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Awards | Business
| Call for Entries | Commercials
| Education | Events
| Films
In Passing | Internet
& Interactive | People | Television
| Video
Awards
- Family Guy Creator Wins Emmy
- JoeCartoon.com Wins Best Animation Site At NetAwards
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Business
- Stan Lee Teams With Venture Soft To Tackle Asia
- Animation Stock Ticker For Tuesday, August 15, 2000
- Eyetronics Opens In Los Angeles
- Creative Planet Rounds Up Another $38M In Financing
- Animation Stock Ticker For Wednesday, August 9, 2000
- Lions Gate Set To Purchase Harvey
- netGuru Expands Into Animation
- SGI & Intergraph Form Strategic Alliance
- 3dfx Interactive Merges With GigaPixel
- Cinar Sale Next Possible Option In Light Of Delisting
- Go Is Gone, Walt Disney Internet Group In
- Rainbow Studios Acquires Motional Realms
- China Slashes Cartoon Imports' Airtime
- Animation Stock Ticker For Tuesday, August 1, 2000
- Pulse and Exmachina Sign Distribution Deal
- New Tinkerbell Inc. Sues Disney Over Fairy Rights
- Prima's Widow Sues Disney
- Sony In The Red, PlayStation 2 & New Accounting Rules Are
Factors
- Vivendi, Canal + & Seagram Merger Approved In France
- Avid Second Quarter Revenues See Some Increase
- Animation Stock Ticker For Wednesday, July 26, 2000
- Amid Talks With Nasdaq, Cinar Sued Again
- Intel & Macromedia Partner To Bring 3D Graphics To Shockwave
Player
- Macromedia Revenue Up 85% Over Last Quarter
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Call for Entries
- San Luis Obispo Festival Spots Short Talent!
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Commercials
- Charlex Lights Up Spots For British Petroleum
- Eyeball Dances With New PBS Series Open
- hey! Animates Musical DVD For Arista Records
- ATTIK Animates Preview Of Sony's Digital Network Recorder
- Class-Key Chew-Po's Voltaire Heats Up PopTarts Ad
- Sony's Walkman Invades Ring Of Fire
- Eyeball Says Presto For Nike
- Curious Production Of The Bob Clampett Show Open
- Wild Brain Passes The Test For Sony MusicTOPIX/Mad Dog Sets Stunts
For Clearnet Mike
- Ring of Fire Rises To The Challenge For Suntrust
- Spontaneous Combustion Ideal For Estee Lauder
- hey! Raps Bumpers & Opens For The History Channel
- Ring Of Fire Lights Up Unisys Commercials
- Spontaneous Combustion Spruces Up Aube Cosmetics Ads
- Eyeball Flows With Forum Credit Union Spot
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Education
- Rocky Mountain College Of Art & Design Adds Animation
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Events
- NFB Is Holding An Open House
- ASIFA General Assembly Held In North America For The First Time
- Plympton's New Film To Screen At Ottawa
- Cartoon Forum Brings Europeon Grace To Co-Productions
- MIPCOM: The Hub For Television Buyers And Sellers
- VFX 2000 Takes Place In A Growing Hot Spot For Special Effects
- AnimeOnline Festival Animates The Web In September
- Festival of New Film Isn't Your Mother's Kind Of Film Fest
- SAS Conference Tackles The Technological Topics Of The Future
- F/X Guru Douglas Trumbull Speaks At Windows On The World
- Hollywood Shorts Celebrates The Art Of Animated Shorts
- Don't Miss Ottawa 2000: North America's Premiere Event
- Breakthrough Conference Centers On Marketing For Top Demographic
- Matita Film Festival 2000 Features A Retrospective Of Yuri Norstein
- Golden Marble Awards Honors Kid At Heart Advertising
- SPIFF Shines With Shorts From Around The World
- Star Wars Exhibit Comes To Chicago
- Cartoonist's Union Presents A Free Portfolio Lecture
