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DVD dates set for Fred 'n' Scooby!
…Complete First Season and Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?: The Complete First And Second Seasons (that last one being a single box set that comprises both series). {{link http://www.davisdvd.com/news/daily_news.html DavisDVD}} has… |
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Notorious murderer caught working in very unlikely place
Here’s an offbeat but interesting story from {{link http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/01/15/crime.haiti.reut/index.html CNN}}. Suppose you’re a former military chief in the Haitian army during the bloody military dictatorship of the early 1990’s. As… |
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Children's book awards announced
Several prestigious children’s book awards were announced earlier this week by the American Library Association, {{link http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/books/01/12/newbery.caldecott.ap/index.html CNN reports}}. Some of the winners included: \\The Tale of Despereaux\\ by Kate… |
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Brad Bird talks about \\The Incredibles\\
{{link http://www.superherohype.com/catwoman/index.php?id=693 Superhero Hype!}} has the scoop on an \\Entertainment Weekly\\ article that discusses Pixar’s upcoming \\The Incredibles\\. Though you might expect an action stud like Vin Diesel or The… |
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UPDATED! Sneak peak at \\Boundin'\\
UPDATE: Pixar has {{link http://www.pixar.com/shorts/bdn/ posted a sneak peak}} of their latest animated short film \\Boundin’\\ on their website! And after seeing the clip I can honestly say that I… |
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Another new studio to go after former WDFA-Florida animators
…of work animators is a good move for Raven Moon. Our company is growing and expanding and these former Disney/MGM animators will definitely be an asset to our company”. As… |
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Gollum's other alter ego writes new book
{{link http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/Movies/01/20/serkis.gollum/index.html CNN}} has an interesting report on Andy Serkis, his new book, and the creation of Gollum for \\The Lord of the Rings\\. The book is called \\Gollum: How… |
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\\Mad\\ magazine artist Woodbridge dead
{{link http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/books/01/22/obit.woodbridge.ap/index.html CNN}} reports that \\Mad\\ magazine illustrator George Woodbridge has died of emphysema at 73. Woodbridge worked at the mag for nearly 50 years and his “exquisitely detailed pen-and-ink… |
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Disney Sells Town Center of Celebration
…visible connection to an experiment with urban planning”. The town center, which encompasses “18 acres containing 16 retail shops, six full-service restaurants, more than 94,000 square feet of commercial office… |
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Jim Hill shines spotlight on Disney Feature Animation – Florida situation
{{link http://www.jimhillmedia.com/legacy/index.htm?../articles/01052004.2.htm~contentFrame Jim Hill Media}} will spotlight the situation at Disney Feature Animation – Florida this week, and is hoping to “embarrass Mouse House management into backing down” from shuttering… |
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Disney's disappearing DVDs…
…month to go before Sleeping Beauty 2-disc SE, Fantasia (the 1940 original, the 2000 update and the lavish, highly recommended Anthology box set), and the less than essential Jungle Book… |
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Kudrow looks to make animated "friends"…
The {{link http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=3U30OLM2B2ZYQCRBAELCFEY?type=entertainmentNews&storyID=3960532 Reuters News Agency}} has reported that Friends star Lisa Kudrow will “lend her voice to an untitled animated pilot presentation created by Jonathan Katz and Tom Snyder… |
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"Disney Does Dean"
{{link http://www.jimhillmedia.com/articles/12162003.1.htm Jim Hill}} returns with his almost daily take on the next step in the Roy/Michael situation at Disney. Today, he wonders what Roy Disney and Stanley Gold might… |
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Peter Jackson talks hobbits and giant apes!
