Deb Milbrath saved me from running a blank panel by offering not only a comment that jibes with my own take but that stands out among a flood of cartoon commentary that you won’t be seeing here. The Smith/Rock confrontation was not funny, nor is it a metaphor for anything except for our eagerness to […]
Jeff Stahler (AMS) raises a question that Hollywood has got to be pondering, because it’s not just about being old. Sportscaster Lindsay Rhodes brought up the same topic and she’s younger than my kids, though, mind you, she is married and has kids of her own, which could be part of the answer. But only […]
I really puzzled over where to start today, but settled on Tank McNamara not because of the gag itself, though it made me laugh: My own view is that the Cleveland Browns should put its owners in coaching positions, since they can’t seem to find a qualified coach they want to keep. But it’s the […]
Last night was the Oscars. In the animation categories, Disney’s Frozen took the Best Animated Feature category beating out The Croods, Despicable Me 2, Ernest & Celestine, and The Wind Rises. On a related note, the song Let It Go from Frozen took Best Music (Original Song). In the Best Animated Short, the winner was […]
Earlier this week I posted a link over to Goldderby.com which speculated the odds of this year’s crop of animated features winning Oscar awards. As predicted, no animation feature was nominated for best picture. AND as calculated, Frozen was nominated in two categories – Original song and Animated feature film (that last category wasn’t exactly […]
David Silverman, animator/supervising director of The Simpsons, directed an animated short (Maggie Simpson in ‘The Longest Daycare’) that is up for an Academy Award this weekend. The short debuted before Ice Age: Continental Drift and was broadcast on Fox this last Sunday after the Simpsons. Hollywood reporter interviewed David about the short and The Simpsons.
Earlier this week The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the nominees for their Academy awards. Here is the list of those nominated in the Best Animated Short Film. Day & Night (Walt Disney) A Pixar Animation Studios Production Teddy Newton The Gruffalo A Magic Light Pictures Production Jakob Schuh and Max Lang […]
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced this year’s nominees for the Academy Awards. Here are the cartoon/animation related category nominees: Best Animated Short Film Day & Night (Walt Disney) A Pixar Animation Studios Production Teddy Newton The Gruffalo A Magic Light Pictures Production Jakob Schuh and Max Lang Let’s Pollute A […]