- Spike & Mike's Sick & Twisted Fest Invades Southern California
- Atomic Sushi Serves Up Raw Anime Art
- Rushes Soho Festival Quickens Shorts Recognition
- MadCat Fest Sinks Its Claws Into Top Women Filmmakers
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Films
- The Cell Captures The Top Spot At The US Box Office
- Batman Beyond Descends Into Theatres
- X-Men Scribe Brought Onto Pitch Black 2 & Hulk
- Disney To Restore The Thief And The Cobbler To Original Version
- Groening Confirms Plans For A Simpsons Feature
- Harvey Acquires Monkey Tale Feature
- Hollow Man Barely Beats Out Cowboys To Remain #1
- Mission & Patriot Still Strong At The International Box Office
- The Movie Star Is Dead! CGI Actress To Star In Pacino Drama
- Monsters, Inc.'s Voice Cast Announced
- A Hollow Box Office Sees Cowboys Ride Into #1
- Revolution Pimps Out Flash-Animated Feature
- Cartoonist Breathed Brings Next Book To The Screen
- Patriot Wins The Battle For International Box Office Supremacy
- Hollow Man Far From Invisible At The Box Office
- Perfect Storm Shakes Up The International Box Office
- Nutty Klumps Up The US Box Office Charts
- Disney's New Hawaiian Feature Goes Into Production
- Lucasfilm To Make Anime Flick
- Mission & Storm X-cite The International Box Office
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In Passing
- Disney Animator and Game Pioneer, Gene Portwood Jr. Passes
- Eyvind Earle, Disney Artist & Painter Passes
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Internet and Interactive
- Toon In: Web Animation Guide For Friday, August 18, 2000
- Bluth & Goldman Announce Next Move!
- Chuck Jones To Create Original Webseries
- Toon In: Web Animation Guide For Friday, August 11, 2000
- AniVision Transports Net Players Into College Football Games
- Shockwave Rolls Out Shockmachine 2.0
- Toon In: Web Animation Guide For Friday, August 4, 2000
- Mondo Media To Distribute Honkworm's Fishbar
- Studios USA To Syndie Brilliant Digital Xena
- Harvey Characters Coming To ThinkBox's Kid Portal
- DEN's Last Minute Fire Sale Puts Them In Hot Seat
- Toon In: Web Animation Guide For Monday, July 31, 2000
- Adam Sandler and MediaTrip To Create Shnorff.com
- Toon In: Web Animation Guide For Tuesday, July 25, 2000
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People
- Cinar Founders Refuse To Leave
- Winder Winds Up VP At Fox Animation
- Cinar Founders Fired
- DAA To Represent ID4 & Total Recall F/X Supervisors
- Smarterville Appoints Peter Doctorow As CEO
- Zdenka Deitchova To Head Kratky Film
- Entertainment Vet Shields At AtomFilms
- Honkworm Moves To Vancouver With New Prexy
- Rhythm & Hues Adds Scribe To Staff & 3D Kroyer Pic
- Four Top Level Changes At Alias|Wavefront
- Rhinoceros Raises Digital CG & Design Artist Staff By Five
- face2face Adds New Directors Of Business Development & Marketing
- Jedi Producer Joins Board At Cornerstone Animation
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Television
- Sammy Sacked After Two Episodes
- The PJs Makes WB Debut During Olympics
- TOPIX/Mad Dog Brings Home The HDTV Prodigal Son Tale For Expo
2000
- Filmtecknarna Animates Madonna
- Nelvana Nets Two New Series
- Sammy Stumbles Out Of The Starting Blocks
- Nickelodeon Reaches Record High Ratings
- Mattel Interactive To Turn Oregon Trail Into TV Movie
- Showtime Nets Yet-To-Be-Aired Icebox Webtoon
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Video
- Franklin Feature Hits Home Video
- Slingshot Shoots Brilliant Net Shorts On DVD
- Heavy Metal Two-Pack Arrives On Video
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