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Netflix, Disney Announce Feature Film Agreement

Walt Disney Studios

Net­flix Inc. and The Walt Dis­ney Com­pany announced Tues­day a new multi-year licens­ing agree­ment that will make Net­flix the exclu­sive United States sub­scrip­tion tele­vi­sion ser­vice for first-run ani­mated and live-action fea­ture films from The Walt Dis­ney Studios.

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Cartoon of the Day: A Wish For Wings That Work

A Wish For Wings That Work

One of the most bizarre– and most fun!- Christ­mas spe­cials is A Wish For Wings That Work, based on the the Bloom County comic strip by Berke­ley Breathed. The spe­cial, pro­duced by Steven Spiel­berg and Amblin Enter­tain­ment, has more than it’s share of sur­prises… includ­ing an uncred­ited voice appear­ance by.… well, just watch it and see.

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Bah, Humbug: SpongeBob Banned From Xmas Lighting

SpongeBob SquarePants

Bureau­crats in Wolver­hamp­ton, Eng­land refused to let Sponge­Bob Squarepants go on stage for the city’s Christ­mas lights turn-on cer­e­mony because it was felt that his cos­tume was to large for him to climb five steps to the platform.

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Phineas and Ferb Up for Producers Guild Award

Phineas and Ferb

Dis­ney Channel’s “Phineas and Ferb” was the sole ani­mated pro­gram announced Wednes­day as a nom­i­nee for the 24th Annual Pro­duc­ers Guild Awards.

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Gumball Gets Two British Academy Kids’ Animation Awards

Brian Cosgrove

Car­toon Net­work Europe series “The Amaz­ing World Of Gum­ball” was the win­ner in both the Ani­ma­tion and Writ­ing cat­e­gories Sun­day at the British Acad­emy Children’s Awards.

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My Little Pony’s Andrea Libman Wins Animation Voice Award

Andrea Libman

For her por­tray­als of Pinkie Pie and Flut­ter­shy in My Lit­tle Pony: Friend­ship is Magic, Toronto-born Van­cou­ver per­former Andrea Lib­man, 28, won the Award for Best Voice at the inau­gural UBCP/ACTRA Awards.

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One Boy’s Story Cartoon PSA Wins Two Regional Emmy Awards

One Boy'€™s Story

Blend­ing 3D ani­ma­tion with live action, the pub­lic ser­vice announce­ment One Boy’s Story has won two Emmy awards from the National Acad­emy of Tele­vi­sion Arts & Sci­ences, Chicago/Midwest Chapter.

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Michael Hefferon Appointed President of Rainmaker Animation

Rainmaker Entertainment

Rain­maker Enter­tain­ment Inc. has appointed fea­ture film and TV exec­u­tive Michael Hef­feron as pres­i­dent and exec­u­tive pro­ducer, Craig Gra­ham, newly appointed chair­man and CEO of the Vancouver-based CGI ani­ma­tion pro­duc­tion stu­dio, announced.

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Red-faced Mr. Burns Supports Romney For President in Cartoon

The Simpsons

Nuclear plant owner C. Mont­gomery Burns, of “The Simp­sons” fame (or infamy, depend­ing on how you look at it), is back­ing Mitt Rom­ney for pres­i­dent of the United States.

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Watch NFB Films Free in Canada’s Public Libraries

The National Film Board of Canada (NFB)

Through its Film Club, the National Film Board of Canada is a priv­i­leged part­ner of pub­lic libraries across the country.

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Gumball Up For Two British Academy Kids’ Awards

British Academy Kids

The TV series “The Amaz­ing World of Gum­ball” has received two nom­i­na­tions for the British Acad­emy Children’s Awards, orga­niz­ers announced Monday.

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Newest Disney Cartoon Princess Upsetting Hispanics

Sofia The First

Disney’s newest princess is set to pre­miere in three short weeks in Sofia the First: Once Upon a Princess. Despite Sofia the First being Disney’s first Latino princess– and Disney’s youngest– Sofia has not endeared her­self to many in the His­panic population.

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Bob & Fox Flipping Burgers For a Fourth Season

Bob's Burgers

FOX is going back to the grill for a fourth sea­son of Bob’s Burg­ers, announc­ing twenty-two new episodes for next year barely two shows into this year’s third season.

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Family Guy Creator Seth MacFarlane to Host Oscars

Oscar Statuette, Academy Awards

Seth Mac­Far­lane will host the 85th Acad­emy Awards, tele­cast pro­duc­ers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron announced Mon­day. This will be MacFarlane’s first appear­ance on the Oscars stage. The Acad­emy Awards will be broad­cast live Sun­day, Feb­ru­ary 24 on ABC.

Mac­Far­lane is the cre­ative force behind the TV series Fam­ily Guy and co-creator of Amer­i­can Dad! and The Cleve­land Show. He has received 13 Emmy nom­i­na­tions and won two for his work on Fam­ily Guy.

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Turtle Power Returns Saturday

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Get ready for Tur­tle power to sur­face on Nick­elodeon this Sat­ur­day, Sept. 29, at 11AM (ET/PT) in a spe­cial one-hour tele­vi­sion event in the all-new, CG-animated Teenage Mutant Ninja Tur­tles series.
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