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The Visual Effects Society today announced the newest inductees into the VES Hall of Fame, including pioneering animator, producer and director Mary Ellen Bute; the first woman to ever direct a film, Alice Guy-Blaché; American computer scientist Grace Hopper; commercial computer animation visionary Bill Kovacs and Hungarian-American animator, film director and producer George Pal. The Hall of Fame inductees – and other special honorees – will be celebrated at a special event this Fall.

Pam Hogarth will be this year’s recipient of the Visual Effects Society’s Founders Award for her contributions to the art, science and business of visual effects and for her meritorious service to the Society. She and Jeff Barnes, Patricia “Rose” Duignan, Toni Pace Carstensen and David Tanaka will also be presented with lifetime VES memberships, while three-time Oscar-winning director Pete Docter will be made an honorary member.

Neighbours star Takaya Honda, who is best known for playing David Tanaka, recently got married to his long-term partner Amy Schwab.Takaya has already made wedding history when his character tied the knot with Aaron two years ago and it became Australia's first on-screen gay wedding.Now, the soap star has celebrated his own big day as he got married over the weekend at Sundays in Byron Bay, a luxury accommodation venue with panoramic views of the coast.