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Electornic Arts Is Looking For a Few Good Men and Women
Electronic Arts will be recruiting artists and programmers at L.A. SIGGRAPH’s April Chapter Meeting Tuesday, April 15, 6:30 to 9:00pm. Bring your resumes and reels to the meeting, speak with recruiters and learn of the opportunities that are available at EA Los Angeles. John Botti, president & CEO of Black [...]
Kids Animate Against Smoking
The Thirteenth Annual TEAM (Tobacco Education Awareness Message) Awards were held last night at the Wadsworth Theater in Brentwood, Calif. Produced by AnimAction Inc. and funded by Proposition 99 excise tax on tobacco, the competition featured animated anti-smoking public service announcements created by student teams from 33 LAUSD Middle schools. [...]
Oscar Statue Spirited Away
“All That Jazz” may have been the most played theme song of the evening, but the glitz and glamour of Hollywood gave way to subdued black attire and mixed feelings last night at the 75th annual Academy Awards. There were also quite a few no-shows due to the uncertainties of [...]
WIA Takes Wild Ride from the Tube to the Big Screen
From Rugrats to The Wild Thornberrys, Klasky Csupo has been successful in bringing TV properties to the big screen. Find out how they do it as Women in Animation presents a panel discussion with members of the team that brought you The Wild Thornberrys Movie. The event will be held [...]
Wild Thornberrys Kicks off Cartoons on the Bay
The Paramount/Nickelodeon/Klasky Csupo big-screen Wild Thornberrys outing will open the seventh edition of the festival and International Conference of Television Animation known as Cartoons on the Bay., to be held in Positano, Italy from April 9-13. Based on the popular Nickelodeon series, The Wild Thornberrys Movie is one of 262 [...]
Annecy Lets Junk in Competition
The African “junkmation” movie, The Legend of the Sky Kingdom, has been selected for official competition in the feature film category for the 2003 Annecy Film Festival in June. The film is one of only five works selected from a field of 1309 submissions. The story of three orphan slaves [...]
Cartoon Movie Deemed A Success
This year’s edition of Cartoon Movie exceeded organizers’ expectations as a total of 461 professionals, including 51 distributors and 61 investors, descended upon Babelsberg Studios in Potsdam, Germany from March 13-15. Of 49 projects presented this year, some 15 in development have reportedly obtained the necessary guarantees to conclude their [...]
Cartoon Movie Tributes Awarded
Potsdam, Germany’s festival of European feature film projects known as Cartoon Movie wrapped up over the weekend with the awarding of special tributes on Saturday evening. Each year, Cartoon Movie Tributes recognizes three individuals or companies that have contributed significantly to the success of the European feature animation industry. This [...]
France, 2D Dominate Cartoon Movie
The 5th Edition of Cartoon Movie is underway in Potsdam, Germany with 49 films scheduled for screening. Of those, 13 are from France and 31 are animated in 2D. Those and other interesting trends are emerging at this year’s gathering of the European animation community. While French films represent 26% [...]
FuturamaSnags Writers Guild Award
Michael Moore’s documentary Bowling for Columbine winning Best Original Screenplay wasn’t the only surprising upset at The 55th Annual Writers Guild Awards over the weekend. Gracie Films/20th Century Fox Television’s far-out comedy Futurama, which has not been renewed by Fox, proved its metal by beating out both of the network’s [...]
BBC Says Good-Bye to...
The BBC Trust has confirmed that children’s programs will no longer be shown...
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