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People

Torill Kove, Director of Oscar-Winning Short The Danish Poet

Ramin Zahed - January 31, 2007

Norwegian born animator Torill Kove had her first date with Oscar in 1999, when her short My Grandmother Ironed the King's Shirts landed a...

Festivals & Events

TV Festival Pays Tribute to Simpsons, Lucas

Ramin Zahed - January 26, 2007

Die-hard fans who've been hungry for tightly guarded details about this summer's The Simpsons Movie would be wise to pick up tickets for the...

Festivals & Events

Angelina Ballerina Takes to the Stage

Ramin Zahed - January 26, 2007

HIT Entertainment's elegant white mouse will be making her English National Ballet debut this year. Angelina's Star Performance puts the popular classical ballerina in...

Features

Cars, Happy Feet, Monster House Nab Feature Oscar Nominations

Ramin Zahed - January 23, 2007

As many of the media watchers had predicted, the three nomination spots in the Best Animation Oscar race were filled by Disney/Pixar's Cars, Warner...

Schools

Sheridan Institute Installs Toon Boom

Ramin Zahed - January 22, 2007

Students enrolled at Canada's acclaimed Sheridan Institute of Technology and Advance learning will be able to take advantage of Toon Boom's Storyboard and Solo...

Features

Ice Age 2 Picked as Most Profitable Movie of ’06

Ramin Zahed - January 22, 2007

Although Scrat and his preshistoric buddies from Fox/Blue Sky's Ice Age: The Meltdown may have been snubbed by many of the year-end critics and...

Licensing

Nicktoons Drawn to Decode’s Planet Sketch

Ramin Zahed - January 22, 2007

Those who were waiting for a major U.S. cabler to pick up Decode/Aardman's fun comedy show Planet Sketch have a big smile on their...

Features

News from NATPE: Words from the Wise

Ramin Zahed - January 15, 2007

If it seems a bit quiet in your neck of the woods this week, it's because many of the animation execs, buyers, sellers, producers...

Festivals & Events

Last Chance to Get Free Tickets to Special Happily N’Ever After Screening

Ramin Zahed - December 19, 2006

Would you like to take a sneak peek at the new CG-animated feature Happily N'Ever After? If you live in the Los Angeles area,...

Bandai Plugs In New Honneamise Online Community

Ramin Zahed - December 8, 2006

Top Japanese animation outfit Bandai Visual USA has jumpstarted Honneamise, a new anime community on MySpace.com. The jazzed-up site (www.myspace.com/honneamise) offers related info and...

Television

A Good Month for Entertainment Rights’ Kid Brands

Ramin Zahed - December 8, 2006

U.K. media group Entertainment Rights has announced the delivery of several new programs across four key brands to three of the U.K. 's major...

Television

HIT’s Benelux Consumer Division Goes In-House

Ramin Zahed - December 8, 2006

HIT Entertainment, the U.K. home of such brands as Bob the Builder, Pingu, Thomas & Friends and Angelina Ballerina ahs moved its consumer products...

Home Entertainment

Pirates Sequel Steals Record DVD Booty

Ramin Zahed - December 7, 2006

Arrrrr, time to bring on the grog! The folks at Disney Home Entertainment are celebrating today as Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest...

VFX

Digital-Tutors Announces RealFlow4 Training

Ramin Zahed - December 7, 2006

Oklahoma City-based interactive training outfit Digital-Tutors has announced the release of Intro to RealFlow 4, a guide to creating realistic fluid and dynamic...

Festivals & Events

Hertzfeldt, Weil and Augenblick Shorts to Shine at Sundance

Ramin Zahed - December 7, 2006

The Sundance Film Festival announced several new animated titles set to screen Jan. 18-28 at Park City, Utah. Alex Weil's SIGGRAPH 2006 hit One...

Television

Three Comic Voices Sign Up for FOX’s Two Dreadful Children

Ramin Zahed - December 7, 2006

Chris Kattan (Saturday Night Live), French Stewart (3rd Rock from the Sun) and Meredith Roberts (Kitchen Confidential) will be voicing characters for the upcoming...

Home Entertainment

CN’s Ben and Foster Will Make First-Quarter DVD Splash

Ramin Zahed - December 6, 2006

Kids will have a hard time leaving home in February and March as Cartoon Network and Warner Home Video have announced new DVD release...

VFX

NaturalMotion High on endorphin 2.7

Ramin Zahed - December 6, 2006

U.K.-based software developer NaturalMotion has announced the release of new versions of endorphin 2.7 and related Learning Edition (eLE). The new versions of the...

Television