Karen O Contributes Songs to Disney’s ‘Frankenweenie’

August 12, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments

Tim Burton’s upcoming stop-motion feature Frankenweenie will showcase a lineup of hip music by the likes of Karen O, the lead singer of the rock band Yeah Yeah Yeahs. Karen O told Rolling Stone magazine that Burton wanted her to come up with “an unconventional, unconditional love song.” She found inspiration [...]

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‘Rango’ Rides Home with Top Annie Prize

February 5, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments

In what may be a bellwether for Oscar night, Paramount/Nickelodeon’s quirky CG-animated feature Rango won the prize for Best Picture at the Annie Awards this Saturday (Feb.4). The Gore Verbinski-directed pic, which centers on the adventures of a chameleon in the Wild West, also won the award for best writing [...]

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