The Walt Disney Company has announced that its first-quarter profit rose 7%, partially thanks to an increase in theme-park revenue. Posted at Bloomberg.com, the report also mentions that Disney CEO…

Post-Gazette.com profiles animator Don Waller, whose credits include Peter Jackson’s King Kong, Jurassic Park, and Dinosaur. Many of Waller’s thoughts regarding his experience of working on Kong are likewise included…

MTV.com, via Moviehole, reveals that Linda Cardellini of the first two Scooby-Doo movies has expressed interest in reprising the role of Velma for a third outing. In the meantime, rumors…

Awaiting at Rent A Coder is the job offer for someone capable of cloning speaking animated characters for the site OddCast.com. Details and requirements of the work opportunity are listed…

Courant.com points to a British television poll which lists the greatest family flicks of all time. Animated movies chosen in the poll include: Shrek (#2), Mary Poppins (#3), Toy Story…

…High Definition QuickTime, at Apple.com: Movie Trailers & Clips. Meanwhile, the international trailer for Ice Age 2: The Meltdown may be viewed in a number of formats, at Coming Soon….

Jeffrey Katzenberg has revealed a new venture between DreamWorks Animation and Hewlett-Packard: the Halo room, indicates StarTribune.com. Costing $550,000 to create, each Halo room includes four high-definition plasma screens, along…

…train any new recruits. In the meantime, Bobby Beck, CEO of AnimationMentor.com, suggests DreamWorks Animation’s greatest strength in promoting itself: “They do great films so that’s pretty much their business…

…to DisneyChannel.com and Jetix.tv and stream full-length episodes of the hit series That’s So Raven, The Suite Life of Zack & Cody, Kim Possible, Power Rangers and Super Robot Monkey…

…involvement of Scrat, still voiced by Ice Age director Chris Wedge. Likewise, Meltdown stars such as Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, and Queen Latifah speak with Coming Soon, About.com, and Moviehole….

NorthJersey.com spotlights the diversity that can be found in many of today’s television series for younger audiences. For instance, Dora the Explorer held the honor as top-rated preschool show for…

Check out the newly redesigned dreamworksanimation.com for: * information on their films, including Over the Hedge, Shrek the Third, all the way to the Madagascar sequel coming in Fall 2008;…

Upon the completion of its merger with Disney, Pixar will no longer issue stock certificates, making the pieces of paper very popular in the collectors’ community. How much are some…

SFGate.com surveys The Art of Ray Harryhausen, a new book from stop-motion animation master Ray Harryhausen and friend Tony Dalton. The 230-paged album presents “memories, anecdotes and pictures” from the…

At the 2006 Game Developer’s Conference, Doug Cooper, Visual Effects Supervisor for DreamWorks Animation, will moderate a panel discussing the relationship film and game companies have when developing games based…

…buy DreamWorks Animation’s Madagascar with either Chicken Run, Shrek 2, or Shark Tale, getting two DVDs for the price of one. The sets are already ready for preorder at Amazon.com….

…noting his work ethic and future at Disney. The same paper also interviews Paul Newman, the voice of Cars’ Doc Hudson. In related news, ToledoBlade.com, through Luxo, focuses on the…

…include revisions, expansions, and analyses of newer Simpsons episodes. Due for release in bookstores everywhere this April, The World According to The Simpsons is already available for presale at Amazon.com….

…Disney Feature Animation in A Tale of Two Divisions and the future of Marty Sklar, Vice Chairman and Principal Creative Executive for Walt Disney Imagineering, Marty Moves On at o-meon.com….

…of Hollywood, and for remembering its yesteryears. Nonetheless, as the race for this season’s Oscars comes to a close, another one has just begun. Coming soon to a Kodak Theatre…

Ultimate Disney learns through MadonnaDownload.com that a 25th Anniversary Edition DVD for The Fox and the Hound will be released this summer. The information arrives from an advertisement inside the…

FortWayne.com spotlights a recent study from the Harvard School of Public Health, in which 74 animated, G-rated films were tested for kid-friendliness. According to the creator of the study, Kim…

About.com via Route 66 News provides a glimpse of the upcoming Mattel toy line inspired by Disney/Pixar’s summer picture Cars, explaining the bells and whistles to be found with some…

SquarejawHero at the Animation Nation forum has pointed out a Japanese trailer for Studio Ghibli’s next project Gedo Senki, or Tales from Earthsea – found on the French Catsuka.com website…

On February 15th, the Chinese government issued a vague notice banning films and TV shows that mix animation with live-action. The AP through Breitbart.com reports that the ban is an…

…animated or computer generated film, or a Web-based animation or a game. The book includes a comprehensive DVD containing a full version of the author’s film, Endangered Species, which showcases…

Billboard.com has the official track listing for the sountrack to Everyone’s Hero. Artists on the album include: John Ondrasik (“The Best”), Brooks & Dunn (“Keep on Swinging” and “Swing It”),…

…offers, among other things, a first taste of Michael Giacchino’s score for the film. Coming Soon, Movieweb, IGN, IESB and AWN have all posted their coverage on the recent Edit…

As pointed out at Cartoon Brew a PhotoShop contest staged by Worth1000.com features famous cartoon characters meshed into famous paintings. See what happens when Goofy gets caught in an M….

…how Disney transformed himself from Midwestern farm boy to scrambling young businessman to pioneering artist and finally to entrepreneur on a grand scale.” Both books may be purchased through Amazon.com…