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HAIR HIGH PREMIERES IN NYC TONIGHT

At long last, Bill Plympton’s latest animated feature HAIR HIGH premieres tonight in New York City. It is screening for one week (Oct. …

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SGT. DAVE MONAHAN

In honor of Memorial Day, we are happy to once again highlight this link to Sue Larkin’s tribute blog to her dad, Warner Bros. storyman …

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CARS GOLDEN BOOK

Speaking of CARS, don’t miss the Cars Little Golden Book. I just found it at my local Barnes & Noble last night. Once again Disney …

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Don Knotts, RIP

Don Knotts has passed away. He’ll always be remembered as Barney Fife and Raph Furley, though Knotts also had a lot of animation to his …

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MEET JANET WALDO

She was Josie, Judy Jetson and Penelope Pitstop…. to name but a few. Women In Animation is hosting a luncheon with voice actress Janet …

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WALLACE & GROMIT

Unless I’m mistaken, I’ve now seen every substantial theatrical animated feature of 2005 (except CHICKEN LITTLE). MADGASCAR, CORPSE BRIDE …

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BEHIND “CORPSE BRIDE”

We will be having a contest the week of September 12th relating to Tim Burton’s CORPSE BRIDE. Warner Bros. will be giving us prizes and …

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READER REPORT: Disney @ Siggraph

Bill Robinson, an animation student at RIT, sent the Brew some thoughtful comments about Disney’s appearance at SIGGRAPH ’05. Here’s what …

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AMERICAN DOG

If this is what computer animation means at Disney, then I wish they’d made the switch years earlier. The new pieces of art shown at …

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OLIVE’S SWEEPSTAKES TICKET

Brew reader Tony Sykes in Sydney Australia spotted this down under:I was somewhat shocked the other day when I saw a prime-time TV …

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COMIC CON!

The annual insanity known as San Diego Comic Con starts tonight. I will be down there all weekend where I am scheduled to host three …

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SAN DIEGO COMIC CON

In a little less than two weeks, the San Diego Comic Con will commence with an expected attendance of over 100,000 fans and industry …

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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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First and Last Words on Loonatics

A friend last night made this perceptive comment about the new Looney Tunes-inspired TV series LOONATICS: “Warners has already desecrated …

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GOLDEN AWARDS BANQUET

The Animation Guild is holding a Golden Awards Banquet on April 9, 2005 at Pickwick Gardens in Burbank, California. This event honors …

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Early thoughts on Open Season

Sony Imageworks’s first feature OPEN SEASON already has one major strike against it: three co-directors. In my opinion, great animated …

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1600 BROADWAY

The site of the Fleischer Studio during it’s heyday of the 1930s is about to come down. An apartment building will probably take its …

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