THE ANIMATORS who make green ogres and one-eyed bugs come to life on the big screen should be jumping up and down this Sunday. At 8:00 p.m. EST the Academy Awards commence, and for the first time in the awards’ 74-year history, the Academy will recognize the feature-length, animated film with its own Best Picture award. Pre-ceremony, the reviews of the new category–the first since 1981 (makeup)–are mixed, but the new award may help catapult animation past the stereotype that Shreks are for kids.

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