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Awards

Gints Zilbalodis’ ‘Flow’ Takes Home the Golden Globe for Best Animated Feature

Ramin Zahed - January 5, 2025

Gints Zilbalodis' acclaimed feature Flow was the winner of the Golden Globe for Best Animated Feature on Sunday night. The five other nominees in...

Television

‘StuGo’ Creator Ryan Gillis Introduces Us to His Animated Lab Rats

Ramin Zahed - January 2, 2025

Disney Channel is kicking off the new year with a bright, fast-moving and utterly entertaining show titled StuGo. Created by Ryan Gillis (The Wonderful...

Shorts

Loïc Espuche Explores the Horrors & Thrills of a First Kiss in the Oscar-Shortlisted ‘Yuck!’

Ramin Zahed - December 31, 2024

As in real life, many of the kids featured in director Loïc Espuche’s Oscar-shortlisted and Annie-nominated short Yuck! (Beurk!) believe that a kiss between...

People

Children’s Media Veteran Michael Carrington Announces Retirement

Ramin Zahed - December 31, 2024

Animation and children’s TV executive Michael Carrington has announced his retirement after decades of trailblazing work. His career spanned decades of exec producing award-winning...

Features

Animated Blockbusters ‘Inside Out 2,’ ‘Moana 2,’ & ‘Despicable Me 4’ Dominated the 2024 Box Office

Ramin Zahed - December 30, 2024

The estimated total box office numbers for 2024 are in, and Pixar, Disney, Universal/Illumination have emerged as the top winners with Inside Out 2,...

Animated People

Fantastic Voyage: Jason Hand Talks About His Creative Journey as One of the Directors of ‘Moana 2’

Ramin Zahed - December 30, 2024

As the year draws to a close, Disney’s Moana 2 continues to bring a record number of family audiences to theaters. This past week,...

Passings

Linda Lavin, Tony-Winning Broadway Actress and Star of TV Sitcom ‘Alice,’ Dies at 87

Ramin Zahed - December 30, 2024

Tony-winning and two-time Emmy-nominated stage, TV and screen actress Linda Lavin passed away on Sunday in Los Angeles from complications from lung cancer. She...

Features

‘Mufasa’ Battles ‘Sonic 3’ for the Holiday Weekend Box-Office Top Spot

Ramin Zahed - December 29, 2024

The mighty lion and the speedy hedgehog continued their box office battle over the weekend as Disney’s Mufasa: The Lion King and Paramount’s Sonic...

Shorts

Bach to Basics: Why Anna Samo Used Toilet Paper to Animate Her Acclaimed Short, ‘The Wild-Tempered Clavier’

Ramin Zahed - December 27, 2024

Great artists often take advantage of the unusual challenges in life. Take, for example, the case of Anna Samo, the resourceful director of the...

Streaming

Paramount+ Drops ‘Doug,’ ‘Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness’ and Several Other Animated Nick Shows

Ramin Zahed - December 26, 2024

Animated Nickelodeon favorites such as Doug, My Life As a Teenage Robot, Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness and The Penguins of Madagascar are...

Shorts

Don Hertzfeldt’s Oscar-Shortlisted ‘ME’ Serves Up More Profound Enigmas with Music

Ramin Zahed - December 26, 2024

Almost 30 years ago, two-time Oscar-nominated filmmaker Don Hertzfeldt burst onto the animation scene with his clever stick-figure short, Ah, L’Amour. The indie helmer...

Passings

In Memoriam: Remembering the Many Animation & VFX Greats We Lost This Year

Ramin Zahed - December 21, 2024

We said goodbye this year to many brilliant women and men who devoted their lives and talents to advancing the art of animation and...

Awards

Daisuke ‘Dice’ Tsutsumi Discusses the Stop-Motion Magic of His Oscar-Shortlisted ‘Bottle George’

Ramin Zahed - December 20, 2024

Ten years ago, Japanese-born director-producer-illustrator Daisuke “Dice” Tsutsumi’s The Dam Keeper was nominated for a Best Animated Short Oscar and received a slew of...

Animated People

Artistic Witnesses of War: ‘Porcelain War’s Creative Team on Using Animation in Their Acclaimed Documentary

Ramin Zahed - December 19, 2024

Brendan Bellomo and Slava Leontyev’s acclaimed documentary Porcelain War centers on three Ukrainian artists who choose to stay in their country despite the Russian...

Animated People

‘Phineas and Ferb’ Storyboard Artist Nadine Promes García Discusses the Ups and Downs of Life in Animation

Ramin Zahed - December 14, 2024

Every now and then, we offer interviews with up-and-coming animation professionals to find out more about how they landed in animation, what they love...

Passings

Disney Animation Producer Daniel Ridgers Dies at 52

Ramin Zahed - December 13, 2024

We are saddened by the recent passing of beloved artist and animation producer Daniel Ridgers who died suddenly on Dec. 2 at age 52....

Awards

The Critics Choice Awards Unveil Animation and VFX Nominees

Ramin Zahed - December 12, 2024

The Critics Choice Awards announced the nominees for the 30th annual awards, which will be exec produced by Bob Bain Productions and Berlin Entertainment....

Animated People

‘Sweet Like Lemons’ Director Jenny Jokela Paints a Flavorful Reflection on Letting Go

Ramin Zahed - December 10, 2024

The bittersweet sensation of moving on from a harmful relationship is explored with evocative hand-painted animation in Sweet Like Lemons, the 2023 short film from...

Streaming

Music to the Rescue: ‘Wonder Pets: In the City’ EP Jennifer Oxley Introducers Her Charming New Series

Ramin Zahed - December 10, 2024

Everyone’s favorite musical pets are back and ready for some super adventures in the Big Apple. Fans of the award-winning series Wonder Pets!, which...

Shorts