…the last of the Rings, the director mentioned to {{link http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=3U30OLM2B2ZYQCRBAELCFEY?type=entertainmentNews&storyID=3957539 Reuters}} that he would like to direct J.R.R Tolkein’s prequel to the series, The Hobbit, if the complex rights… |
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Betty Boop musical in planning stages
{{link http://www.playbill.com/news/article/83201.html Playbill}} reports that a musical based on the classic cartoon character Betty Boop is in the works. David Lindsay-Abaire will write the book while Jason Robert Brown will… |
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\\Finding Nemo\\ wins AEAF award
\\Finding Nemo\\ continues to add to Pixar’s trophy case, this time courtesy of the {{link http://www.dmw.com.au/awards_finalists.htm Australian Effects & Animation Festival Awards}}. \\Nemo\\ won the award for Feature Film Animation,… |
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\\Mulan 2\\ title track completed
{{link http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_845375.html Ananova}} reports that the group Atomic Kitten has finished recording “I Want To Be A Girl”, the title track for Disney’s \\Mulan 2\\…. |
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Don't Forget! From Nemo to Nemo, Mouse to mice, and From Pencils To Pixels
…To Pixels, which looks at the current state of animation and its history. We have more details on the show, which goes out at 10.35pm on BBC1, {{link http://www.animatedviews.com/wp-content/uploads/archives/00000418.html here}}…. |
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Pics from upcoming DreamWorks films
{{link http://www.dreamworksfansite.com/fullstory.php?id=254 DreamWorks SKG Fansite}} has posted 10 new images from the upcoming animated features \\Shrek 2\\, \\Shark Tale\\, \\Over the Hedge\\, and \\Madagascar\\. |
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Allegro Non Troppo comes to DVD
Bruno Bozzetto’s Allegro Non Troppo, his 1977 homage to Fantasia, has been announced for DVD release from Home Vision Entertainment, according to {{link http://www.davisdvd.com/news/daily_news.html Davis DVD}}. The Italian animated film… |
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Looney Tunes premiere draws stars Back In Action
Reporting somewhat strangely on an event for a film which opened (and closed) weeks ago, the usually hot off the press {{link http://www.cinescape.com/0/editorial.asp?aff_id=0&this_cat=Movies&action=page&obj_id=40389&type_id=270285&cat_id=270338&sub_id=0# Cinescape}} today posted new pictures of the… |
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Pirates Of The Caribbean: Treasures Of The Lost Abyss?
…remain firmly in the section marked “rumor” for now, has been leaked to {{link http://www.cinescape.com/0/editorial.asp?aff_id=0&this_cat=Movies&action=page&type_id=&cat_id=270338&obj_id=40379 Cinescape}} after a Disney representative showed some early concept art. “The Lost ‘Abyss’ is in… |
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More Mickey! 75th Birthday Celebration To Air On ABC…
…75th anniversary. A Merry Mickey Celebration is showing on Saturday, December 20 from 8:00 to 9:00 pm ET, and will feature (to cut costs down, one might imagine!) the 1983… |
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Haunted Mansion premiere
{{link http://www.cinescape.com/0/editorial.asp?aff_id=0&this_cat=News&action=page&obj_id=40401&type_id=270284&cat_id=272956&sub_id=0 Cinescape}} is back with another bunch of premiere pics – this time for the recent El Capitan theater showing of Disney’s Haunted Mansion, starring Eddie Murphy…. |
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\\The Return of the King\\ CG characters too lifelike?
…soldier fighting for himself – you have to come up with something”. So a special program was created that would give the 200,000 digitized soldiers “distinctiveness and individuality”. Special effects… |
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AFI honors \\Finding Nemo\\ as one of 10 Best Films of 2003
{{link http://www.afi.com/tvevents/afiawards03/default.aspx The American Film Institute}} has announced its “Ten Most Outstanding Motion Pictures and Television Programs of the Year”. Their awards are “the only form of national recognition that… |
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Battle Of The Synthespians!
…the release of Peter Jackson’s The Return Of The King, which features the animated Gollum, Rand’s new My Toon Cents feature, {{link http://www.dvdtoons.com/features/60 Cartoon Or Pixoon: When Animation Doesn’t Mean… |
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Time Magazine's top ten for 2003
Thanks to ‘ChayaA’ in the {{link http://animation.skyblueproductions.net/showthread.php?s=&postid=689#post689 AN Forums}} for pointing out a link to Time Magazine’s revealing of their reviewers’ picks for the {{link http://www.time.com/time/bestandworst/2003/story.html best and worst}} films… |
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Pixar's \\Tin Toy\\ and WB's \\One Froggy Evening\\ added to the National Film Registry
…{{link http://www.pixar.com/shorts/tt/theater/index.html Pixar’s website}}.) According to Don Markstein’s Toonopedia, “not many characters achieve lasting fame just from having appeared in a single six-minute cartoon. In fact, Michigan J. Frog may… |
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ABC may dump some Saturday morning cartoons
The AP (via {{link http://www.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2003-12-11-weekend-news_x.htm USA Today}}) reports that ABC has received approval from its affiliate board to produce weekend morning news shows which would compete with those on CBS… |
