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Ottawa Fest. to Offer Adam Elliot Retrospective

January 24, 2013 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

The awesome team at the Ottawa 2013 International Animation Festival, which takes place September 18-22 this year, has revealed a few tidbits about the new edition of the world-class event: First up, Oscar-winning Australian stop-motion animator Adam Elliot (Harvey Krumpet, Mary and Max) will offer a special master class and [...]

‘Dead But Not Buried,’ ‘Moxie’ Win at Ottawa

September 26, 2011 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

Indie British animator Phil Mulloy’s Dead But Not Buried won the Best Animated Feature Award at the 2011 Ottawa International Animation Festival this weekend. The fact that Mulloy also took the same prize last year at the fest for the film’s prequel Goodbye Mister Christie must set some sort of [...]

A Postcard from Ottawa Int. Festival of Animation

September 22, 2011 by Ramin Zahed 1 Comment divider image

A deadpan keynote speech about the rewards of staying true to one’s vision by Moral Orel creator Dino Stamatopoulos kicked off the second day of the Ottawa Intl. Festival of Animation and TV Animation Conference panel (Sept. 22). Stamatopoulos, who is perhaps best known for playing the character Star-Burns on [...]

Christine Baranski Haunts ‘Ugly Americans’ Finale

August 29, 2011 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

If you are a Christine Baranski fan, you won’t want to miss the finale of Comedy Central’s Ugly Americans, this Thursday (Sept. 1) at 10:30 p.m. The versatile actress (The Good Wife, Cybill) will be lending her voice to the role of Grimes’ mom, who returns from the dead, only [...]

‘Ugly Americans’ Returns June 30 on Comedy Central

June 28, 2011 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments divider image

Comedy Central’s Ugly Americans returns for a wet, hot summer of zombie-loving good times with affable human social worker Mark Lilly (voiced by Matt Oberg), along with his creature cohorts of demons, wizards and robots. The original, animated comedy returns with 10 half-hour episodes beginning on Thursday, June 30 at [...]