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Artificial Intelligence is “fundamentally reshaping computing and will transform how stories are told, produced and experienced,” asserted Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang as he accepted the Charles F. Jenkins Lifetime Achievement Award via a recorded message during the 76th Engineering, Science & Technology Emmy Awards.

“It has been three decades since Pixar’s ‘Toy Story’ revolutionized cinema with CGI. Now with AI, we have a new canvas for the next generation of storytelling, a renewed opportunity to wow and captivate audiences in new ways,” he said.

Also during the ceremony, which was held Wednesday at the Television Academy’s Saban Media Center, software developer Adobe received the Philo T. Farnsworth Corporate Achievement Award, as well as an Engineering, Science and Technology Emmy for the development of its Substance Painter.

Accepting the Farnsworth Award on behalf of Adobe, product manager Erica Schisler said, “Farnsworth had hoped and envisioned the television bringing everybody together…...

Nvidia founder Jensen Huang and Adobe were two of the big winners of the 76th Engineering, Science and Technology Emmys. While Huang was the recipient of the Charles F. Jenkins Lifetime Achievement Award, Adobe will be receiving both the Philo T. Farnsworth Corporate Achievement Award and an Emmy for its Substance Painter product. The ceremony will be held on Oct. 23.

The Charles F. Jenkins Lifetime Achievement Award is awarded to an individual whose contributions have significantly affected the state of television technology and engineering. Huang was awarded the honor due to Nvidia, a company he founded and where he has served as president, chief executive officer and a member of the board of directors over the course of his career. Nvidia was the company behind the Gpu (graphics processing unit) in 1999, which sparked the growth of the modern PC gaming market, forever changed computer graphics and led to the modern era of AI.

The Television Academy today revealed the recipients of the 76th Engineering, Science & Technology Emmy Awards, which honor an individual, company or organization for developments in broadcast technology. See the full list below.

The ceremony is set for Wednesday, October 23, at the Television Academy’s Saban Media Center in North Hollywood.

“The Engineering, Science & Technology Emmy Awards are a testament to the incredible ingenuity and creativity that power our industry,” said Cris Abrego, chair of the Television Academy. “We are thrilled to honor these innovators who have pushed the boundaries of what’s possible, shaping the future of television for generations to come.”

Here are the winners of the 76th Engineering, Science & Technology Emmy Awards and a brief description of each award:

Charles F. Jenkins Lifetime Achievement Award (Honors a living individual whose ongoing contributions have significantly affected the state of television technology and engineering.)

Jensen Huang

Philo T. Farnsworth Corporate Achievement Award

Adobe Inc.

Engineering, Science & Technology Emmy Awards

Adobe Inc. for the development of the Adobe Substance Painter

Tom Ohanian, Ken Goekjian, Joel Swan and Victor Young for the development of the Avid Multicamera System

Paul Pan, Yanchong Zhao, Tie Su, Shimeng Bei for the development of the Dji Ronin Series

Stuart Geman, Kevin Manbeck, John Mertus, and Michael Braca for the development of the Drs™Nova Film and Video Restoration Software

Benjamin Graf for the development of Accentize’s dxRevive Pro

Jeremy Hochman, Chris Byrne, Colin Cook and Justin Nicolaides for the development of Megapixel’s Helios LED Processing Platform

Craig Seidel for the development of the MovieLabs Digital Distribution Framework

The Tiffen Company for the development of the Steadicam® Volt™...

Star Trek" Discovery season 5 delivers 10 top episodes, answering big existential questions and resolving character storylines satisfyingly. Discovery season 5 is a tonal shift into a quest adventure, introducing fan-favorite new characters. Here is how Star Trek: Discovery's episodes rank against each other.

Star Trek: Discovery season 5 was also its final season and delivered 10 of the best episodes of the series. Discovery season 5 wasn't produced to be the final season, but after Paramount+ chose to end the series, it was fortuitous that Star Trek: Discovery season 5 already felt like a natural conclusion. Captain Michael Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green) and the crew of the USS Discovery asked big, existential questions in pursuit of the ancient treasure of the Progenitors, and many characters' storylines were resolved satisfyingly.

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A sequel to the Star Trek: The Next Generation season 6 episode, "The Chase", Star Trek: Discovery season 5 enjoyed a...

Warning: Spoilers for Star Trek: Discovery Season 5

Star Trek: Discovery season 5 creates a treasure hunt with moral and ethical lessons for Captain Burnham. Hidden clues from the Progenitors' treasure left by a team of scientists challenge the USS Discovery crew's respect and compassion. The Progenitors' clues call back to Star Trek legacy shows.

