`Toy Story' creator Pixar earns theater award

2010-03-17T04:00:51Z

<div id="subtitle">`Toy Story,' `Up' creator Pixar Animation earns award from theater owners at Nevada convention</div><div><p>The makers of "Up," "WALL-E" and other Academy Award-winning cartoons have taken home a new prize.</p><p>

Sequels, reboots bring sizzle to summer box office

2010-03-11T21:00:20Z

<div><p>LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Summertime moviegoers tend to vote early and, if things go well, often.</p><p>During the past five years, about 42% of annual domestic box office sales have been rung up during the summer, which the industry marks beginning the first weekend in May. With the summer slate often notably front-loaded, exe...

Samsung unveils world's first 3-D LED TV sets

2010-03-11T10:17:33Z

<div><p>With the star power of hip-hop group The Black Eyed Peas and "Avatar" director James Cameron, South Korea's Samsung Electronics giant late Wednesday unveiled the world's first 3-D TV technology aimed at revolutionizing the home viewing ex...

Panasonic's first 3-D TV set in $2,900 package

2010-03-10T09:00:36Z

<div id="subtitle">Panasonic to sell first 3-D TV set; 20th Century Fox to bring out "Ice Age 3" in 3-D</div><div><p>Panasonic Corp. on Wednesday revealed the price for its first 3-D TV set, confirming that $3,000 is about what it takes to be among...

Pixar's "Up" wins best animated film Oscar

2010-03-07T18:30:36Z

<div><p>LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Disney/Pixar's balloon adventure blockbuster "Up" won the best animated movie Oscar on Sunday, as the studio continued its dominance of cartoons at the

Animated feature symposdium

2010-03-05T17:20:38Z

Director of "The Secret of Kells" Tomm Moore arrives for the Academy Award animated feature symposium reception feature film category at Samuel Goldyn Theater Los Angeles, California - 04.03.10

Ryan Reynolds, Nicolas Cage voice "Croods" cartoon

2010-02-26T01:16:00Z

<div><p>LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Ryan Reynolds and Nicolas Cage are taking the lead voice roles in the DreamWorks Animation feature "The Croods....

A Minute With: Disney's John Lasseter on creating Oscar magic

2010-02-25T11:17:44Z

<div><p>LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Disney's Pixar Animation Studios head into the next week's Oscars with the only movie ever nominated for both best film ...

TV shows give DreamWorks a `Merry' fourth quarter

2010-02-23T19:30:40Z

<div id="subtitle">TV shows help DreamWorks achieve a `Merry' fourth quarter, beating Wall Street forecasts</div><div><p>Movie studio DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc. said Tuesday that its net income fell in the holiday quarter but a couple of TV specials including "Merry Madagascar...

Earns DreamWorks

2010-02-23T13:46:49Z

FILE - In this file film publicity still released by DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc., Ginormica, voiced by Reese Witherspoon, is shown in a scene with the Missing Link, voiced by Will Arnett, in DreamWorks Animation's "Monsters vs. Aliens." DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc., reports quarterly...

`Clash' of 3-D movies to hit underprepared cinemas

2010-02-22T12:18:23Z

<div id="subtitle">Dearth of 3-D screens may limit the exposure of some movies in profitable format, for now</div><div><p>Movies in 3-D are becoming such big moneymakers that Hollywood studios are cramming them into the nation's theaters, even though there aren't enough screens available to give each film its fullest possible run.</p><p>That will mean an unprecedented number of 3-D movies for film fans to choose from this spring, and smaller profits for Hollyw...

Studios descend on Toy Fair with movie merchandise

2010-02-22T10:10:42Z

<div><p>NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - It's play time again for Hollywood, as the annual Toy Fair kicks off in New York on Sunday with the traditional slew of product tied to movies, TV shows and entertainment characters.</p><p>Among this year's hot properties: "Toy Story 3," "Iron Man 2," "How to Train Your Dragon," ...

`Up' wins best animated feature at Annie Awards

2010-02-22T10:48:54Z

<div id="subtitle">Travel adventure tale `Up' wins best animated feature at the Annie Awards</div><div><p>The travel adventure "Up" was the winner of the best animated feature at the 37th annual Annie Awards.</p><p>"Up" director Pete Docter won the award for directing in a feature production.</p&am...

"Up" a favorite in quality Oscar race for animation

2010-02-22T12:14:03Z

<div><p>LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The animation category at this year's Oscars ceremony presents a crowded field of singing frogs, sly foxes and spunky kids, but despite some tough competition, the high-flying adventure movie "Up" is expected to float away with the Oscar.</p>&...

List of 82nd annual Academy Award nominations

2010-02-22T12:42:34Z

<div id="subtitle">The list of 82nd annual Academy Award nominations is announced</div><div><p>Complete list of 82nd Annual Academy Award nominations announced Tuesday:</p><p>1. Best Picture: "Avatar," "The Blind Side," "District 9," "An Education," "The Hurt Locker," "Inglourious Basterds," "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire," "A Serious M...

Cameron's `Avatar' wins best drama honor at Globes

2010-02-22T18:54:15Z

<div><p>The Golden Globes gave top honors to James Cameron's "Avatar" and took its cue from the film's celebration of humanity, with winners ranging from the gritty child-abuse drama "Precious" to freewheeling comedy "The Hangover."</p><p>Sunday's awards ceremony also opened wide to embrace the long-admired Sonic the Hedgehog series, is Sonic Universe. Created in a fictional world, this new series will deal with the various characters and their exploits throughout that fictional universe, including characters like Sonic, Knuckles and others. The first story arc is titled as Living Weapons and would have appearances from characters like Metal and Shadow Sonic. In the UK Sonic-T...

`Up,' `The Hurt Locker' top Golden Tomato Awards

2010-02-22T21:52:38Z

<div id="subtitle">`Up' and `The Hurt Locker' collect Golden Tomato Awards as the best-reviewed films of the year</div><div><p>An animated adventure about a widower who sails away in a house lifted by a bouquet of balloons and an up-close look at a bomb-squad unit in Iraq were the top critical favorites of 2009. Now "Up" and "The Hurt Locker" are top winners at the Golden Tomato Awards.</p&...

Animators rewrite filmmaking book

2010-02-23T00:17:43Z

<div><p>LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Writing animated films requires patience, flexibility and an imagination larger than life.</p><p>"We started writing six years go -- and we finished writing during the mix," says Phil Lord, who co-wrote and co-directed "C...

"Precious" tops NAACP Image Awards film nominations

2010-02-23T00:30:37Z

<div><p>LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The harrowing tale of a struggling Harlem teen in "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire" earned a leading eight nominations for the NAACP Image awards on Wednesday.</p><p&g...

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