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Kunio Kato stands with the best animated short film Oscar he won for "La Maison en Petits Cubes" at the 81st Academy Awards in Hollywood on February 22, 2009. (UPI Photo/Phil McCarten
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Kunio Kato (C) holds his Oscar for best animated short film for "La Maison en Petits Cubes" alongside presenters Jack Black (L) and Jennifer Aniston backstage at the 81st Academy Awards in
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Kunio Kato, flanked by Jack Black and Jennifer Aniston, stands with the best animated short film Oscar he won for "La Maison en Petits Cubes" at the 81st Academy Awards in Hollywood
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