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Five Things I Liked About “Tangled”
I have to preface this by saying that Disney hasn’t made what I’d consider a decent animated feature in years. After subjecting myself to …
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Winnie The Pooh (2011)
The Associated Press has posted the first image (above) from Disney’s forthcoming old school 2D Winnie The Pooh feature, scheduled for …
LAAF – The 2nd Los Angeles Animation Festival
The 2nd Los Angeles Animation Festival will take place at the Cinefamily / Silent Movie Theatre in Hollywood (at 611 N. Fairfax) December …
Los Angeles Animation Festival December 3rd – December 7th
PRESS RELEASE; The US premiere of the new Jan Å vankmajer feature, Pixar’s Teddy Newton, Sylvain Chomet’s The Illusionist and honoree …
California Animation Festivals
If you couldn’t join us in Ottawa this week, you might consider hanging out in San Francisco in mid-November. The San Francisco Film …
Chris Robinson Talks about the Ottawa Animation Festival
The Ottawa International Animation Festival takes place next week. If you’ve never been, GO! It’s a wonderful event to catch up with …
Interview with John Canemaker about Two Guys Named Joe
John Canemaker’s eagerly anticipated book, Two Guys Named Joe: Master Animation Storytellers Joe Grant & Joe Ranft, will arrive in stores …
UCLA Archive animation screening: From Inkwell to Desktop
Heads up on another screening I’m involved with next month in L.A.: From Inkwell to Desktop: A Selection of Early Hand Drawn and Digital …
Oscar Talkback
The Oscar winners were announced tonight. UP won two Academy Awards: It won for BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM and Michael Giacchino won …
David Scheve Caricature Contest
David Scheve’s lawyers at The Deep Archives sent us a DMCA takedown notice today demanding our webhost Webintellects remove the photo of …
Oscar Nominations: UP nominated for BEST PICTURE
The Oscar nominations were announced this morning. Nominated for BEST ANIMATED FEATURE were: Coraline – Henry Selick The …
For the Birds Controversy
The Internet which is always looking for a good controversy is trying to stir one up over a Pixar short. Lineboil.com pointed out a …
National Film Registry selects Little Nemo
Each year the National Film Preservation Board of The Library of Congress names 25 “culturally, historically or aesthetically” …
2009 Annie Award Nominees by Category
PRODUCTION CATEGORIES Best Animated Feature Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs — Sony Pictures Animation Coraline — …
Capobianco’s Leonardo begins screening
Pixar animator Jim Capobianco’s long awaited hand-drawn short film Leonardo will screen this weekend for Academy Award qualification. You …
Happy Birthday, Bud Luckey!
As a change of pace, here’s some happy news about a veteran animation artist: today is Bud Luckey’s 75th birthday. Luckey’s career …
10 for Best Picture
It was announced yesterday that the Academy will now nominate ten films for Best Picture. From their press release:For more than a decade …
Upcoming Disney Books
I got a peek at the latest Disney Book Group catalog, prepared for this week’s London Book Fair. There are plenty of things coming up …
Academy Awards Talkback
The Oscar winners were announced tonight. The winner for BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM was Pixar’s WALL•E. For BEST ANIMATED SHORT, …
The State of DreamWorks Animation
The NY Times published a lengthy piece last week about how DreamWorks Animation is performing financially. None too shabby is the Times’ …
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