Yahoo! News reports on TV ratings of recent holiday special broadcasts, incuding the fact that A Charlie Brown Christmas received its best ratings in at least 4 years and did…

…\\Pooh’s Heffalump Movie\\ “\\Tell Me What You Already Did\\” from \\Robots\\ In 77 years of awards, animated films have won the Best Song Oscar 9 times. Final nominations for the…

{{link http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2005/05.12.16b.html The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences}} has announced the 7 feature films released in 2005 up for consideration for the Best Visual Effects Oscar: \\Batman Begins\\…

A new article at BackStage reveals that while the pair failed to make it to the list of seven movies eligible for the Best Visual Effects Oscar, both Tim Burton’s…

…Harvested a Star, based on artist Naohisa Inoue’s Iblard. The three short films will be screened at the Studio Ghibli Museum’s Saturn Theatre, with none of the features running at…

…was absent from the Disney/Touchstone 2006 Preview released yesterday, at Coming Soon. Update! A press release from the Starz Entertainment Group LLC, posted at Coming Soon, reveals that a 1:40…

The Broadcast Film Critics Association hosted the 11th annual Critics’ Choice Awards Monday night, honoring the top actors and movies of 2005 in each of 19 categories. In the Best…

…to sue Kellogg Co. and Viacom Inc., should the companies fail to stop using characters such as Spongebob SquarePants to promote “sugar-filled” cereals. “As a parent, I do my best…

…Classic Movies on January 26th, while \\Spirited Away\\, Academy Award winner for Best Animated Film, will air on Cartoon Network on February 3rd. The website reminds us that “Disney has…

\\Wallace and Gromit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit\\ took home the Best Animated Film award at the {{link http://www.producersguild.org/pg/awards_a/ 17th Annual Producers Guild Awards}}. The DreamWorks/Aardman film beat out competition from…

Yesterday, Melbourne animator Anthony Lucas was shocked upon learning that his project, The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello, had been nominated for the Best Animated Short Oscar. The Herald…

Twelve menu screens from the Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit DVD have popped up at DVD Active. With a slew of award nominations and victories, 2005’s best…

The husband-and-wife team Cindy David Hewitt and Donald H. Hewitt, writers of the English-language version of Howl’s Moving Castle, tell Sci-Fi Wire that they are expecting fellow Best Animated Film…

…Hawaiian shirt The Cheshire Cat’s Japanese cousin Here’s a game: Spot the Pixar toys Animated News reporter Christian Ziebarth doing his best Pete Docter impersonation Or is Pete impersonating Christian?…

…truly want the best for all of our entertainment dollars. They really want things to be this pipe of genuine comedy and genuine emotion. It’s really rare in a company.”…

…company’s fall releases, the company does not expect to recognize revenue for the film in 2006. On January 31, 2006, the company entered into a new distribution deal with Paramount…

…Pixar’s best efforts.” Nonetheless, fans of Walt Disney Feature Animation may wish to pick up the Chicken Little DVD, since it contains the debut computer animated effort from the studio….

…Technology Christies and AcessIT held in the Paris Ballroom after the film’s screening. Speaking of the screening, reviews are already coming in regarding Cars, with much praise being provided. For…

…story follows a young boy who tries to save his town from a dastardly takeover plot.” The book is a best-selling novel for children by British author Alan Snow (via…

…which has been further bolstered by the film’s stunning technical achievements including its Oscar win for best visual effects’”. The King Kong Special Edition 2-disc set is in stores now….

…computer-generated (CG) animation. Utilizing world-class creative talent and state-of-the-art technological capabilities, the company is committed to making two computer-animated feature films a year that appeal to a broad movie-going audience….

…the least bit painful to sit through,” and claims that it has “the best American animation to date, with rendering more akin to the gorgeous surrealism of Japan’s recent efforts.”…

DVDtoons spreads the word that a 2-disc Collector’s Edition DVD set of She-Ra: Princess of Power is coming this July 18th. Along with five favorite episodes from the series, The…

…computer-generated (CG) animation. Utilizing world-class creative talent and state-of-the-art technological capabilities, the company is committed to making two computer-animated feature films a year that appeal to a broad movie-going audience….

…at 7:30 p.m. The film is being recognized by the Academy for its multiple Oscar nominations including Best Picture. View the Academy’s official page for this event for more information….

Honoring the best in film advertising, nominations for the 35th annual Key Art Awards have been announced, via The Hollywood Reporter. Animated entries in the nods include: Chicken Little (5…

The reviews for Cars are starting to pour in. First up is a glowing “un-review” at o-meon which states that the film “should be given serious consideration as a Best…

…studio’s co-founders met at school in the 1970s and were co-producers of last year’s Oscar winner for Best Animated Feature, Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were Rabbit. Wikipedia…

…Star Karaoke with a live band, featuring Sid and Buddy Karaoke. July 24th, the final night, is at Bam Cinematek and will feature the best narrative shorts of the festival…

The schedule for this year’s {{link http://www.comic-con.org/index.php San Diego Comic-Con}} has just been released and there’s a whole bunch of stuff to get worked up about for animation and film…