The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences awarded the Emmy in the category
for outstanding animated programs up to an hour in length to Fox's KING OF
THE HILL ("And They Call It Bobby Love"). In winning its first Emmy in this
category, KING OF THE HILL beat out fellow Fox toons THE SIMPSONS, FUTURAMA
and THE PJS as well as Cartoon Network's THE POWERPUFF GIRLS. HBO's TODD
MCFARLANE'S SPAWN took the honor for outstanding animated program over an
hour. UPN's DILBERT won the award for main title design. The Emmy for

Several movie critics have said that while Universal's new live-action
Dudley Do-Right, which opened in the US on Friday, August 27, misses the
mark, the new cartoon by Universal Cartoon Studios which is playing with
the film, FRACTURED FAIRY TALES: THE PHOX, THE LOX AND THE BOX, is a
winner. The cartoon is based on a script by Bill Scott, who wrote most of
the episodes of the Fractured Fairy Tales series which was originally part
of NBC's early 1960s The Rocky And Bullwinkle Show. It was animated for

On Friday, September 3 a cartoon by Adam Sandler will premiere on
www.adamsandler.com, the official Adam Sandler website. Little is known
about the film, and Sandler's website refers to it only as a "surprise,"
but the title is said to be THE PEEPER. Adam Sandler was a cast member of
SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE from 1991-1995, and star of recent hits such as BIG
DADDY and THE WATERBOY. He has also had several hit comedy albums such as
"They're All Gonna Laugh at You." His best known song is "The Hanukkah
Song."

WARREN LITTLEFIELD, president of the Littlefield company, and CRAIG HUNEGS,
Executive Vice President at Warner Bros. Television, will join the
ATOMFILMS advisory board. Littlefield, former President of NBC
Entertainment, and Hunegs will act as advisors in the areas of content
programming for the AtomFilms web site as well as for its distribution and
syndication sites. They will also offer advice on building strong
relationships with traditional media companies for broader distribution.

New York City-based QUIET MAN has completed "Giant Boy," a :30 spot for
Fritos Racerz, a race-car shaped snack food. In the spot, a NASCAR race car
driver wakens from a dream just before he and his car are eaten by a boy.
Johnnie Semerad directed the visual effects, and Philana Dias was the
Flame/Effects artist. Richard Sears directed the spot for New York and
Hollywood-based production company HKM Productions for New York-based
agency BBDO.

The United States Army will give the University of Southern California $45
million over the next five years to establish a research center to develop
advanced military simulations. The center will use film students and video
game designers to create realistic training simulations using virtual
reality technology and artificial intelligence. This effort is part of the
Army's plan to create higher quality training using more realistic war-type
exercises.

San Francisco, California-based Macromedia, Inc. has announced that its
Flash Player, which enables internet browsers to play web animations, will
be available free on September 1, 1999 for Linux, Sun Microsystems, Inc.'s
Solaris, and Silicon Graphics Inc.'s Irix platforms. Flash is the standard
for creating high-impact, vector-based Web sites that deliver motion,
sound, interactivity, and graphics. Flash Player versions for UNIX will be
available for download at no charge from the Macromedia Web site.

MARCI SELSBERG has returned to WILL VINTON STUDIOS, a Portland,
Oregon-based production company, as their east coast producer. Selsberg was
most recently the president and executive producer of her own small
business, Peek-A-Boo Productions which represented animation production
companies such as Curious Pictures.

Patty Wooton has resigned as vice president, head of production at PaloAlto-based PDI (PACIFIC DATA IMAGES). Wooton was recently producer with Brad Lewis and Aron Warner on ANTZ.

