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What summer’s big movies say about us

Don’t be ashamed if you saw “Transformers 2.” And if you saw the new “Harry Potter” film it means you're a loyal friend.

Animated dentist key to Nickelodeon's family plan

The Nickelodeon network's new family plan begins in earnest Monday night with the debut of former Walt Disney Co. chief Michael Eisner's new animated series about a dentist and his roadtripping family.

Midyear movies: Drive a stake in vampire trend

The year's half over, and if we're grading the state of cinema in 2009, we have to hand out a mixed rating. Animated films have soared like the balloon-decked house in "Up," but it's about time to drive a stake through the heart of the vampire trend.

‘Coraline’ is a creepy new classic

Whether or not they’re adaptations of classic fables, animated films often wind up being parables that contain morals for young viewers about believing in yourself, being kind to others, not trading your voice to sea witches, whatever.

Best picture? If ‘WALL-E’ couldn’t do it…

It seems like a million years ago, sometimes, but it was really fewer than 20: In 1991, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences made “Beauty and the Beast” the very first animated feature in the history of the Academy Awards to be nominated for best picture.

New animated show `Cleveland' goes multiethnic

A "Family Guy" spinoff show featuring the character of Cleveland Brown is mixing up its voice cast, ethnically speaking.

Bees, Rats Among Animated Oscar Field

Rats, bees, ogres and penguins are among the stars of the 12 movies competing for the top animation prize at the 80th Academy Awards.

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Is Pixar Working On a Movie About A Boy And His Dinosaur? | /Film
Source: slashfilm.com

It's possible that someone caught an accidental glimpse of an upcoming Pixar project about a boy and his dinosaur.

Out of 'Toon: Animated Movies Not Just For Kids
Source: Sympatico/MSN

In today's post-Pixar age, anyone who believes that animated movies can't appeal to a broad range of ages is wilfully ignoring the rich, rewarding work that's out there.

Soulja Boy Cartoon?
Source: eurweb.com

According to the Hollywood Reporter, "Soulja Boy Tell 'Em: The Animated Series" will be introduced in the first music video that follows this week's release of Soulja Boy's second album, "iSouljaBoyTellEm."

My Eclectic Christmas Movie List -- Old Chestnuts, Classy Stuff, and Misc.

The snow has begun to fall and you have made a supply of hot cocoa or Irish coffee, as the case may be. You are ready for some holiday cheer to push away all the gloomy news from the networks and newspapers and internet.

Reign ends for 'King of the Hill' - CNN.com
Source: CNN

LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- "King of the Hill" is over the hill at Fox, which is canceling the long-running animated comedy.

HBO's Entourage gets Animated in more than one way in this Comic Strip Promo
Source: YouTube

Check out this Season 5 Entourage promo done Comic Strip style. Adrian Grenier, Kevin Connolly, Jeremy Piven, Jerry Ferrara and Kevin Dillon are more animated than ever in this video clip.

Second 'The Simpsons' Movie Confirmed
Source: NY Daily News

Groening also said there will be a second "Simpsons" movie, but not to get in line yet. "It will happen at some point, but I have no idea when," he said. "The first one took us four years - mainly because we don't like to work any harder than we usually do."

Global pirate attacks rise with trouble off Africa
Source: msnbc.com

Pirate attacks worldwide surged 19 percent in the past three months compared to the January-March period, largely due to increased incidents in Somalia and Nigeria, an international maritime agency said Friday.

Google and Creator of 'Family Guy' Strike a Deal
Source: The New York Times

In September, Seth MacFarlane, creator of "Family Guy" on television, will unveil a carefully guarded new project called "Seth MacFarlane's Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy." Unlike "Family Guy," which is broadcast on Fox, this animation series will appear exclusively on …

My Top Ten Animated Films

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE FILMS WERE SELECTED BASED ON THE 50 ELIGIBLE FILMS FOR THIS YEARS AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE LIST FOR THE TOP TEN ANIMATED FILMS. THEY ARE ALSO ONLY BASED ON FILMS I HAVE ACTUALLY SEEN. HONORABLE MENTION: THE ARISTOCATS (1970)

Bob and Doug McKenzie are coming back...animated!
Source: TV Squad

There was talk of this years ago but it looks like Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas are recreating their famous characters from SCTV in animated form.

The Plight of Herman, the 300 Year Old Turtle
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What happens to turtles who live to be 300 years old, after surviving hundreds of attacks from predators and countless bouts of starvation? Why, the end up in a hell called Sea World.

Where Easter Eggs REALLY Come From
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Do you know where Easter Eggs REALLY come from? Let's find out, boys and girls!

The Incredibles, 2004
Source: fauxnixon.com

Brad Bird's "The Incredibles" is one of the best family movies of the decade. Often when movies are pegged as "family" it simply means that they lack offensive content and are geared towards children and tolerable for adults.

Jim Carrey talks A Christmas Carol
Source: comingsoon.net

While Jim Carrey is busy promoting his latest movie, Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who, he's also working hard on his next project, A Christmas Carol, the performance capture/Disney digital 3-D animated film from writer/director Robert Zemeckis (Beowulf, The Polar Express).

So many decorations, it's scary Worth Halloween House.
Source: Chicago Tribune

This house is located in Worth, Illinois in the... This house is located in Worth, Illinois in the southwest burbs of Chicago.

One year of the Military Commissions Act
Source: Amnesty International

USA: A law that allows unlawful practices in the "war on terror" to continue

I want Guantanamo closed!
Source: Amnesty International

You want Guantánamo closed? This is your chance to join a movement of people who feel the same way. People who think that the US detention centre at Guantánamo is a symbol of injustice and abuse and it should be closed.

Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends
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Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends - Cartoon characters, information and images of your favorite animated cartoons.

Persepolis movie adaptation
Source: MySpace

An animated movie adaption of the comic Persepolis came out in France last month. I believe there are plans to bring this in other countries.

Car Talk coming to TV
Source: TV Squad

Popular public radio program Car Talk, hosted by Click and Clack, the Tappet brothers (actually Tom and Ray Magliozzi), is coming to television next year, as an animated sitcom on PBS.

Anime Online
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After 1995, amassed Anime shows from Japan had entered the television networks of America. But as the numbers watching Anime in the nation grew to a certain point, even more shows were available to the fans. Once again, it all came back to the Internet as an evolved form.

Anime Cartoons
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Anime reached mainstream status in the 1980s, and since then it has blown up not only in Japan, but around the globe. Television and film producers scrambled to keep up with the increasing demand for more sophisticated and exciting animated programming.

Alien hitchhikes to NYC.
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In the animated series of the same name, The Fantastic Four: The World's Greatest Heroes have a brand new problem on their hands in the Impossible Man, an alien who can turn into anything. Will they be able to exile him back to whence he came.

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