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Nick Announces Kids’ Choice Nominees


February 13, 2013 by Mercedes Milligan No Comments divider image
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Nickelodeon has revealed the nominees for the 2013 Kids’ Choice Awards, taking place March 23, airing live on the channel (and online at nick.com/KCA13) at 8 p.m./7 p.m. CT. The awards, hosted by Fanboy and Chum Chum‘s Josh Duhamel, cover all aspects of the entertainment landscape. Below is an abbreviated [...]

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The Russians Love Their ‘Ice Age’ Too!


January 20, 2013 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image
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The number-one movie at the Russian box office in 2012 was the Fox/Blue Sky blockbuster toon Ice Age: Continental Drift, with $50.1 million in ticket sales. The summer release, which was No. 14 at the U.S. box office for the past year, earned about $161.3 million in the U.S. Like [...]

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11 Songs from Animated Pics Enter Oscar Race


December 11, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image
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Seventy-five songs from eligible feature-length motion pictures released in 2012 are in contention for nominations in the Original Song category for the 85th Academy Awards. Of these 75, 11 are from animated features. Here is the list of songs from animated features:   “Learn Me Right” and “Touch the Sky” [...]

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12 Animated Pics Make the Golden Globes Shortlist


November 26, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image
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Twelve animated features are on the shortlist for the Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s Best Animated Feature Golden Globe category. The HFPA can choose up to five films for the final nominee list. The list is very close to the familiar titles up for an Oscar nod, with the exception of [...]

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Tackling the Big Questions


November 9, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image
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Several of this year’s Oscar contenders discuss their biggest challenges, triumphs, inspirations and the state of animation in a very good year. Peter Lord – Director, The Pirates! Band of Misfits On the aspect of the movie he’s proudest of: I’m pleased about the spirit of the film. The attitude [...]

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The Top Awards Season Contenders


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Is it just us or is the Best Animated Features race shaping up to be one of the more exciting categories of the award season once again? With the possibility of five nomination spots opening up to the top contenders (which is triggered when more than 16 titles qualify in [...]

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Breaking News: 21 Animated Films Vie for Oscars


November 2, 2012 by Mercedes Milligan No Comments divider image
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The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences has announced that 21 features have been submitted for consideration in the Animated Feature Film category for the 85th Academy Awards to be held February 24, 2013. The nominees will be announced January 10, 2013. While some have not yet had their [...]

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DreamWorks News: ‘Night Fury’, Barco, 3rd Quarter Nos.


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Night Fury Takes Flight on Fox: Fox network announced today it will air DreamWorks Animation’s CG holiday special DreamWorks Dragons: Gift of the Night Fury on December 17 at 8 p.m. The half-hour special is based on the studio’s hit film How to Train Your Dragon–now a solid franchise with [...]

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JumpStart Launches New ‘Madagascar’ Learning Games


October 4, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image
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Looks like the adventurous Zooster buddies from DreamWorks’ popular Madagascar movies are going to find new lives online and in the mobile learning universe thanks to a new partnership with the kids educational game company JumpStart (formerly known as Knowledge Adventure). Torrance, Calif.-based JumpStart has recently closed a round of financing [...]

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DreamWorks Reports a 25% Drop in Q2 Revenues


July 31, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image
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Although its latest release Madagascar 3 has earned over $209.8 million domestically and $501.2 million worldwide (as of July 30) DreamWorks Animation reported a profit of $12.8 million, compared with $34.1 million in the year-ago period, below Wall Street estimates. The studio’s revenue dropped 25 percent from $218.3 million to [...]

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