Fred Patten reviews Ben Ohmart’s fascinating new book about the legendary voice actor.

ASIFA-Hollywood’s president describes how voting changes brought fairness, and Disney, back into the fold.

It’s nice to see our little neck of the woods get a bit of attention from mainstream media now and then, especially with meaningful and thoughtful commentary about films that while known to many in the industry, for the most part are unknown to most everyone else on the planet.

Launching in conjunction with the start of the festival, the Screening Room YouTube channel will showcase 12 short films from the 2013 Sundance Short Film program.

Devoted solely to student work, the festival is the brainchild of well known animator, illustrator, and renaissance man Rastko Ćirić in conjunction with Vuk Maksimovic, master wood carver and furniture maker, who is the representative of the Fortress for this project.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is now accepting entries for the 40th Anniversary Student Academy Awards competition in 2013.

When unscripted audio is met with the appropriate animated imagery, the results are often hilarious, heartwarming and highly entertaining.

Red Giant Software’s Trapcode commissions “Exodus,” an animated short film by director/designer Magnus Östergren of Stockholm-based production studio Potemkin.

The 2013 VIEW Award issues a call for entries for animated shorts with 2D/3D animation and VFX made in the last two years.

The National Film Board of Canada receives 14 Canadian Screen Awards nominations, dominating the Best Animated Short category with three out of four nominations.

ShortsHD will release The Oscar Nominated Short Films 2013 in theatres across the United States, Canada and Europe on February 1, 2013.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is now allowing its entire membership to vote for Best Animated Short.

New Rosto film, “Lonely Bones,” to premiere at the Film Festival Rotterdam on Monday, January 28, 2013.

Strong character development is the foundation of any animation, of course, but contemporary animators might run into copyright infringement issues when they borrow heavily from existing characters in other creative properties.

The race for Oscar gold is on as the 2013 nominations are announced.

The 30th anniversary celebration of Spike & Mike's Festival of Animation runs February 9 through March 30 at the San Diego Museum of Contemporary Art in La Jolla, California.

ASIFA Egypt organizes a workshop for African animators during the second edition of the Luxor African Film Festival, to be held March 15-24, 2013.

Pixar unveils footage for its newest short film, “The Blue Umbrella,” set to hit theaters in June, ahead of CG animated feature “Monsters University.”

Dead guy makes nice film.

The tenth annual Animation Block Party is now open for festival submissions.