Star Trek: Discovery season 5 revealed the identities of the 24th century scientists who hid the clues to the ancient treasure of the Progenitors, and here are the dots that Captain Michael Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green) and the USS Discovery have connected and what they mean. Written by Kenneth Lin and Brandon Schultz and directed by Chris Byrne, Star Trek: Discovery season 5, episode 6, "Whistlespeak", contains a huge breakthrough as Dr. Kovich (David Cronenberg) reveals the identities of the scientists to Captain Burnham. The names of the scientists were purged from United Federation of Planets databases in the 24th century to protect the Progenitors' treasure.

Warning: Contains Spoilers for Star Trek: Discovery, season 5, episode 6, "Whistlespeak".

Captain Burnham and Lt. Tilly face the challenging Race of the Mother Compeer on pre-warp planet Halem'no. Running the race together builds trust between Burnham and Tilly, mirroring their bond from season 1. Lt. Tilly abandons her dream of becoming a Starfleet captain to pursue a new path as a Starfleet Academy instructor.

There's a brilliant callback to Star Trek: Discovery season 1 in the away mission to pre-warp planet Halem'no in Star Trek: Discovery season 5, episode 6, "Whistlespeak", written by Kenneth Lin and Brandon Schultz, and directed by Chris Byrne. Captain Michael Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green) selects Lieutenant Sylvia Tilly (Mary Wiseman) to join her in retrieving the next clue in Star Trek: Discovery season 5's race for the Progenitors' technology, which is hidden in one of Halem'no's faulty weather towers. The only catch is that the people of Halem'no consider the towers to be sacred temples,...

Warning: Spoilers for Star Trek: Discovery Season 5, Episode 6 - "Whistlespeak"

Captain Burnham respects Halem'nite beliefs, bridging technology and faith better than Picard in Tng. Dr. Culber explores spirituality in "Whistlespeak", showcasing science and faith coexisting. Star Trek: Discovery promotes tolerance by validating different beliefs.

In Star Trek: Discovery season 5, episode 6, "Whistlespeak", written by Kenneth Lin and Brandon Schultz, and directed by Chris Byrne, Captain Michael Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green) violates Starfleet's Prime Directive in a way that's better than Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) did in Star Trek: The Next Generation. The USS Discovery's next stop in Star Trek: Discovery's treasure hunt is Halem'no, where a pre-warp society reveres Denobulan scientist Hitoroshi Kreel's camouflaged weather-regulating towers religiously. The 800-year-old towers are failing due to disrepair, and the Halem'nites are responding by sacrificing people, including Lt. Sylvia Tilly (Mary Wiseman), so Burnham halts the sacrifice and explains the rainmaking technology isn't divine.

Warning: Contains Spoilers for Star Trek: Discovery season 5, episode 6, "Whistlespeak."

Star Trek: Discovery season 5 shows the Prime Directive creates more harm than good due to outdated societal norms. Almost always, Starfleet captains break the Prime Directive to favor compassion and help others. In the 32nd century, the Prime Directive is deemed outdated and unnecessary for Starfleet's exploration.

Star Trek: Discovery season 5 proves that Star Trek's Prime Directive is essentially useless. In Star Trek: Discovery season 5, episode 6, "Whistlespeak", written by Kenneth Lin and Brandon Schultz, and directed by Chris Byrne, the hunt for the Progenitors' technology brings Captain Michael Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green) and Lieutenant Sylvia Tilly (Mary Wiseman) to the planet Halem'no, where Denobulan scientist Hitoroshi Kreel installed five weather stations to help Halem'no's naturally arid climate flourish. Due to lack of regular maintenance by the pre-warp Halem'nites, only one station remains operational, so Burnham and Tilly must retrieve the...

We've talked about the main issue surrounding Rogue One: A Star Wars Story already and that is its name. Not enough people realize the next Star Wars film isn't the chronological follow-up to The Force Awakens and where it takes place in the overall mythology. When is the next #StarWars movie? What is it about? Why isn't Rey and Finn in ad? — Tricia Barr (@fangirlcantina) September 19, 2016 Now I'm looking at a related issue - toy sales. After several fan campaigns asking for more merchandise for, and featuring, women it seems companies are trying to get ahead of the game. Warner Bros. has their new DC Super Hero Girls line and made sure there was plenty of Wonder Woman merch from Batman v Superman, and Paul Feig made sure the women leading Ghostbusters had their own action figures. But Advertising Age recently posted a piece on how Disney/Lucasfilm is looking...

