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LA Film Fest Animation Screenings

Tom Knott writes to let us know that there’s a lot of interesting and rare animation programs happening this month during the Los Angeles …

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ANIMATION AT MOMA IN JUNE

Anne D. Bernstein reports from New York:There is a TON of animation-related programming at MOMA this month.There’s a Miyazaki …

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MADAGASCAR

Dreamworks Animation’s MADAGASCAR is heading for a wonderful $40 million dollar plus opening weekend box office gross (ranking either #2 …

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BAMBI SCREENING

Disney’s newly restored digital version of BAMBI will get the big-screen treatment at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences on …

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PINK PANTHER BABIES

June 21 through 23rd at the Jacob Javitz Convention Center in New York City is the annual Licensing International Show – the yearly …

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TWEETY – MALE OR FEMALE?

First they give the Looney Tunes an extreme makeover as Loonatics, now they are preparing a sex change for Tweety!The latest issue of …

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WARNER ART

Animation collector Eric Calande has posted his impressive collection of original Looney Tunes cartoon cels, backgrounds and drawings on …

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TIMEBOMB

Here in Los Angeles, the “art theatres” (the Egyptian Theatre, the Laemmle and Landmark chains), usually precede each film program with …

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Impressions of Fred Crippen

I don’t think anybody recorded the Fred Crippen event we did this past weekend at the AFI, but somebody really should have because Fred …

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KIM POSSIBLE Q & A

Kim Possible co-creators Robert Schooley, Mark McCorkle, and director/co-producer Steve Loter will appear at EnigmaCon 2005, this …

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ROCK & RULE

I want to thank UNEARTHED FILMS for sending me a copy of their forthcoming dvd of

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OSCAR GRILLO’S FAUSTO

From our pal, Oscar Grillo:Publisher Ediciones de la Flor just published this book. It is profusely illustrated by me (around 50 …

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Chicken Little Toys

I agree with this comment on The Avant Garde Retard: “I don’t really care to see the movie itself, but the vinyl figures they’ve created …

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Wall Street Journal on DVNR

THE WALL STREET JOURNAL takes a look at DVNR, the digital clean-up technology which has ruined countless classic cartoons released onto …

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Thurl Ravenscroft 1914-2005

Thurl Ravenscroft, who roared “They’re Grrrrreeeat!” in Kellogg’s Tony the Tiger ads and voiced a host of Disney characters, died Sunday …

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HOWARD MORRIS 1919-2005

Another classic cartoon voice has left us. Comedian-actor-director Howard Morris passed away Saturday afternoon. An announcement was …

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HENRY CORDEN R.I.P.

Best known for his voice of Fred Flintstone (replacing Alan Reed after his death), character actor Henry Corden has passed away at age …

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