We broke down the Best Animated Short category last week both in the on-going Oscar Guide feature (other editions linked below this post) and on yesterday’s Oscar Talk podcast. The race is a bit ...

How does one follow up an Oscar nomination for best animated short? Stop motion director PES, who was nominated this year for Fresh Guacamole, wants to make another short, but instead of traditional ...

All this month we’ll be reviewing the Oscar nominees for the best animated, live-action, and documentary short films, alternating daily between categories. Check back tomorrow for the next installment ...

The shortest film ever nominated for an Oscar. By Charlotte Simmonds It may not have scooped a prize at last night’s Academy Awards, but Fresh Guacamole has long been a winner in my heart. This chirpy ...

Maybe you, like Adam Pesapane, have glanced at a mound of avocados in the supermarket and mistook them, for a moment, for a stockpile of grenades. Perhaps as a child, you pretended Pixie Stix were ...

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(CBS) - This short video is a zesty and colorful way to start your day. Especially if you like guacamole! (And, really, who doesn't?) But this isn't just any guacamole, it's "Fresh Guacamole." The ...

Steven Spielberg was inspired by Abraham Lincoln and the Emancipation Proclamation. Ben Affleck was provoked by a Middle Eastern hostage tale. Adam Pesapane wanted to transform a hand grenade into an ...

Every year, it gets more and more difficult to draw a clear boundary between animated and live-action films. The official terminology used by the Academy Awards feels particularly vague and ...