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'Waltz With Bashir,' 'Persepolis' net foreign-language nominations for Britis...

7 Jan 2009
Animated films set in Israel and Iran are among five competitors for best foreign-language film at the British Academy Film Awards.
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Pixar Animation pioneer earns Oscar

7 Jan 2009
One of the digital wizards behind such cartoon smashes as "WALL-E," "Ratatouille" and "Finding Nemo" is getting an Academy Award.
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Cape man subject of documentary on autism

7 Jan 2009
Taylor Crowe has overcome long odds in his life with autism. Now, the 27-year-old southeast Missouri man is featured in a new documentary about the disorder.
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Autodesk Releases Toxik, Mudbox, Stitcher for Mac

7 Jan 2009
To coincide with the annual Macworld Conference & Expo in San Francisco, Autodesk, Inc.
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Apple Cuts Copy Protection And Prices On iTunes

7 Jan 2009
Apple Inc. is cutting the price of some songs in its market-leading iTunes online store to as little as 69 cents and plans to make every track available without copy protection.
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ChildCare Education Institute Announces Articulation Agreement with...

7 Jan 2009
ChildCare Education Institute , a distance training institution dedicated exclusively to the child care industry, is proud to announce today an articulation agreement with Ashford University.
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Soulja Boy - Soulja Boy Gets Animated

7 Jan 2009
Caption: Soulja Boy Radio Station WPCG hosts its 10th Annual 'For Sisters Only' inspirational day held at the Washington Convention Center Washington DC, USA .... Rap star SOULJA BOY has launched an animated ...
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Bits - January 8, 2009

7 Jan 2009
Christmas Reflections Well, I guess my holidays are almost over now that the New Year 2009 has arrived.A Some of my Christmas engagements were postponed due to illness of other people, but we did our ...
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Seeing how ugly it can get

7 Jan 2009
Since I'm an aviation freak, I'm also a weather freak. I remember committing to getting my first color TV, back in the mid-70s, because I wanted to see color radar, which at that time was carried by only one TV ...
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Cartography: Visualization of Geospatial Data

7 Jan 2009
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Disney XD Unwraps On Friday The 13th

7 Jan 2009
The Walt Disney Co. will launch its rechristened Toon Disney as Disney XD on Friday, Feb.
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Apple Cuts Copy Protection, Prices On iTunes Store

7 Jan 2009
Apple Inc. is cutting the price of some songs in its market-leading iTunes online store to as little as 69 cents and plans to make every track available without copy protection.
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Book review - Three D: Graphic Spaces

7 Jan 2009
Three D: Graphic Spaces , edited by Gerrit Terstiege , the editor-in-chief of European design magazine form .
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Coming soon to a theater near you: Imax and 3-D

7 Jan 2009
A scene from "Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience." This year, 3-D and Imax have a lock on blockbusters.
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Notes on a Season

7 Jan 2009
Short of Oscar week, the next seven-day period is the biggest of the award season by far and it all kicked off this morning with the ultra-predictable announcement by the Producers Guild Of America of its list ...
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Iida City Kawamoto Kihachiro Puppet Museum

7 Jan 2009
During the Edo period, this old castle town was known for its two performing puppetry troupes - the Kuroda and Imada groups - as well as its delicious apples.
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Animations up for UK foreignlanguage film prize

6 Jan 2009
Animations up for UK foreign-language film prize Eds: APNewsNow. LONDON Animated films set in Israel and Iran are among five competitors for best foreign-language film at the British Academy Film Awards.
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Kissing the ground in China

6 Jan 2009
When you find yourself thinking that, watch out. My wife and I were headed up to Chiner, Maine to drop the kids off with my parents for the day, and then we were headed out for lunch and a movie in Augusta.
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6 Jan 2009
By Dan Ferguson - Surrey North Delta Leader Published: January 06, 2009 11:00 AM Updated: January 06, 2009 12:07 PM Quinn Victor Dennis John Dunbar passed away peacefully at Surrey Memorial Hospital at 10:10 ...
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Director Andrew Stanton Talks Wall-Ea s Oscar Chances

6 Jan 2009
Yesterday, the world reacted with shock and disappointment when it learned that Andrew Stanton, helmer of Pixar masterpiece Wall-E , could not win an award from the Directors Guild simply because, as a director ...
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The Dubbed Version Of Miyazaki's Ponyo on the Cliff Gets a Mostly Enthusiasti...

6 Jan 2009
Hi, AICN Anime's Scott Green jumping in here for a second before Beak's post In an update to the recent Ponyo news, Variety reports that John Pixar's Lasseter is working with Frank Marshall and Kathleen Kennedy ...
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Another Comic Book as a Movie - Jonah Hex

6 Jan 2009
Jonah Hex is in production for the big screen. The bloody comic book story of a disfigured bounty hunter is coming to the big screen as a live action, and predictably, absurdly violent film.
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DreamWorksa a oeMonsters vs. Aliens,a PepsiCoa s SoBe Lifewater,...

