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It was a great weekend for subpar family CG films starring animals. Peter Lepeniotis' "The Nut Job," the first animated film released by Open Road Films, a new distribution company launched by AMC Theatres and Regal Entertainment Group, opened in third place with a robust $20.6 million.
Mickey Mouse and Damien Hirst are strange bedfellows. Hirst (b. 1965) is a multidisciplinary artist foremost in the group dubbed Young British Artists (YBAs). He burst onto the scene in the 1980s, a very promising maker of paintings, sculptures, and more. He has become extraordinarily successful, which does not necessarily mean that his promise has been fulfilled.
Don't miss this rare find on Archive.org: A complete PDF copy of John Halas and Roger Manvell's book "Design in Motion" (1962).
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Vince McKelvie creates experimental computer generated animation and publishes his work as animated GIF loops, hardware accelerated interactive animation, and rendered real-time interactive animation, all presented within a web browser.
Universal Pictures recently announced release dates for three upcoming films from "Despicable Me" producer Illumination Entertainment.
"Frozen" snagged two awards tonight at the Critics' Choice Movie Awards.
Miley Cyrus is working with "Ren & Stimpy" creator John Kricfalusi on her upcoming "Bangerz" tour.
The creators of Guru Studio's "Justin Time" talk with Cartoon Brew about the secrets of making a stylish and entertaining preschool series.
Dan Scanlon, the director of Pixar's "Monsters University," tweeted the perfect response to not being nominated for an Oscar.
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It’s been over a month since we’ve seen Steven, the Gems, and the rest of the Beach City and that’s really made me forget a lot about this show. Well, not the characters and what they’re all about, but the humor. This week with “Serious Steven” I was way more annoyed by the pudgy little guy than anything else.
The Ottawa International Animation Festival has unveiled this year's festival poster, which was designed by filmmaker David OReilly ("The External World," "Please Say Something," "Adventure Time").
Antwerp, Belgium-based illustrator Astrid Yskout creates friendly colorful scenes of characters that appeal to both children and adults.
How beloved is animation director Hayao Miyazaki? They make toys not of his his characters, but of the director himself.
Here's a new clip from the upcoming DreamWorks feature "Mr. Peabody and Sherman." The Rob Minkoff-directed film will open in U.S. theaters on March 7, 2014:
To acknowledge the crucial role of animators in the evolving world of filmmaking, the Visual Effects Society today nominated Ryan Stone, Bullock's character in "Gravity," for Outstanding Animated Character in a Live-Action Feature Motion Picture.
While we've already debunked Meryl Streep's accusations that Walt Disney was a "gender bigot," let us use her commetns as an opportunity to dig even deeper and find out what actions Disney actually undertook to encourage the advancement of women at his studio.
Jasmin Lai is an artist who works as an effects colorist and background painter on "Steven Universe" at Cartoon Network.
Starkist has created a Charlie Tuna TV ad for the first time in 12 years. The character has been "updated," which today means only one thing: computer animation.