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Women In Animation Explores “Women Creating Women”
The next meeting of Women In Animation (WIA) will be held in celebration of the organization’s tenth anniversary. The event will be held on Thursday, April 22, at Art Institute of Los Angeles. On the program are a special presentation of Disney’s Oscar-nominated short Destino and a panel discussion with [...]
Studio Ghibli Co-Founder Coming to L.A.
Isao Takahata, who directed the haunting wartime anime feature Grave of the Fireflies and co-founded Studio Ghibli with Hayao Miyazaki, will be in Los Angeles on Friday, April 23 to attend screenings of his works at the historic Pacific Theater on Hollywood Blvd. The screenings will begin a 2 p.m. [...]
Seattle Gets First Sci-Fi Museum
While museums are usually associated with relics from the past, a new one will focus on futuristic societies and technologies as seen through the imaginations of famed writers and filmmakers. The first institution of its kind in the world, the Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame (SFM) will open [...]
Nick Kids Name Nemo, SpongeBob No. 1
Add another big award to the growing list of laurels heaped upon the Disney/Pixar blockbuster Finding Nemo. Youngsters everywhere phoned in and voted the CG adventure/comedy their favorite movie in the 2004 Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards. Voters also looked under the sea to find their favorite cartoon in Cartoon Network’s [...]
Animators Walk Out for Talk-In 2D Expo Planned
Online animator forum AnimationNation Thursday held its annual animator walk-out in Burbank, Calif., just down the road from Walt Disney Studios. The event offers toon toilers a chance to meet, show solidarity and discuss the state of the industry. Attendees included master character animator James Baxter (Spirit: Stallion of the [...]
Academy of Entertainment & Technology Hosts Digifest ’04
Digifest 2004, a half-day animation-digital-video-interactive festival of student work will take place on April 9 at the Santa Monica College Academy of Entertainment & Technology. The event will be held from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. followed by a 7:30 p.m. screening and reception at the Academy of Entertainment & [...]
DVD Producers Talk Shop at Universal
PGA New Media Council and the Producer’s Guild will hold the latest in their entertaining and informative series of panel discussions on Thusday, March 18 at 8 p.m. at Universal Studios. Attendees will have the opportunity to meet the DVD producers and executives behind The Adventures of Indiana Jones DVD [...]
Cartoon Movie Wrap-up
The 6th edition of Cartoon Movie wrapped up on Saturday, March 13, at the Babelsberg FX Center in Potsdam, Germany. Each year, Cartoon Movie Tributes recognizes three individuals or companies that have contributed significantly to the success of the European feature animation industry. This year’s tributes went to Denmark’s A. [...]
Eisner Out As Disney Chairman
As a result of yesterday’s shareholder vote, the Walt Disney Co. Board of Directors has decided to separate the positions of CEO and Chairman. Michael Eisner will remain CEO of the company, but resigned as Board chairman after the Board made the position a non-executive post and unanimously elected former [...]
Shareholders Send Message to Eisner
The Walt Disney Co.’s annual shareholders meeting concluded today in Philadelphia with 43% of shareholders giving company chairman and CEO Michael Eisner a “No Confidence” vote. While yesterday’s standing-room-only shareholder briefing demonstrated an overwhelming amount of interest in the “Save Disney” campaign mounted by former Walt Disney Co. chairman Roy [...]
Wiig and Cooper Guest Voice...
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Boinx Unveils New Features of...
German software producer Boinx has unveiled some special upgrades the 3.1...
