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MYRON WALDMAN 1908-2006

We’ve just received word that animator and director Myron Waldman died Saturday morning, Feb. 4, at the age of 97 at Long Island …

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CURIOUS GEORGE

I had a chance to see the new CURIOUS GEORGE feature yesterday. Clearly this is a film aimed solely at pre-school children, and as such, …

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CONGRATS TO ANNIE AWARD WINNERS

The ASIFA-Hollywood Annie Awards ceremony and party Saturday evening was an unqualified success. The award show has been growing and …

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Wallace & Gromit Top The Annies

Aardman Animation’s WALLACE & GROMIT: THE CURSE OF THE WERE-RABBIT won this year’s ASIFA-Hollywood Annie Award for Best Animated Feature. …

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ANNIE AWARDS

Quick reminder: Tomorrow afternoon, ASIFA-Hollywood’s ANNIE AWARDS ceremony at the Alex Theatre in Glendale. Anything that brings …

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STORMY NIGHT

Yet another foreign animated feature that has almost no chance of being distributed in the U.S., here’s the trailer for a new anime …

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THE THREE STOOGES

Most of us who love cartoons also have a love for The Three Stooges. Even those cheap TV cartoons made in the 1960s fascinate me. Steve …

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TONIGHT IN HOLLYWOOD

If you are in L.A. today, get yourself over to The El Capitan Theatre tonight for a screening of a newly restored LADY AND THE TRAMP, …

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More Thoughts about Disney-Pixar

Many of the most insightful comments about the Disney-Pixar merger are not coming from the mainstream media, but rather from artists …

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FORGOTTEN ANIMATOR TOM JOHNSON

Michael Sporn, on his excellent blog, has posted a bio of animator Tom Johnson from the October 1935 issue of Max Fleischer’s in-house …

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NYT OP-ED ON DISNEY-PIXAR

We couldn’t state it any better than this: Neal Gabler in the New York Times today on the Disney-Pixar merger….the seeming conflict …

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PEUR[S] DU NOIR

Last month, we wrote about RENAISSANCE, a black-&-white French animated noir that’ll be released theatrically this Spring. Now there’s …

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Disney’s The Wild

This recent GLOBE AND MAIL story reveals that the cost of Disney’s upcoming THE WILD was $80 million. Judging from the film’s nearly …

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Project Firefly Article

There’s a worthwhile article in today’s ORLANDO SENTINEL about Project Firefly, an independent animation studio created out of the …

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OSCAR SHORT NOMINEES

And the nomineees are:Badgered (A National Film and Television School Production) Sharon ColmanThe Moon and the Son: An Imagined …

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OSCAR FEATURE NOMINEES – NO CG

The nominees are:Howl’s Moving Castle (Buena Vista) Hayao MiyazakiTim Burton’s Corpse Bride (Warner Bros.) Tim Burton and Mike …

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Daily Show Does Disney-Pixar

The DAILY SHOW looks at the Disney-Pixar merger, and they take good shots at Jobs, Iger, Randy Newman and Pixar’s films, all in two …

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2006 Animation Predictions

Better late than never. Here are a few thoughts from your Brewmasters – Jerry Beck and Amid Amidi – about what might happen in animation …

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BUBBLEGUM FINK

Get your fix of 60s kitsch at Bubblegum Fink – a blog full o’ fun stuff like comics, saturday morning cartoons, record covers, model …

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