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TODAY: The Acad hosts a screening of photos from 1911, presented on the hands-cranked film machine with live musical accompaniment. Linwood Dunn Theater. Academy awards.orgWEDNESDAY: The new sony Pictures TV's Andy Kaplan is probably the honorees in the Zimmer Children's Museum's annual fund-raiser. Beverly Hillsides Hotel. ZimmerMuseum.orgThe TV Acad hosts a panel sesh with Kelsey Grammer yet others from Starz's "Boss." Leonard Goldenson Theater. Emmys.tvTHURSDAY: Digital Domain vfx artists take part in a panel sesh around the making "Real Steel." Gnomon School of Visual Effects. Gnomonschool.comDocu "Grande Hotel" opens the Margaret Mead Film Festival at Gotham's American Museum of Natural History. Amnh.orgFRIDAY: The Japan Film Society is definitely the inaugural L.A. Eigafest. Through Sunday at Mann Chinese Theaters. Laeigafest.com Contact Variety Staff at news@variety.com