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Pixar Turns 25

My, how Pixar has grown. The studio, officially created when Steve Jobs paid $10 million for George Lucas's computer division of Lucasfilm, cut its teeth making animated commercials for companies including Listerine and Lifesavers. ...READ»

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USC Brings Together Filmmakers, Engineers, Doctors for Its New Body Computing Center

The new collaboration is a revolutionary way for motion graphics artists, product designers, and health care providers to work together to save lives.READ»

Peer Pressure Works on Billionaires Too

There's nothing like a little prodding from Bill Gates and Warren Buffett to get the uber-rich to part with their hard-earned wealth-- or half of it, at least. READ»

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"There is No Such Thing as a Lost Cause... Unless You Give Up"

George Lucas, the filmwriter, producer, and director known best for his Star Wars and Indiana Jones series, was interviewed at the World Business Forum in Radio City Music Hall yesterday.READ»

Does George Lucas Want to be Citizen Kane?

Critics charge that Lucas's new studio is a knock-off of Hearst Castle.READ»

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Trying Times for Indy

A week before his obsessively anticipated Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull opens in U.S theaters, George Lucas has a reason to bite his fingernails--and not just because Iron Man seems to already have become the ...READ»