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Disney’s Ohio Players Not Backing Eisner
The eyes of the animation industry are on Philadelphia this week as Walt Disney Co. shareholders converge for their annual meeting on Wednesday, March 3. Roy E. Disney and business partner Stanley Gold are there today encouraging "No" votes for the reelection of company Chairman and CEO Michael Eisner, who [...]
Oscar Trumpets King, Nemo, Krumpet
The 76th annual Academy Awards went off with little surprises Sunday night as The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King made a clean sweep in every category in which it was nominated, including Best Picture. The only notable upset was Adam Elliot’s Harvie Krumpet besting the Disney/Dali [...]
King Rings up BAFTA Wins
New Line Cinema’s The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King ruled supreme when the Orange British Academy Film Awards winners were announced Sunday. Peter Jackson’s trilogy ender picked up five awards including Best Film and the public vote for Film of the Year. While Jackson lost the [...]
Nemo Sweeps 31st Annie Awards
It was non-stop cheering from the Pixar camp Saturday night as Finding Nemo made good on all nine of its nominations at the 31st annual Annie Awards. The ASIFA-Hollywood event was held at the Alex theater in Glendale, Calif. In addition to taking the top award for Animated Feature with [...]
Peter Jackson Lords Over DGA Awards
The Directors Guild of America held its 56th Annual Outstanding Directorial Achievements Awards ceremony on Saturday, honoring director Peter Jackson for his work on The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. This was Jackson’s third nomination and first win. Mike Nichols picked up the award for Movies [...]
Tribute to Gene Deitch in Hollywood
The American Cinematheque at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood will present a special retrospective of the works of Oscar-winning animator and maverick cartoonist Gene Deitch on Tuesday, Feb. 10 at 7:30 p.m. The event is co-presented by ASIFA-Hollywood and will feature an in-person appearance by Deitch, who will sit down [...]
Not Another Oscars, Annual Annies Set for 31st Frame
A few weeks before the big one at the Kodak Theater, the International Animated Film Society will present its picks for the best in TV and film animation of 2003. Hosted by Emmy- and Annie-nominated comic Steve Marmel, the 31st frame of the Annie Awards will take place at the [...]
Geek Dream Date Set For Tech Oscar Show
Ouch, dude. Jennifer Garner, the Alias hotty-of-hotties, has been confirmed as the presenter of this year’s Academy Award scientific and technical awards. The non-broadcast event takes place on Valentine’s Day at the Ritz Carlton Huntington Hotel in Pasadena, Calif. two weeks before the February 29 Oscar main-event on ABC. In [...]
Vegas Ani Org Seeks Submissions for New Fest
Las Vegas based Comic-Con, in association with cartoonmogul.com, is gearing up to host the inaugural The Big Cartoon Exhibition 2004 in late October. The non-competitive fest is designed to showcase cutting-edge animation from around the world. Exhibit organizers are seeking animated film submissions (of any length) in all genre categories–traditional [...]
Comic Book Nerd Nirvana Comes to Long Beach, Calif.
Emerging from their winter hibernation, comic book fans from around the world will be homing in on Los Angeles County’s south beach city of Long Beach in late March for a three-day confab. Wizard World Los Angeles, produced by Wizard Conventions Inc., bills itself as a pop culture extravaganza that [...]
‘Beware the...
Cartoon Network has announced the premiere date of it’s brand-new CG...
‘Family Guy’...
Those crazy, irreverent kids on FOX TV’s Family Guy team have done it...
