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Home Entertainment

THQ Ships Disney Princess

Ryan Ball - April 3, 2003

THQ Inc. brings characters from the Disney animated classics Cinderella, The Little Mermaid, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Sleeping Beauty, Beauty and the...

Garfield, MovieTickets.com Help Make Web Safe for Kids

Ryan Ball - April 3, 2003

Garfield Island (http://www.GarfieldIsland.com), a subscription-based, kid-safe, parent-approved web browser and community, is getting help in promoting Internet safety from MovieTickets.com. A by-product of the...

Licensing

Soda Maker Pops for Two Towers Home Video Release

Ryan Ball - April 1, 2003

While soda may be unheard of Middle-Earth, Dr Pepper/Seven Up will join forces with New Line Home Entertainment to promote the DVD and VHS...

Television

Angelina Ballerina Makes Encore Performances

Ryan Ball - April 1, 2003

Five new episodes of the series Angelina Ballerina will begin airing this May on PBS. Produced by HIT Entertainment and animated by Grand Slamm...

Television

South Park Renewed for Two

Ryan Ball - April 1, 2003

Kenny, Cartman, Stan and Kyle will continue to cause mischief in the sleepy town of South Park, CO. for at least two more seasons....

Television

Germany’s EM.TV Singing Financial Blues

Ryan Ball - April 1, 2003

German children's TV outfit EM.TV is hoping to sell the Jim Henson Co., which it aquired in 2000 for $600 million, because of its...

Television

Spielberg, The Thing to Materialize on Sci-Fi

Ryan Ball - April 1, 2003

The Sci Fi Channel is currently in negotiation with Steven Spielberg, DreamWorks TV and the folks behind last December's hit miniseries Taken to develop...

Home Entertainment

The Wild Thornberrys Movie Comes Home

Ryan Ball - April 1, 2003

The first big-screen outing for the family of wildlife documentary filmmakers known as The Wild Thornberrys makes its DVD and VHS debut today. Based...

Television

Scholastic Ent. Explores Clifford’s Puppy Days

Ryan Ball - March 31, 2003

Scholastic Ent., producer of the award-winning series Clifford The Big Red Dog, is going back to a time when the pooch was not so...

Features

Peter Jackson Takes on Kong

Ryan Ball - March 31, 2003

Years ago, Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson expressed his desire to remake the 1933 classic monster movie King Kong. Over the weekend,...

Features

Filmgoers Fancy Funny Over FX

Ryan Ball - March 31, 2003

For the fourth week in a row, comedy has been king at the box office. This time it's DreamWorks' and Chris Rock's Head of...

Home Entertainment

Spirited Away Coming to DVD This Month

Ryan Ball - March 31, 2003

Having swept off with to Oscar for Best Animated Feature, Hayao Miyazaki's animated masterpiece Spirited Away has been given wider theatrical release and is...

Home Entertainment

Plympton’s Hair High Graphic Novel Released

Ryan Ball - March 31, 2003

NBM Publishing has released the graphic novel version of Hair High, Bill Plympton's upcoming animated feature. The graphic novel is based on Plympton's storyboards...

Licensing

No Ink, Just Paint For Nickelodeon and Lowe’s

Ryan Ball - March 27, 2003

Nickelodeon and home improvement retailer Lowe's have launched the Nickelodeon paint collection, part of a series of American Tradition Signature Colors available in Lowe's...

Television

University Games, JP Kids Form New Children’s Media Company

Ryan Ball - March 27, 2003

Educational board game manufacturer University Games has merged with children's and family media company JP Kids/Mindrocket Media, which will become a wholly owned subsidiary...

VFX

IBM Dips Into Nvidia Chip Biz

Ryan Ball - March 27, 2003

IBM Corp. and NVIDIA have announced a multi-year strategic alliance that will see IBM manufacturing NVIDIA's next-generation GeForce graphics processor units. The agreement will...

Festivals & Events

Kids Animate Against Smoking

Ryan Ball - March 27, 2003

The Thirteenth Annual TEAM (Tobacco Education Awareness Message) Awards were held last night at the Wadsworth Theater in Brentwood, Calif. Produced by AnimAction Inc....

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