May 28, 2012 · Ethan Minovitz
Nominees were announced Saturday in many categories, including animation/family, for the 13th Annual Golden Trailer Awards. For Best Animation/Family, the nominees include The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn (Columbia/Paramount, Ignition Creative), Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted "Trailer 1" (Paramount Pictures, TRANSIT) and The Muppets "Their Movie" (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, Buddha Jones).
May 28, 2012 · Dave Koch
#CotD: One of WB's infamous Cenored Eleven, "The Isle Of Pingo Pongo" was the first of many Tex Avery Warner Bros. spot-gag-filled parodies of travelogues.
May 27, 2012 · Dave Koch
#CotD: The first in what became a series of four cartoons, "Three Little Pigs" also spawned a popular song in it's day a song you probably still know today!
May 26, 2012 · Paul Anderson
Ice Age: Continental Drift will feature more than pals Manfred, Sid, Diego, Ellie and Scrat when it premieres in July. Rather than the usual short featuring Scrat chasing his acorn, the fourth Ice Age movie will reach out to America's most dysfunctional family with The Longest Daycare.
May 26, 2012 · Ethan Minovitz
Adult Swim, basic cable's #1 network with young adults for seven consecutive years, has announced the largest programming commitment in Adult Swim's history, which includes new and returning series, pilots and specials.
May 26, 2012 · Dave Koch
#CotD: One year old today, "Kung Fu Panda 2" was an Academy Award nominee, but did not take the top prize.
May 25, 2012 · Paul Anderson
An album with tracks from the 1965 cartoon special A Charlie Brown Christmas is among the sound recordings selected Wednesday for induction into the National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress.
May 25, 2012 · TammiToon
Longtime friends Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie are reuniting for an animated film to be released on Christmas Day 2014.
May 25, 2012 · Dave Koch
#CotD: The orange, sneaker-wearing monster first appeared in "Hair-Raising Hare" but he was not yet called Gossamer.
May 24, 2012 · Paul Anderson
Disneyland Paris staff who dress up as such characters as Mickey, Donald Duck and Goofy have withdrawn from "Meet and Greet" events to protest the return of a senior colleague who was accused of sexually harassing women.
May 24, 2012 · Ethan Minovitz
Shigeru Miyamoto, creator of such hit video games as Super Mario Bros. and Donkey Kong -- both adapted into cartoon series -- won a $64,000 award Wednesday for "revolutionizing" the industry.
May 24, 2012 · Dave Koch
#CotD: The theatrically released short from Monsters, Inc. "Mike's New Car" won an Academy Award for short film.
May 23, 2012 · Dave Koch
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...
May 23, 2012 · Paul Anderson
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.
May 23, 2012 · Dave Koch
#CotD: The ninth released Mickey Mouse film,, "The Karnival Kid" was the first in which the rodent speaks.
May 22, 2012 · Dave Koch
#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.
May 21, 2012 · Paul Anderson
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.
May 21, 2012 · Ethan Minovitz
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.
May 21, 2012 · Dave Koch
#CotD: A much more mature Tom and Jerry meet again in "Mouse For Sale" from 1955.
May 20, 2012 · Dave Koch
#CotD: Want to see Andy Panda go to hell? Watch "Apple Andy" to see a strange twist on the good vs. evil cartoon.
