Jessica Biel Presenting Scientific & Technical Oscars...

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Actress Jessica "Powder Blue" Biel will host the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Scientific and Technical Awards, Saturday, February 7, @ the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Los Angeles.

Among the six awards that Biel will present during the evening is the Academy’s 'Gordon E. Sawyer' Award, an Oscar statuette, to computer scientist Ed Catmull, ounder of Pixar and president of Walt Disney Animation Studios, for his lifetime of technical contributions and leadership in the field of computer graphics for the motion picture industry.

The Scientific and Technical Awards Presentation is not televised but filmed excerpts from the event will be integrated into the 81st Academy Awards telecast February 22.

Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2008 will be presented Sunday, February 22, 2009, @ the Kodak Theatre, Hollywood & Highland Center, televised live by the ABC Television Network to more than 200 countries...