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Predicting the Oscars

THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER published a couple pieces recently about ’06 Oscar predictions for animated features and animated shorts. Jerry …

CGI

Canada’s Mick LaSalle

Mick LaSalle is quickly becoming a household name; in the past week, his awful MONSTER HOUSE has been picked up all over the blogosphere …

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A Monster of a Review

A prominent Pixar animator emailed me last night with the subject header “This is real” and a link to this must-read-to-believe SAN …

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Blog Roundup

Haven’t done this in a while so here’s a look at some artist blogs that I recommend… Samuel Michlap has some mighty incredible …

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RIK MAKI AT VAN EATON GALLERIES

Rik Maki began his career as a baseball pitcher in the minor leagues for seven years before trading in his wooden bat for a wooden …

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LA TIMES ON ED CATMULL

An excellent front page story by Claudia Eller on Pixar’s Ed Catmull in today’s L.A. Times (registration may be required). Couple of …

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LASSETER LAST NIGHT – IN PARIS

John Lasseter sat down and answered questions at the French Premiere of CARS last night. Our friend Kinoo (of the French website, Pixar’s …

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Cars Trailer #2

Disney has released the second full-length trailer for Pixar’s CARS. The animation looks much more appealing than earlier footage, but …

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CARS AND CARTOON BREW

What does CARTOON BREW have in common with Disney/Pixar’s CARS?Give up?? The answer is the lettering in both of our logos was designed by …

Animators

FIRST FLIGHT

I had a first look at OVER THE HEDGE yesterday (thank you, Dreamworks) and it’s not the 90 minute talk-fest, per the trailer, that Amid …

Animators

Brad Bird’s Next Film Announced

HUGE news out of the Walt Disney Co.’s shareholders’ meeting today! I’m surprised that nobody else has picked up on the story yet. …

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Dear Mr. Iger,

Now that you’ve returned a creative producer – an animator, no less – to head Disney Feature Animation and Imagineering, and you’ve …

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NOBLE BOY

Scott Morse, long-time art director/story artist with Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network, Universal, Disney, and presently, with Pixar (as well …

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