Monthly Archives: May 2012

Redux Riding Hood Redux

Redux Riding Hood

In the mid-1990’s, Dis­ney ani­ma­tion was on a high– The Lion King and Toy Story were excit­ing audi­ences and dri­ving peo­ple in to the­aters and back to ani­ma­tion. In those heady days, Dis­ney was want­ing to try new things in the short depart­ment, too: Run­away Brain was the first new Mickey Mouse short in over 40 years. And then there was Redux Rid­ing Hood

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Ice Age Experience at San Diego Zoo

Ice Age: Continental Drift

Over the week­end, The San Diego Zoo, in con­junc­tion with Twen­ti­eth Cen­tury Fox Con­sumer Prod­ucts and SimeEx-Iwerks,unveiled the new Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs — The 4-D Experience.

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The Karnival Kid (1929) — Mickey Mouse Theatrical Cartoon Series

The Karnival Kid

#CotD: The ninth released Mickey Mouse film„ “The Kar­ni­val Kid” was the first in which the rodent speaks.

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Disney’s Golden Anniversary Of Snow White (1955) — Disney Special

Disney's Golden Anniversary Of Snow White

#CotD: Fifty years after Walt Disney’s first fea­ture length ani­mated film hit the­aters, “Disney’s Golden Anniver­sary Of Snow White” looks at the legacy of the film.

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Brave To Open June 18 at Hollywood’s Dolby Theatre


Brave

Disney-Pixar’s “Brave” extends its pio­neer­ing spirit to its world pre­miere on June 18, mark­ing the grand open­ing of Hollywood’s Dolby Theatre.

The red-carpet event is a spe­cial pre­sen­ta­tion for Film Independent’s 2012 Los Ange­les Film Festival.

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DC, Marvel comic book artist Ernie Chan dead at 71

Ernie Chan

Filipino-born comic book artist Ernie Chan, who worked on sev­eral episodes of Hanna-Barbera’s Jonny Quest: The Real Adven­tures, died Thurs­day night from can­cer. He was 71.

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Mouse For Sale (1955) — Tom and Jerry Cartoon Series

Mouse For Sale

#CotD: A much more mature Tom and Jerry meet again in “Mouse For Sale” from 1955.

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Apple Andy (1946) — Andy Panda Cartoon Series

Apple Andy

#CotD: Want to see Andy Panda go to hell? Watch “Apple Andy” to see a strange twist on the good vs. evil cartoon.

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Rabbit Fire (1951) — Looney Tunes Cartoon Series

Rabbit Fire

#CotD: The first of three car­toons in which Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck debate whether it is rab­bit sea­son or duck sea­son was “Rab­bit Fire” by Chuck Jones.

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NFB’s “Wild Life” short piles up 3 Alberta awards

Wild Life

The Oscar-nominated “Wild Life,” a 13 and a half-minute film directed by West­ern Cana­dian ani­ma­tion duo Wendy Tilby and Amanda For­bis, won three hon­ors Sat­ur­day at the 38th Annual Alberta Film and Tele­vi­sion Awards in Cal­gary, includ­ing the Rosie for Best Short.

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Queen of Disco Donna Summer, 63, dies of cancer


Donna Summer

Dance music icon Donna Sum­mer, known as the Queen of Disco, died Thurs­day morn­ing in Florida after a bat­tle with can­cer, sources told TMZ. She was 63.

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Rated A For Awesome” nominated for 6 Leo Awards

Leo Awards

Nerd Corps Entertainment’s “Rated A For Awe­some” has received six nom­i­na­tions for the Leo Awards, which cel­e­brate excel­lence in British Colum­bia film and television.

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Shrek (2001) — National Film and Television School

Shrek

#CotD: Named Best Ani­mated Fea­ture in 2002, “Shrek” is also the first ani­mated film nom­i­nated for an Acad­emy Award for best adapted screenplay.

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Three animated films win Student Academy Awards


Oscar Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Three films have been selected as win­ners in the Ani­ma­tion cat­e­gory of the Acad­emy of Motion Pic­ture Arts and Sci­ences’ 39th Annual Stu­dent Acad­emy Awards com­pe­ti­tion, the Acad­emy announced Tues­day morning.

The win­ners are Eyrie, by David Wolter of the Cal­i­for­nia Insti­tute of the Arts; The Jock­strap Raiders, by Mark Nel­son of the Uni­ver­sity of Cal­i­for­nia, Los Ange­les; and My Lit­tle Friend, by Eric Prah of Rin­gling Col­lege of Art and Design.

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Solo sex in the city removed from Ottawa exhibit

Sex: A Tell-All Exhibition

After a pub­lic out­cry, an ani­mated video show­ing a boy and girl mas­tur­bat­ing has been removed from Canada’s fed­eral sci­ence museum, just in time for a sex exhibit to open.

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