Originally Posted By AutoPost This topic is for Discussion of <a href="http://www.LaughingPlace.com/Latest-ID-76409.asp" target="_blank"><b>Latest: Toy Story 3 Receives 5 Academy Award Nominations including Best Picture, Best Animated Fea</b></a> <p style="text-align: center;"><img width="400" height="296" src="http://laughingplace.com/files/latest/20100216-3.jpg" /><br />Actor John Ratzenberger, voice of Toy Story character Hamm, and John Lasseter, creator of Toy Story at 2010 Toy Fair (c) Disney</p> <p style="text-align: left;"><i>LaughingPlace Newsdesk</i> -- As reported <a href="http://www.laughingplace.com/Latest-ID-76401.asp">earlier today on LaughingPlace.com</a> Disney/Pixar's Toy Story 3 received 5 Academy Award nominations</p> <ul> <li>Best Picture (Darla K Anderson, Producer)</li> <li>Best Animated Feature (Lee Unkrich, Director)</li> <li>Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Song) – “We Belong Together” (Music and Lyric by Randy Newman)</li> <li>Achievement in Sound Editing (Tom Myers and Michael Silvers)</li> <li>Adapted Screenplay (Screenplay by Michael Arndt. Story by John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich)</li> </ul> <p><i>Toy Story 3</i> marks only the third time in history that Academy members have honored an animated film in the Best Picture category. It also earned a nomination for Adapted Screenplay – making it the fourth consecutive screenplay nomination for a Disney•Pixar film. The Toy Story trilogy’s tally of Oscar nominations now stands at nine.</p> <p>Commenting on the announcement, John Lasseter, chief creative officer for Walt Disney and Pixar Animation Studios, said, “To have <i>Toy Story 3</i> represented in the Best Picture category is a great honor, and a fitting tribute to director Lee Unkrich, producer Darla Anderson, screenwriter Michael Arndt, and all of the talented people at Pixar, who worked so hard to live up to and exceed the standards and expectations of Toy Story fans and moviegoers all over the world.”</p>
