WALL-E , the story about a robot in a post-apocalyptic world filled with trash, won the best animated feature award at the 81st Academy Awards on Sunday; director Andrew Stanton accepted the award and thanked his high school drama teacher. "It's been such an inspiration to spend time with a character who so tenaciously struggles to find the beauty in everything that he sees," Stanton said in receiving the award. "It's a noble aspiration to have at times like these. I dearly want to thank everyone ...