February 23, 2012 - Patton Oswalt is hosting The Animated Feature Symposium in Beverly Hills

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Patton Oswalt (who voiced Ratatouille) is hosting The Animated Feature Symposium, featuring the 2011 Academy Award nominees for Best Animated Feature.  The nominees scheduled to speak include the following:

• Gore Verbinski for Rango
• Chris Miller for Puss in Boots
• Jennifer Yuh Nelson for Kung Fu Panda 2
• Alain Gagnol and Jean-Loup Felicioli for A Cat In Paris
• Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal for Chico & Rita

 This event is taking place at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater starting at 7:30 p.m.  The Samuel Goldwyn Theater is located at 8949 Wilshire Boulevard in Beverly Hills and directions can be found here.  Tickets are only $5.00 for general admission ($3.00 for Academy members & students) and can be purchased online here.

Special thank you to Mary Reed for pointing this event out!  Follow her on Twitter and check out her blog here.



***Update***  For those who can't make it down to this event tonight, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will be streaming it live online!  Watch the Livestream feed below at 7:30 p.m. PST.

Watch live streaming video from academyawards at livestream.com