All posts tagged "Steven Spielberg"
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Festivals and Events
Mike Peraza to Receive Friz Freleng Award
November 4, 2014Award-winning Disney artist Mike Peraza will be honored with the Friz Freleng Lifetime Achievement Award for...
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People
Rare Rambaldi ‘E.T.’ Painting Up for Auction
October 20, 2014An original painting of the titular alien from Steven Spielberg’s classic E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial by the...
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People
Robin Williams Dead, Police Suspect Suicide
August 11, 2014Actor and comedian Robin Williams was found dead today, according to reports from the Marin County...
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People
HIT Appoints Christopher Keenan Global Head of Content & Production
July 8, 2014Leading preschool entertainment company and Mattel subsidiary HIT Entertainment has announced the appointment of Christopher Keenan...
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People
‘Roger Rabbit’ Star Bob Hoskins Dies at 71
April 30, 2014Prolific British actor Bob Hoskins, best known in the toon world for his role as private...
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Festivals and Events
Host Warburton, Presenters Set for Annie Awards
January 27, 2014Patrick Warburton is set to host the 41st annual Annie Awards Feb. 1 at UCLA’s Royce...
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Tales from the Toon Trenches
A Century of Dinos
January 16, 2014What is it about dinosaurs and animation? One could argue that animation is the perfect method...
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Features
The Jurassic Beasts Are Back!
December 19, 2013Walking with Dinosaurs puts a family feature spin on BBC’s acclaimed CG-animated documentaries about the Jurassic...
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Features
Jackson Says He’ll Direct Tintin Sequel after ‘The Hobbit’
December 11, 2013After shooting the third chapter of The Hobbit trilogy, which will be released in December of...
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Festivals and Events
ASIFA Unveils List of 41st Annie Awards Nominees
December 2, 2013The International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood has announced the nominations for the 41st Annual Annie Awards....
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Festivals and Events
President Obama to Visit DreamWorks Animation
November 21, 2013It looks like Shrek, Kung Fu Panda and Toothless the Dragon are going to find out...
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Tales from the Toon Trenches
Kracov’s Toons: A Career with Legs
November 14, 2013I’ve interviewed a lot of people over the past quarter-century and have heard a lot of...
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People
Digital Domain Promotes Barba to CCO
November 1, 2013Venice-based studio Digital Domain 3.0 Oscar-winning vfx supervisor Eric Barba to Chief Creative Officer/senior vfx supervisor....
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Television
‘Turbo’ TV Series Largely Produced in S. Korea
October 18, 2013DreamWorks chief Jeffrey Katzenberg told reporters in Seoul that a large part of its upcoming Netflix...
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Tales from the Toon Trenches
The Best Western You’ve Never Seen
October 10, 2013I’ve written before about the increasingly thin barriers between animation and live-action filmmaking, barriers that are...
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Features
‘Cloudy 2’ Serves Up Second Helping of Laughs
September 26, 2013Sony Pictures Animation delivers a delicious, second helping with its 3-D CG sequel, Cloudy with a...
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Festivals and Events
Jeffrey Katzenberg Is MIPCOM 2013 Honoree
July 29, 2013DreamWorks Animation CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg has been named MIPCOM 2013 Personality of the Year. He is...
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Gaming
Spielberg to Produce Microsoft’s ‘Halo’ Series
May 21, 2013Steven Spielberg will exec produce a live-action TV series based on the popular video game franchise...
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People
Stop Motion Legend Ray Harryhausen Dies at 92
May 7, 2013Visual effects icon Ray Harryhausen, whose stop-motion creations brought many monsters alive in movies such as...
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Festivals and Events
Animation Stars Drawn to ‘Roger Rabbit’ Reunion
April 5, 2013A special screening and 25th Anniversary Reunion of the cast and crew of Robert Zemeckis’ seminal...
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