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Pixar U.S Postage Stamps
The US Postal Service unveiled today its commemorative postage stamps for 2011. This year’s animation tribute goes to Pixar. The stamps …
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National Film Registry adds “Pink Panther”, “Tarantella”
Each year the National Film Preservation Board of The Library of Congress names 25 “culturally, historically or aesthetically” …
Audiences Crave “Despicable” DVDs
Yesterday’s DVD release of Despicable Me was a smash hit and the film is on track to become the “second biggest-grossing animated home …
2010 Annie Award Nominations Announced
ASIFA-Hollywood, the Los Angeles branch of the International Animated Film Society, announced its nominations this morning for the 38th …
Box Office Report: “Tangled” on Top
On the slowest post-Thanksgiving weekend at the box office since 1997, Disney’s Tangled unseated Harry Potter for first place with an …
James McAvoy, Hugh Laurie, Jim Broadbent, Bill Nighy, Imelda Staunton, and Ashley Jensen join the cast of “Arthur Christmas”
James McAvoy, Hugh Laurie, Jim Broadbent, Bill Nighy, Imelda Staunton, and Ashley Jensen, have joined the voice cast of the 3D, …
Hacking the Kinect
Microsoft’s new controller-free gaming environment called Kinect for XBox 360 also doubles as a powerful digital toy for hackers. The …
Silent Animation @ The Silent Movie Theatre!
It’s rare when they are showing cartoons at L.A.’s CineFamily/Silent Movie Theatre without me, but that’s what’s planned on Wednesday …
Only 3 Animated Features to Receive Oscar Noms
Today, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences announced the animated features that have been accepted for consideration in the …
Behind-the-Scenes at Pixar Animation Studios
Behind-the-Scenes at Pixar Animation Studios Supervising Animator Bobby Podesta at the Charles M. Schulz Museum November 6, 2010, …
The End of the Creator-Driven Era in TV Animation
The Hub, a network owned partly by toy company Hasbro, launched a little over a week ago with new animated series including Strawberry …
Mickey Mash Up
Is this what Pluto or Minnie might see if they dropped some acid at Disneyland? Nope. It’s just some more Disney merchandising …
TOMORROW: John Canemaker at MoMA
If you are in NY tomorrow evening, there is only one place you should be: at MoMA to attend John Canemaker’s lecture about his new book …
Here comes The Hub
I don’t know about where you live, but popping up all over L.A. are these scary billboards (see above) promoting The Hub, Hasbro and …
Wacky Japanese Mickey Mouse Merchandising
What the hell is this? Actually, these are officially licensed Cubic Mouth Disney Key Covers (above), designed by Satoshi …
Deneroff’s Law about Computer Animation
Animation historian Harvey Deneroff writes perceptively about animation past and present, and not so long ago, he wrote something about …
Saturday Book Review
Here’s a roundup of few new books that several publishers and authors were kind enough to send my way: ANIMATED PERFORMANCE (Ava …
IPhone Game Angry Bird goes to Hollywood
For what certainly won’t be the last time, a successful iPhone game is attempting to make the leap into animated features and series. …
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 …
Spotted at my local Target store…
So I was shopping at my local Target store today, walking past the Toy Story 3 merchandise, when I spotted this Barbie doll tie-in (at …
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