clear about Avatar: "This is not an animated film," he has said. "These actors did not just s...

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Seth Green Shares His Secrets of Financial Success as Unbroke Premieres

Andrea Chalupa | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
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Green compares Unbroke to the Schoolhouse Rock shorts: funny and informative. "I'm concerned for all of America's youth who grew up watching My Super Sweet 16 and Cribs."

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