Names the Top 10 Places to Get Naked

Naked Cycling: World Naked Bike Ride, next main ride 12 March 2011 worldwide Held annually since 2004 in cities around the world, people ride bikes naked to celebrate cycling and the human body. But it's not just about baring your bod; the ride demonstrates...

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Patents Suggest Pixar Developing Next-Gen Motion Capture

  After touching on Pixar's rejection of motion capture in my previous post, I decided to look into the studio's patents to see whether there's anything that would suggest they are taking another look at the idea. Lo and behold, Pixar's latest filing,...

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The Art of The Adventures of Tintin (and a Defense of Mocap)

  So it's been a couple of days since I purchased The Art of The Adventures of Tintin... As you can see, except for the film's awesome logo, the cover isn't very appealing. But the concepts, rendered designs, and especially the character close-ups inside...

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Will Brad Bird Ever Return to Animation?

 Will Brad Bird Ever Return to Animation? Bird directing Tom Cruise on location in Dubai That's the question I asked myself while riding the cinematic roller coaster that is Mission: Impossible–Ghost Protocol, which opened Friday on IMAX...

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Giant Lantern Festival in the Philippines

The Giant Lantern Festival is an annual festival held in December (Saturday before Christmas Eve) in the City of San Fernando in the Philippines. The festival features a competition of giant lanterns. Because of the popularity of the festival, the city has been...

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'Behind the Magic' of Rango

 Watch this new video from the visual effects masters at Industrial Light & Magic (ILM), discussing the filmmaking techniques behind the unique look and feel of Rango. The film was the first to be animated entirely at ILM. ...

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