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“Avatar: Fire and Ash” dominated the Visual Effects Society awards with 10 nominations, including outstanding visual effects in a photoreal feature. There is a three-way tie for top nominations in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “Avatar: Fire and Ash” dominated the Visual Effects Society awards with 10 nominations, including outstanding visual effects in a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Visual Effects Society has officially entered the awards season conversation. On Tuesday, the visual effects industry’s global ...

James Cameron’s “Avatar: Fire and Ash” has received 10 nominations for the Visual Effects Society Awards, the organization announced on Tuesday. In the top category, honoring photorealistic features, ...

The Eaton fire, which ignited the same day as the Palisades fire, displaced 6,900 households from Altadena and nearby communities. Los Angeles County has opened one-stop permitting centers for fire ...

Avatar: Fire and Ash is the third entry in the Avatar series, with the same core uniqueness and idiosyncratic Cameron touches that defined the previous two movies. That influence extends to the music ...

It happens early on, the first time “Avatar: Fire and Ash” took my breath away with its visual effects. It was something simple — waves gently lapping in the foreground as characters spoke — but the ...