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Inside the Making of Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget: How Aardman Battled Fire, Flooding

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The chickens in “Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget” are sweet. Not just to look at, with their wide eyes and goofy grins, but literally: if you licked the palm-sized clay and silicone bird models they’d taste like sugar. Which makes sense, because they’re coated in it. The puppet makers at Aardman Animations, the stop motion studio behind the film, used to dust the chickens with silica powder to prevent them from looking too shiny on camera — but silica is toxic and requires protective gear while handling. Read More...

Jimmy Fallon's First Show and Why Nice Guys Don't Have to Finish Last

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Last night, Jimmy Fallon took over the host chair on The Tonight Show. Judging from the early reviews — “brilliant” and “smashing success” were being thrown around — score one for the good guys. Is a man that GQ called “joyful, easy, breezy” simply a talented entertainer getting the chance to slow-jam the news on a big stage? Or is he a network bet that America is ready for some nice? Read More...

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