Susan Te Kahurangi King, Drawings From Many Worlds curated by Chris Byrne Andrew Edlin Gallery, 134 Tenth Ave. Through Dec. 20 With this debut solo show, a star is born at Andrew Edlin, a gallery that, like Kerry Schuss and White Columns, is known for integrating self-taught outsiders and so-called "real" artists to tremendous eye-opening and art-world-changing effect. Here, savor New Zealander Susan Te Kahurangi King's tightly knit, meticulously rendered, webbed, and woven multicolored drawings — finely composed fields of cartoony characters, slopping abstract spaces that pour from one side of the paper into piles of figures that turn into strange landscapes of the mind. When the great "outsiders" James Castle and Morton Bartlett came to light only about ten years ago, their works were sadly dispersed to the four winds, so let's hope that a few smart local museums purchase large caches of this work so that it might be...

With all the "Black Swan" hoopla, am I the only one who thinks that the film, while well-made, is not deserving of all these hyper-crazed adulations? Portman was good, but I prefer Annette Bening's understated performance in "The Kids Are All Right." Or heck, Jennifer Lawrence's "Winter's Bone" performance could easily outdance Portman's delusional ballerina portrayal any day.

And "Winter's Bone," celebrating its true independent spirit, was virtually snubbed at last night's Independent Spirit Awards. Sure, the excellent supporting cast was honored with Dale Dickey winning Best Supporting Female and John Hawkes for Best Supporting Male, but the engaging and deeply haunting Debra Granik movie (with the most nominations totaling to seven nods) lost out to...you guessed it, Darren Aronofsky's "Black Swan." (Check out my "Winter's Bone" movie review right here)

And yes, I do admire Aronofsky, I thought "The Wrestler" was one of his personal...

The nominations of 2011 Film Independent Spirit Awards have been announced on Tuesday, November 30 in Los Angeles by Jeremy Renner and Eva Mendes. And some movies which have received Oscar buzz such as "127 Hours" and "Black Swan" are touted for Best Feature at the upcoming Spirit Awards.

For this title, the two movies will fight against "Greenberg", "The Kids Are All Right" and "Winter's Bone". The latest mentioned flick, which is fresh from grabbing two kudos at Gotham Independent Film Awards, has a chance to be a big winner at Spirits Awards since it takes the most nods.

The drama leads Debra Granik to be a contender for Best Director prize. She will face a tight competition with Darren Aronofsky, Danny Boyle in addition to Lisa Cholodenko and John Cameron Mitchell for this title.

The cast including Jennifer Lawrence, Dale Dickey and John Hawkes are additionally up for Best Female Lead,...

Natalie Portman is going to get a stiff competition from Jennifer Lawrence at 2011 Independent Spirit Awards. The nominees for the annual awards dedicated to independent filmmakers have been announced on Tuesday, November 30, and both actresses were unraveled to be among those up for Best Female Lead.

29-year-old Natalie received the nomination for her portrayal of a ballet dancer in "Black Swan", while 20-year-old Jennifer got her nod for her role as a teen on a desperate search to find her missing father in "Winter's Bone". Both of them were nominated along with Annette Bening, Greta Gerwig, Nicole Kidman and Michelle Williams.

In addition to Natalie's acting nom, her psychological thriller "Black Swan" has nabbed three other nods. It is vying for Best Feature along with "Winter's Bone", "127 Hours", "Greenberg" and "The Kids Are All Right". Additionally, it also collected nomination for its director Darren Aronofsky and cinematographer Matthew Libatique.

Jennifer's "Winter's Bone", in the meantime,...

I'm so glad that "Winter's Bone" has been receiving all the accolades. I love this film when it was shown in limited release last summer. The backwoods drama won big at the Gothams Awards winning Best Feature and Best Ensemble, and now, it dominated the Independent Spirit Awards with seven nominations including Best Feature, Director for Debra Granik, Screenplay for Granik and Anne Rosellini, Female Lead for Jennifer Lawrence, Supporting Female for Dale Dickey, Supporting Male for John Hawkes, and Cinematography for Michael McDonough. ("Winter's Bone" Movie Review)

"Winter's Bone" will compete against "127 Hours," "Black Swan," "Greenberg" and "The Kids Are All Right" for best picture.

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Historically the Spirit Awards tend to honor a few of the major Oscar players each year but a win at the Spirits can sometimesLe be the last hurrah, a consolation prize as some would say, if the work is too "edgy" for lack of a less exhaustively employed word. Last year's big winner was Precious (refresh your memory?) It took home Picture, Director, Actress, Supporting Actress and Adapted Screenplay. There were only three crossover winners from Spirits to Oscars last year : Jeff Bridges (Crazy Heart), Mo'Nique (Precious) and the screenplay for Precious. (The Hurt Locker was considered a 2008 film.)

So what fared well this year? Black Swan got four nods including Best Actress for "sweet girl" Natalie Portman. But it could peak at the right time. Full list after the jump with Winter's Bone (7) and The Kids Are All Right (5) leading the pack.

Eva Mendes and Jeremy Renner announced the nominees.