Coprophilia, necrophilia, aroused onscreen genitalia, an endless supply of “fuck”s, “shit”s and language even less polite; it must be The Drawn Together Movie: The Movie!

Author, animator, and 80's cartoon voice reenactor, The Definitive Tim Finn, stops by to discuss coffee-table books, animation based on colors, and 3D Chess. Joel and Alan then engage Tim in a very brief but colossal battle of capitalism in FFAF's newest radio game, "Two Minute Monopoly". All is then put classier when the beautiful, the insightful, and the ever effervescent Lorelei Pepi reveals her unorthodox recipe for Italian Wedding Soup, her thoughts on animation and art, and why FFAF's other newest radio game, "Brain Cloning", is a good excuse to beat up on Joel's face.

The best of everything our industry has to offer, and then some, comes together every May at this powerhouse event in Stuttgart.

Wildbrain's Marge Dean describes the making of The Ricky Gervais Show.

Trying to get an adult animated series onto cable? You might want to learn how Devin Clark, creator of Comedy Central’s new series Ugly Americans went about it.

The 2010 Oscar Showcase tour begins its L.A. leg with a trip to Sony and MGM.

New Line and Warner Bros. are developing a feature film version of SPEEDY GONZALES, according to THE HEAT VISION BLOG.

Mashimaro is coined from the word, marshmallow, but the way that a baby might pronounce it. Mashimaro is a rabbit with sleepy eyes, short legs and chubby body. He is a mischievous troublemaker but, sweet by nature.

From the early stages of the Korean animation production business in the 1980’s, Big Star Enterprise, Inc. has been a leading animation production company, since its establishment in 1986. Big Star is one of the few studios in Korea that provides animation services in the major animation mediums – traditional, CG and flash.

Joe Strike takes a look at the tax implications for freelancing on both employers and contractors and how companies like MBO Partners can help.

For the seventh year, AWN's Rick DeMott puts together a collection of the best commercials and music videos from the past year submitted by readers.

Columbia Pictures has hired Etan Cohen (TROPIC THUNDER) to pen the third part of the MEN IN BLACK series, according to VARIETY.

The 20th annual Cartoon Forum took place September 22-25 in the beautiful town of Stavanger, Norway. Always marked by a convivial atmosphere, the event in this milestone year had an especially positive and cohesive vibe, with attendees seemingly enjoying simply being together to share their common enthusiasm.

DreamWorks are in talks to adapt animated web series XOMBIE into a feature, according to THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER.

Universal has snatched up the film rights to Melissa Marr's bestselling fantasy series, which started with the book WICKED LOVELY, reports VARIETY.

LucasArts today announced LUCIDITY, a new game under development from the LucasArts team that re-imagined THE SECRET OF MONKEY ISLAND.

17 AGAIN on DVD and Blu-ray
New Line/2009/115min/PG-13/SRP: $35.99
Director: Burr Steers
Cast: Zac Efron, Matthew Perry, Leslie Mann
Vfx: R!OT

Video codec: VC-1
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 2.39:1

English: Dolby TrueHD 5.1
English: Dolby Digital 5.1
English SDH, Spanish
BD/DVD Combo
Three-disc set
Digital copy
BD-Live

Bonus Features:

Press release from ACM SIGGRAPH

(New Orleans, LA) - Winners of FJORG!, the third annual "iron-animator" style competition and GameJam!, the first videogame competition were announced during SIGGRAPH 2009, the 36th International Conference and Exhibition on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques taking place this week in New Orleans.

Press Release from Playboy Enterprises

CHICAGO (July 21, 2009) -- Playboy announced today that "Basement Gary," an original animation co-created by New York animator Sean Donnelly and actor Alessandro Minoli, was named winner of its 2009 Animation Contest. The honor has earned the creators $10,000 and bragging rights in the animation world. "Basement Gary," as well as other top contest contenders, can be viewed at playboy.com/animation.

Press Release from qubo

(New York, NY -- July 14, 2009) -- In response to the phenomenally successful first round of quboPic premieres that aired this past winter, qubo, the TV and online entertainment service for children and families, will debut a second round of user-generated animated short films on qubo Channel as well as on qubo’s broadcast blocks on ION Television, NBC and Telemundo beginning Thursday, July 16.