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Eligible for Oscar
LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- Eleven films, including "Shrek 2," "Shark Tale" and the Japanese movie "Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence," are eligible to be nominated for the best animated feature film Oscar, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced.
Just three of them can be nominated.
The competing movies include four that hadn't opened by Thursday, when the list of eligible films was released: "The Polar Express," "Sky Blue," "The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie" and "The Incredibles."
Also on the list: "Home on the Range," "Clifford's Really Big Movie," "Disney's Teacher's Pet" and "The Legend of Buddha."
Nominations for the 77th Academy Awards will be announced in January.
The Oscars will be presented February 27 at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood.
Trump sued
MIAMI, Florida (AP) -- A judge should order the destruction of two condo towers being built for an oceanfront resort that carries the name of Donald Trump, according to a lawsuit filed by a Miami architect who claims the billionaire and a hotel developer took his design.
The lawsuit filed by Paul Oravec says he was "shocked and dismayed" to see design photos of the towers at Trump Grande Ocean Resort and Residences in the newspaper after similar ideas he created were turned down by Trump.
The resort is under construction in Sunny Isles Beach on the Atlantic Ocean, just a few miles northeast of Miami.
Trump, the corporation, the architect for the Trump Palace and Trump Royale towers and two development companies were named as defendants. The lawsuit, filed Tuesday, alleges copyright violations and seeks unspecified damages. It also calls for a judge to halt construction or order the destruction of the buildings.
Norma Foerderer, a spokeswoman for Trump, said he couldn't comment because he hadn't seen the filing. A spokeswoman at Dezer Properties, a prominent hotel builder in New York and the Miami Beach area that partnered with Trump on the towers, said legal counsel wasn't available for immediate comment.
Oravec claims he devised the concept for the concave-convex design in 1996 and sent it to several developers.
Trump also stars in the NBC reality show "The Apprentice."
Shatner 'Transformed' again
NEW YORK (Billboard) -- Actor William Shatner's infamous 1968 album "The Transformed Man" will be reissued December 7 by Geffen Records.
The set, which features the venerable Capt. James T. Kirk reading poetry over ultra-serious musical accompaniment and covering such contemporary classics as Bob Dylan's "Mr. Tambourine Man" and the Beatles' "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds," has been remastered from the original tapes.
Shatner recently returned to the studio to record the Shout Factory album "Has Been," which was produced by Ben Folds.
Rhino has previously fanned the flames of cult adoration for "The Transformed Man" by featuring tracks from it on three of its "Golden Throats" compilations. The original album never charted on The Billboard 200 and although it was available for many years via Varese Saraband, it has sold just 8,000 copies in the United States since Nielsen SoundScan began tracking data in 1991. The set has been out of print since early 2001.
Shatner reprised his deadpan delivery on a series of 2000 commercials for Priceline.com, which found him reciting the lyrics to such songs as C.W. McCall's "Convoy" and the Animals' "We Gotta Get Out of This Place."
Artie Shaw honored
SEATTLE, Washington (AP) -- Former big band leader Artie Shaw is among seven artists who have been named National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Masters.
Since 1982, the National Endowment has awarded the title to a handful of living jazz musicians and promoters to recognize their contributions to the music form.
Those honored also include guitarist Kenny Burrell, clarinetist-saxophonist Paquito D'Rivera, composer Slide Hampton, singer Shirley Horn, keyboardist Jimmy Smith and jazz impresario George Wein. The announcement was made Thursday at a gala hosted by Seattle's Earshot Jazz Society.
The seven will officially receive their awards at a January 7 concert and ceremony in Long Beach, California.
"Jazz may well be considered America's most treasured and most influential export," said NEA Chairman Dana Gioia. "From its earliest days until now it has continued to grow creatively -- yet the people who have given us this art form deserve far greater recognition."
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Associated Press contributed to this report.
