What is the main idea of the news item? [originaltext] Each year, the Academy

Each year, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences recognizes actors, directors and writers and other key people in the movie industry. It also honors technical wizards like Ed Catmull. He helped create RenderMan, a computer software program from Pixar Animation Studios that is widely used for animation and special effects.
    Catmull was the first person to get an Oscar this year, presented at the motion picture academy’s recent Scientific and Technical Awards ceremony.
    Two other honorees from France, Jacques Delacoux and his design partner, Alexandre Leuchter, were honored for their video monitors that filmmakers use on the set to see exactly what they are shooting. Director Clint Eastwood used the system on his 2004 film Million Dollar Baby and last year’s Gran Torino.
    The Scientific and Technical honors have a touch a glamour, which came this year in the person of Hollywood actress Jessica Biel, the hostess for the evening. Biel has starred in the thriller The Illusionist, the romantic tale Elizabethtown and the science fiction action film thriller Next.
    Like many performers, she often gives little thought to the technology of the business, but promises that will change.
    Producer Sid Ganis, president of the motion picture academy, says lenses designed with computers, digital production techniques and newly developed software all give filmmakers added tools to work with. He says computers are now a key part of the business.