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Festivals & Events

Meryl Streep’s Anti-Disney Speech Sparks Controversy

Ramin Zahed - January 9, 2014

Actress Meryl Streep is famous for making charming and often hilarious speeches at awards ceremonies. However, her latest speech at the National Board of...

WGA Announce Videogame Writing Award Nominees

Ramin Zahed - January 9, 2014

Five videogame awards have been nominated for the prestigious Writer Guild Awards, which will be handed out on Saturday, Feb. 1st at simultaneous ceremonies...

Television

‘The Simpsons’ Offers Miyazaki Tribute, Stan Lee Visit

Ramin Zahed - January 9, 2014

Just when you thought The Simpsons would be running out of cool animated guests, we hear that comicbook legend Stan Lee and sci-fi author...

Television

Global News Bytes

Ramin Zahed - January 9, 2014

+ Zodiak Kids has sealed a new deal with kids' tablet leader LeapFrog Entertprises for their hit CG-animated preschool series Tickety Toc. The global...

Features

Pixar’s ‘Party Central’ to Play with Muppets Movie

Ramin Zahed - January 9, 2014

Disney will be making Monsters University fans happy this March when it unveils Pixar's new short Party Central in theaters when the Muppets Most...

Schools

CG Master Academy Unveils Stellar Winter Lineup

Ramin Zahed - January 9, 2014

Online digital art school CG Master Academy will be offering a course titled "The Art of Color and Light," taught by acclaimed production designer,...

Television

Disney Jr. Orders More ‘Sofia,’ ‘McStuffins’ and ‘Jake’

Ramin Zahed - January 8, 2014

Disney Junior, has ordered new seasons of its hits animated series Sofia the First, Doc McStuffins and Jake and the Never Land Pirates. The...

Festivals & Events

Academy Announces 19 Scientific/Technical Achievements

Ramin Zahed - January 8, 2014

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced that 19 scientific and technical achievements represented by 52 individual award recipients will be...

Features

Gagné’s ‘Saga of Rex’ Optioned for Animated Feature

Ramin Zahed - January 8, 2014

Michel Gagné's popular graphic novel The Saga of Rex is on its way to become an indie animated feature, thanks to Belgium-based animation studio Grid...

Digital Media

Cartoon Hangover Passes One Million Milestone

Ramin Zahed - January 8, 2014

Frederator Studios' popular Cartoon Hangover YouTube channel has surpassed one million subscribers, becoming the second-fastest original funded YouTube channel to do so in its...

Digital Media

Hulu Announces New Season Launch of ‘The Awesomes’

Ramin Zahed - January 8, 2014

Today at CES, Hulu announced the 2014 lineup of its new and returning series. Among the hot slate for the year is the second...

Animated People

Jonathan Ng Discusses His ‘Requiem for Romance’

Ramin Zahed - January 7, 2014

Montreal-based animator Jonathan Ng's visually stunning 2D short Requiem for Romance has been one of the standouts of the year and is one of...

Features

‘The Croods’ Wins Top Animation Prize at Capri

Ramin Zahed - January 7, 2014

Chalk another win for DreamWorks Animation's sleeper caveman family hit of 2013 The Croods. The movie picked up the Best Animation Prize at the...

People

Larry Mann, Voice of Yukon Cornelius, Dies at 91

Ramin Zahed - January 7, 2014

Veteran Canadian actor Larry D. Mann, who is best known to animation fans as the voice of Yukon Cornelius in the animated Christmas special...

Television

FX Sneak Peeks ‘Chozen’ on Xbox This Week

Ramin Zahed - January 6, 2014

FX Networks will offer an exclusive sneak peek of its hot new animated series Chozen via Xbox One and the FXNOW App beginning today...

Television

Telegael Raises 3 Million Euros for ‘Captain Flinn’

Ramin Zahed - January 6, 2014

According to the Irish Film and TV Network website, Telegael has raised 3 million euros for the upcoming new SLR/ZDR co-production, Captain Flinn and...

Festivals & Events

Animation Libation Studio Announces New Contest

Ramin Zahed - January 6, 2014

New cloud-based studio Animation Libation Studio has announced a global contest which offers students and recent graduations to work on projects with top animators...

Features

‘Frozen’ Takes Top Spot, Hits $600 Million Mark

Ramin Zahed - January 5, 2014

Disney's Frozen princesses continued their rule over the U.S. box office, landing at the No. 1 spot again with $20.7 million and passing the...

People

R.I.P. British Animator Harold Whitaker

Ramin Zahed - January 5, 2014

Animator and author Harold Whitaker passed away on Christmas Day in the U.K. The London animation veteran, who worked on acclaimed movies such as...

Festivals & Events

American Cinematheque Plans Adult Animation Series

Ramin Zahed - January 5, 2014

The American Cinematheque is planning an "Animation for Adults" series, beginning this Thursday (Jan. 9) and running through Jan. 25 at the Egyptian Theater...

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