Maroon 5 and "Ratatouille" win Grammys 2008

Maroon 5, which had three Grammy nominations, won Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals for their single, Makes Me Wonder at the 50th annual ceremony held February 10, 2008. Their album It Won't Be Soon Before Long was nominated for Best Pop Vocal Album.  The album's producer Mike Elizondo was nominated for Producer of the Year, Non Classical.

Pixar Animation's Ratatouille won Best Score Soundtrack Album for composer Michael Giacchino.  It was his third nomination and first Grammy win.

Christina Aguilera's single Candyman was nominated for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, but lost to Amy Winehouse.

"WALL-E" released 2008

Pixar's classic animated film about a lonely robot left with the monumental task of cleaning up Earth after being completely trashed and abandoned, WALL-E was released into US theaters June 27, 2008.  It's science fiction, action, and romance all rolled into one.

It is widely considered one of the best animated movies of all time.  It won the Oscar for Best Animated Feature, the Golden Globe for Best Animated Film, Boston Society of Film Critics Best Animated Film, BAFTA's Best Animated Film, a Saturn for Best Animated Film, two Grammys, and one Scream Award.

In 2021, WALL-E became the second Pixar film to be selected for preservation in the US National Film Registry by the Library of Congress.

"Finding Nemo" released 2003

Walt Disney Studios and Pixar Animation released their classic feature Finding Nemo May 30, 2003. Albert Brooks (Marlin) and Ellen DeGeneres (Dory) provided the voices of the main characters as they go in search of Marlin's son Nemo.

It is one of the top rated movies ranked on imdb.com.  It was nominated for four Academy Awards, winning Best Animated Feature, the first for Pixar.  It was nominated for five Saturn Awards, winning Best Animated Film and Best Supporting Actress for Ellen DeGeneres.  

Finding Nemo was the second highest-grossing film of 2003, behind The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.  But it beat The Matrix Reloaded to become the highest-grossing film of the 2003 summer season. It received overwhelming positive reviews.

"Up" wins 2 Academy Awards 2010

Up, the heartwarming masterpiece from Disney Studios and Pixar an directed by Peter Docter, won two Academy Awards at the 92nd ceremony, held March 7, 2010.  It won Best Animated Feature Film, and it also won Best Original Score for Michael Giacchino.  Up was also nominated for Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Sound Editing.

The reboot of Star Trek won Best Makeup.  It was nominated for Best Sound Editing, Best Sound Mixing, and Best Visual Effects.

District 9 was nominated for four awards.

Helen Mirren and Meryl Streep were both nominated for Best Actress.

"WALL-E" wins Oscar for Best Animated Feature Film 2009

WALL-E, one of my all-time favorite movies, won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature Film at the 81st ceremony February 22, 2009.  It received five more nominations: Best Original Screenplay, Best Original Score, Best Original Song, Best Sound Editing and Best Sound Mixing.  Andrew Stanton directed, wrote the story and the screenplay.  

Sigourney Weaver provided the voice of the Axiom's computer.

"Up" wins two Grammy Awards 2010

Disney's and Pixar's computer-animated masterpiece Up won the Grammy for the Best Original Score at the 52nd annual ceremony January 31, 2010. Composer Michael Giacchino was also nominated for his score for Star Trek.  

His song from Up Married Life won the Grammy for Best Instrumental Composition.  His Up with End Credits was nominated for Best Instrumental Arrangement.

"Ratatouille" wins Golden Globe for Best Animated Film 2008

Disney's and Pixar's culinary computer-animated comedy, Ratatouille, won a Golden Globe for Best Animated Feature Film at the 65th annual awards ceremony, January 13, 2008.  It has been voted one of the greatest motion pictures of the 21st century.

It was the second Golden Globe for director/producer/screenplay writer Brad Bird.

"WALL-E" wins Golden Globe, Best Animated Film 2009

Wall-E, the animated feature film from Disney and Pixar, won the Golden Globe for Best Animated Feature Film at the 66th Awards January 11, 2009.  It was also nominated for Best Original Song for Down to Earth by Peter Gabriel, but that award went to Bruce Springsteen.

Wall-E won numerous other awards for animation and is considered the best film of 2008.

"Coco" wins Golden Globe 2018

Coco, the animated feature from Disney and Pixar, won the Golden Globe for Best Animated Feature Film at the 75th ceremony January 7, 2018.  It was nominated for Best Original song.  It won two Academy Awards.  For me, it is one of the best movies ever, in the same company as Wall-E and Up. 

"The Incredibles" released 2004

The Incredibles, released November 5, 2004, is an award-winning animated film from Pixar and Disney.  It follows a family of superheroes, trying to live incognito in suburbia, but are called back in action to save the world.  It starred Craig T. Nelson, Samuel L. Jackson and Holly Hunter.

It won two Academy Awards: Best Achievement in Sound Editing and Best Animated Feature Film.  It was also nominated for Best Original Screenplay and Best Achievement in Sound Mixing.

Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month: "Coco", Pixar Animation film

Coco, released November 2017, is the first movie with a nine-figure budget ($175M) to feature an all-Latino principal cast.  The film has been praised for its respect for the Mexican culture through music, voice acting and its heart-warming story.  The film is based on the Mexican holiday, Dia de Muertos (Day of the Dead).

The story follows Miguel, a twelve-year-old boy who is accidentally transported to the Land of the Dead, where he has to seek help from his deceased great-great-grandfather to return to his family in the living.

It won two Academy Awards, one for Best Animated Feature and the other for Best Original Song, Remember Me.  It won a Golden Globe for Best Animated Feature Film.  It won just about every Best Animated Film award out there.

It also received two Grammy nominations.