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An Animation Fan’s Holiday Gift Guide
Yes, it’s that time of the year when we begin to feel that gnawing sense of panic, reminding us that the holidays will be with us in less than a couple of months. If you’re looking for a few solid gift ideas for that talented animator or toon fan in [...]
Fox Airs 200th Episode of ‘Family Guy’
This Sunday’s 200th episode of Family Guy contains some mind-bending ideas as Brian messes up Stewie’s time machine and reverses the direction of time. The episode, which is called “Yug Ylimaf,” finds the Griffins reliving a few iconic moments of the long-running series and as ew.com reports, may cause minor [...]
ToyTalk Introduces Innovative New Toy App
Teddy Ruxpin, eat your heart out! New family entertainment company ToyTalk, which is formed by CEO Oren Jacob, CTO Marin Reddy and CCO Bobby Podesta—all former Pixar employees, has debuted a 45-second trailer for its first app. Using artificial intelligence to give voice to kids’ toys such as teddy bears [...]
Avengers Costumes Top Fandango’s Halloween List
Costumes from The Avengers and Catwoman from The Dark Knight Rises are some of the most popular choices for men and women this Halloween, according to a survey conducted by movie ticket site Fandango of more than 1000 filmgoers. The top four for men were Thor at No. 1, Iron [...]
Adult Swim Greenlights Seventh Season of ‘Robot Chicken’
Multiple Emmy-winning co-creators and executive producers Seth Green and Matthew Senreich announced at New York’s Comic-Con that that their Robot Chicken series will return with new episodes in 2013. The stop-motion animated series airs Sundays at midnight on Adult Swim and skewers pop culture figures and shows in a variety/sketch [...]
Seth MacFarlane Talks Oscar Host Gig
Hot on the heels of the official announcement that Seth MacFarlane—the busy guy behind Family Guy, American Dad, The Cleveland Show and this summer’s hit live-action comedy Ted—will be hosting the 85th Annual Academy Awards. The Hollywood Reporter snagged an interview with the toon guru as well as Oscars producers [...]
Tartakovsky and Hartman Lift Spirits in Ottawa
We had plenty of sunshine and lots of inspiring panels on the first two days of the Ottawa International Animation Festival and the TV Animation Conference (TAC) held this week in the charming capital city in Ontario, Canada. On Wednesday morning (September 19), Moira Marguin, head of animation at the [...]
Seth MacFarlane to Host ‘Saturday Night Live’
After directing this summer’s sleeper hit Ted (and voicing everyone’s favorite foul-mouthed teddy-bear), Seth MacFarlane will host the 38th season opener of the late night TV show Saturday Night Live on Sept. 15. Fans expect the man behind Fox-TV’s killer primetime toons Family Guy, American Dad and The Cleveland Show of [...]
Universal Cuddles Up to ‘Ted’ Plush
If catching Seth MacFarlane’s buddy comedy about an average joe and his foul-mouthed living teddy bear made you pine for some cuddly-yet-crude companionship, you’re in luck! According to The Hollywood Reporter, producer Media Rights Capital and Universal will introduce a line of talking Ted plush toys this fall. The bears [...]
‘Dark Knight’ Has a Heroic $64 Million Weekend
Chris Nolan’s epic feature The Dark Knight Rises managed to remain on top of the box office chart his weekend, taking in $64 million domestically. The Warner Bros. release, which will forever be connected to the Aurora shooting tragedy, has a $289 million cume after its second weekend in U.S. [...]
‘Star Trek’ Beams...
Paramount’s Star Trek Into Darkness landed on top of the domestic box office...
Universal Releases New Clip...
Universal has released the first clip from Illumination’s eagerly anticipated...
