ANIMATION WORLD MAGAZINE - ISSUE 5.7 - OCTOBER 2000
Compiled and written by Rick DeMott
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Awards | Business | Call for Entries | Commercials | Education | Events | Films
In Passing | Internet & Interactive | People | Television | VideoAwards
- ASIFA-Hollywood's Annie Nominations Announced
- Hiroshima Awards Top Three Prizes To NFB
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Business
- Stan Lee Media Slashes 19 Positions
- Pseudo: Another Dotcom Downfall
- iCast Buys Shortbuzz & Lays Off 30
- Animation Stock Ticker For Tuesday, September 19, 2000
- Nelvana Purchased For $554M By Corus
- Alvin & The Chipmunks Owners Sue Universal
- B2B Investor Beefs Up Heavy.com
- SGI Adds More Workstations To Disney Features
- Animation Stock Ticker For Tuesday, September 12, 2000
- BKN Int. Launches New Media Division
- Britt Allcroft Co. Transforms Into Gullane Entertainment
- Animation Stock Ticker For Wednesday, September 6, 2000
- Shockwave Moves From Toons To Games
- Pop.com Closes Up Shop
- French Authorities Kill Imagina
- Union Urges Members To Vote Down New Deal
- Pop.com Deal With iFilm Bursts
- DreamWorks' Unlaunched Pop.com May Merge With iFilm
- Animation Stock Ticker For Tuesday, August 29, 2000
- Phil Roman Set To Turn RKO Pics Into Animated Features
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Call for Entries
- International EMMA Awards Is Looking For Your Digital Media Artwork
- Deadline Nears For MIPCOM's Net Scribe Awards
- Last Call For bit by bit's On-Screen Art Honors
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Commercials
- Quiet Man's Johnnie Semerad Stains GE Weathermate Ad
- Editing Concepts Paces Super Hero Spot For Kids Footlocker
- Quiet Man Makes Gopher Scream For Planters Nuts
- R!OT Brings World War II To Malibu Beach
- Wild Brain Thinks Up Spots For Scandinavian Designs
- DMA Dances In The Sky With Delta Airlines Ad
- Computer Cafe Creates F/X Maze For Radio Shack
- Sideshow Motion Design Livens Up Olympic NBC Coke Ads
- Wildlife & Fugitive Creates New World For Sketchers
- The Hive Swarms For New Cable Channel SceneOne
- Editing Concepts' Jesse Reisner Slows Time For Pillsbury
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Education
- A More Solid Foundation
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Events
- INDAC Has Grown Into An Animation Fest Worth Checking Out
- Don't Miss The Animated Cartoon Festival For Young People
- Week with the Masters Fest Brings Fine and Snowden To India
- BAFTA Hands Out Awards For Interactive Content
- MIFED Market 2000 Will Focus On New Marketing Straregies
- Savannah Film and Video Festival Is The Place For Up-And-Coming Talent
- San Luis Obispo Festival Highlights Indie Flicks
- Digital Media Innovations Conference Converges On Ontario
- Second Cartoon Masters Event Will Look At Which Tool For Which Markets?
- Leipzig Fest Celebrates Two Under-Appreciated Art Forms
- TDIF Is The 3D Fest For The New CGI Mecca
- CMJ FilmFest Highlights The Synergy Between Toons & Tunes
- Nan Desu Kan Brings The Art Of Anime To The Rockies
- Teen Comic Age Is An Opportunity For Young Talent To Find A Home
- Burbank's Children's Fest Brings The Best In Kid Content To Toon City
- LIMA Exec Conference's Keynote Speaker Is Commissioner Of Trademarks & Patents
- DRAGON TALES Writer To Speak At WIA Writers' Group Seminar
- CICFF Is The Largest Kids' Film Fest In North America
- Toonz Conference Touches On The Challenges Facing Animators
- I Catelli Animati Festival: Toon Fest Italian Style
- Saint Gely Celebrates Short Films & Its 15th Anniversary
- "Three Zanders" Showcases Animator Jack Zander & His Talented Offspring
- Animation Writers Caucus September Schmooze Features Union Prez Tom Sito
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Films
- Scary Movie Holds Strong In IBO, Top Prems By Hollow & 60 Seconds
- After The Dust Settles, Leggy Cowboys Is The Top F/X Flick In The US
- Look! Creates Wartime Effects For Pavilion Of Women
- Tigger Bounces High In Sweden, Scary Debuts In IBO
- The Cell Slips Behind Live-Action Leaders
- Image Comics' Powers Optioned By Columbia
- Ollin Studio Produces CGI Short That Looks Like Clay
- Derek Lamb & Jeffrey Hale Team On New Short
- Digital Film Snatches Opening For New Guy Ritchie Flick
- The Cell Gains Steam Over US Holiday Weekend
- Ghost Rider Reaches New Dimension
- Moebius Twists His Own CGI Feature
- X-Men Take Over More International Theatres
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Internet and Interactive
- VoiceAnimations Adds Text-To-Speech Feature To E-mail Greetings
- Toon In: Web Animation Guide For Friday, September 15, 2000.
- AlwaysI.com Goes Platinum With Comic Book Production Deal
- Stan Lee Media Buys Conan Rights
- Smarterville Creates Safe Learning Site For Kids
- iFilm Sets Up Web Screening Room For Agents
- Toon In: Web Animation Guide For Friday, September 8, 2000
- Spazzco Nets 3 Toon Deal With Cartoon Network Online
- Toon In: Web Animation Guide For Friday, September 1, 2000
- Locomotion.com Brings Latin Language To The Net
- Electronic Arts Land Coveted Potter Rights
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Licensing
- ToyFare Magazine Names 25 Best Action Figures of All Time
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People
- Olive Jar To Represent Director Bruce Alcock
- Film Roman Names New Prez of TV Programming & Development
- Mondo Media Signs Gundam Designer
- Blue Sky Places Jewell At Director Of Publicity Post
- Aussie Animator Joins Computer Cafe Crew
- Discreet Names New Executive Vice President
- Blur Studio Promotes Shier To Producer
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Technology
- More Fluid Motion?
- Messiah Stands Alone
- Imaging With Live-Action
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Television
- WB's Baby Blues Gets Second Season Pick-Up
- Nick Hits It Big With New Nick Jr Series Oswald
- Pasi and Nelvana Commit To Fry Comic Strip Toon
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