6 Jan 2009
DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc. and PepsiCoa s SoBe Lifewater today announced that they have joined together with Intel Corporation and NBC to create a first-of-its kind, nationwide a Monstrousa 3D event for ...
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Monsters vs. Aliens 3D Promo to Air During the Super Bowl

5 Jan 2009
by Perez Hilton
Monsters vs. Aliens 3D Promo to Air During the Super BowlThis is inneresting! According to new reports, DreamWorks is spending tens of millions of dollars to promote the animated movie Monsters vs. Aliens during this year's Super Bowl. A three-minute 'sneak peek' of the flick is scheduled to air during the big game…..in 3D!! Monsters vs. Aliens foll...Read the full post from Celebrity gossip... continues

Superheroes and animated movies helped save Hollywood in 2008

5 Jan 2009
LOS ANGELES : The American movie business is quietly celebrating solid if not spectacular results at the box office in 2008, but that does not mean the industry is totally healthy.
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ThumbCinema flipbooks

5 Jan 2009
by Johnny
17-year-old Fernanda Frick of Chile is making and selling these fantastic-looking flipbooks. Fernanda writes: Some of the animations are made in flash, one is made in TVPaint studio and the other is made with stopmotion using real fruit (it was really messy…)

The Top 10 Disney Movies

5 Jan 2009
One of the 'fringe benefits' to having children is getting to go see Disney movies without worrying that you'll seem like a freak.
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Animators Envision 3-D TV at Home

5 Jan 2009
Animation giants have vowed this year to turn three-dimensional technology from a curiosity to a fixture in theaters.
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PGA Announces Its Best Picture Nominees -- Some golfers may disagree

5 Jan 2009
I know it's not totally out-of-left-field, but I'm still amazed that "The Dark Knight" is an award contender.
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Hollywood's superheroes save the day

4 Jan 2009
LOS ANGELES : As companies big and small - if they still exist at all - trudge into January after a dismal 2008, the movie business is quietly celebrating solid if not spectacular results at the multiplex.
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Lost and Found

4 Jan 2009
Impressive animated feature from STUDIOaka screened on Channel 4 in Britain over the break. Check out their site.

Text-to-Movie

4 Jan 2009
If you can type, you can make movies. A website that allows users to create animated movies using text-to-speech scripts and a surprisingly versatile selection of characters, voices, actions, camera shots, etc.
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bolt

3 Jan 2009
by yani
boltThree-D movies give me a headache... and I mean that literally. I don't know if it's because I have different focal ranges in each of my eyes (I can't remember which one is weaker... the left one I suspect), or what it is, but any time I've ever seen anything in 3D I've ended up with a vague headach...Read the full post from yaniblogTags: movies via Blogdigger blog search for "animated movi... continues

Happy New Year!

1 Jan 2009
by noreply at blogger.com (Victor Navone)
Welcome to 2009, everyone! Here's to hoping the new year will be better than the last. I'll be starting teaching again at AnimationMentor.com next week, as well as returning to Pixar where I'll be helping out the Tools department and animating on Toy Story 3; this should be a nice change of pace from directing. I've got some ideas for new tutorials & notes which I hope to be able to post he... continues

November, December, Movies

1 Jan 2009
by John Sams
November, December, MoviesBella – A sweet, unassuming movie, similar to Once or In America , Bella is about a single, pregnant and recently fired woman who spends the day with a co-worker with secrets of his own.  It’s a smart movie, with good characters and more ability than I would have expected.  It may no...Read the full post from The Big Miscellaneous via Blogdigger b... continues

"Marley & Me" Review

31 Dec 2008
by Jane Boursaw
"Marley & Me" ReviewMovie: Marley & Me * Trailer * Official Site In Theaters: Dec. 25, 2008 Runtime: 120 minutes Directed by: David Frankel MPAA Rating: PG for thematic material, some suggestive content and language Gecko Rating: My 11-year-old daughter and I had planned to see "Marley & Me" on Christ...Read the full post from Film GeckoTags: Personalities, movies, film, Comedy, ... continues

The Year in Hollywood 2008

31 Dec 2008
by Steve
The Year in Hollywood 2008The year 2008 will go down in history as the final year of the presidential primaries, which started approximately three years before any of the candidates were born. That was highly entertaining for everyone except the American people that had to suffer through approximately 10,000 hours of politic...Read the full post from Magic LampTags: Television, Humor, movies, 24, ... continues

SIGGRAPH CAF 2009

30 Dec 2008
SIGGRAPH Computer Animation Festival staying large in 2009.

New Year animation made with 300,000 candles

30 Dec 2008
by Johnny
Enjoy this stunning piece of pixillation made with 300,000 candles:Happy New Year by Electrebel. There is also a making-of video at that link, but it is in French with German Dutch subtitles. Still worth watching, tho! Happy new year!

JibJab’s 2008 Year in Review

30 Dec 2008
by Johnny
Try JibJab Sendables® eCards today! JibJab’s latest year in review is my favourite yet, due mostly in part to the aesthetic spin they’ve put on their famous collage-style animation. The illustrative, slightly photocopied-and-cut-out look is gorgeous.

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