Toronto, Canada-based TOPIX/MAD DOG has completed the visual effects for
Mary J. Blige's music video "All That I Can Say." Shot on location in New
York City, the dreamscape for the music video integrates live-action, time
lapse photography, stock footage, and 3D clouds which were modeled and
rendered in 3D Studio Max. Softimage artist Sean Montgomery created and
animated orbs in which Mary and the city are reflected. In addition,
TOPIX/Mad Dog composited the singer into scenes featuring Times Square, a

Santa Monica, California-based effects studio METHOD completed the visual
effects for Lauryn Hill's music video, "Everything is Everything."
Supervised by senior visual effects artist Alex Frisch, the Method team
made New York City rotate around the Empire State Building like a spinning
vinyl record, and one of the city's bridges was transformed into a giant
arm that descends from the skies. Method used CGI to create the arm's giant
shadow, and Maya software to create all the wide shots of the spinning

Although Disney has released a few titles on DVD, including THE NIGHTMARE
BEFORE CHRISTMAS and A BUG'S LIFE, they have not released their classics in
the US on DVD, preferring to back DIVX, a DVD competitor that was sold
through Circuit City retail stores. But now that DIVX is defunct, due to
the lack of consumer support, Disney is embracing DVD. Buena Vista Home
Entertainment will debut nine of Disney's animated features on DVD over the
next four months. Each of the titles will be available for a limited 60-day

Columbia Records will celebrate the 20th anniversary of
the release of PINK FLOYD's album THE WALL with the release of the film on
DVD in October. The film includes animation designed and directed by Gerald Scarfe, who went on
to design Disney's HERCULES. The DVD features a new transfer of the
original widescreen film, as well as unreleased footage, a remastered 5.1
Dolby Digital soundtrack, the 25-minute "making of" documentary THE OTHER
SIDE OF THE WALL, and the new 45-minute documentary RETROSPECTIVE, with

Women In Animation Shorts Fest I is a showcase for short animated films
made by Women In Animation members and other filmmakers from around the
world. This evening's program includes films by Suzanne Franzel (Germany),
Jaime Levy (USA), and Wendy Tilby and Amanda Forbis (Canada). It takes
place Friday, September 10, 7 pm at Santa Monica, California, USA.at Santa
Monica College, Academy of Entertainment and Technology, 1440 Stewart
Street, (by Olympic and 26th). Admission is free and open to the public.

Bring the family to meet Scooby-Doo and investigate the arts while
listening to music at Beverly Hills children's bookstore, Storyopolis.
Scooby-Doo will be available for photos, and while listening to the Kid
Rhino audio release, SCOOBY-DOO AND THE WITCH'S GHOST (which ties in with
the direct to video title which is due out on October 5), the kids can
participate in arts and crafts, interactive storytelling, and a raffle with
prizes where everyone is a winner. (The participation fee for the arts and

Matt Groening, creator of THE SIMPSONS and FUTURAMA, will speak at the 1999
Portland Creative Conference. He will join Eugenio Zanetti, production
designer for WHAT DREAMS MAY COME, Disney producer Don Hahn, and nationally
syndicated cartoonist John Callahan. The Conference includes speaker
presentations, panel discussions, sneak preview film screenings, an opening
night kick-off celebration, and a closing night wrap party, and runs
September 16 through 18 at the Portland Center for the Performing Arts. The

San Jose, California-based SGI has announced that Robert Bishop has been
named new chairman and chief executive officer effective immediately. He
succeeds Richard Belluzzo, who resigned last week to accept at position a
Microsoft Online. Bishop joined SGI in 1986 and was responsible for
building its international division. He joined SGI's board of directors in
1993 and continued to be an active member of the management team through
1995. Prior to joining SGI he had similar responsibilities at Apollo

AtomFilms, a website devoted to short films, is teaming up with Warner
Bros. Online, NBC's Snap.com, RealNetworks, On2.com, Atomic Pop, and
StreamSearch. AtomFilms will provide short form entertainment to these
company's websites. These Internet companies join Atom's existing
distribution partners that span both online and traditional industries,
including: HBO, Sundance Channel, Continental Airlines, Air Canada,
Excite@Home, Go Network, Reel.com, Film.com, College Broadcast Network, and

Ed Hooks will teach a one-day acting for animators class in San Francisco
on September 25, from 10 am-5 pm. The class will include thinking-emotion
connections, thinking-physical action connections, character analysis,
basic acting principles (the scene as a negotiation) and improvisations.
Also, there will be discussion of shadow movement, psychological gesture,
the "look" of memory, eye contact between characters, the importance of
empathy and how to achieve it. Clips from Charlie Chaplin movies will be

New York City-based commercial production company SHELTER FILMS has signed
director TODD FACTOR. Factor has directed spots for Coca-Cola, Budweiser,
and Nice Skate Shoes.