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The DAVE School Students Receive Four VES Nominations

Four students from The DAVE School (Digital Animation and Visual Effects) have been selected by the prestigious Visual Effects Society as nominees in the student category for the 10th Annual VES Awards Gala, a ceremony recognizing outstanding visual effects artistry in film, animation, television, commercials, special venues and video games.

In Awards, Education and Training, Event, Films, People, Places, Visual Effects, Awards, Education and Training, Event, Films, People, Places, Visual Effects, 2D, 3D | Headline News | Special Events: VES Awards | Geographic Region: North America

Entertainment Headline News

HIT Entertainment Announces New Animation Studio for Thomas & Friends

HIT Entertainment announced that Arc Productions has been appointed the new animation studio for the popular CG-animated television program, Thomas & Friends.

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biscuit filmworks Directs Seven Super Bowl XLVI Spots

biscuit filmworks directors Tim Godsall, Noam Murro, Christopher Riggert, Steve Rogers and Clay Weiner directed seven of the commercials that aired during Superbowl XLVI.

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Million Headline News

Box Office Report: Chronicle Scores a Touchdown

The 2012 domestic box office continued to thrive over Super Bowl weekend as 20th Century Fox's high school superpower feature Chronicle opened to a stellar $22 million, followed closely by CBS Films' Daniel Radcliffe horror-thriller The Woman in Black with $21 million.

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Production Headline News

Rango Tops Annie Awards

The International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood announces the winners of the 39th Annual Annie Awards, with Rango taking top honors.

In Awards, Commercials, Event, Films, Music and Sound, People, Short Films, Television, Voice Acting, Writing, Awards, Commercials, Event, Films, People, Short Films, Television, Voice Acting, Writing, Music and Sound | Headline News | Special Events: Annie Awards | Geographic Region: North America

Gravity Headline News

Gravity Promotes Safe Driving

For client The Tombras Group, Gravity has produced the visual effects and graphics featured within a powerful, five-spot campaign promoting Safe Driving for the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration.

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Sound Headline News

Soundelux’s Per Hallberg Heeds 'Call of Duty'

A new trailer for the Activision record-setting game, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, has the look and feel of a blockbuster movie with spectacular action, an all-star cast and a big screen soundtrack created by two-time Academy Award-winner and Soundelux Supervising Sound Editor, Per Hallberg.

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Comics Headline News

Cartoon Art Museum Celebrates 20 Years of Image Comics

The Cartoon Art Museum celebrates the 20th anniversary of Image Comics with an exhibition running February 4 through April 9, 2012.

In Event, People, Places, Event, People, Places | Art, Headline News | Geographic Region: North America

Digital Headline News

Digital Domain's Neil Huxley Directs Epic Show Open for UFC

Zuffa, LLC, owner of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) brand, hired Digital Domain to create a new show open for its legendary matches, set for debut at UFC® 143: DIAZ vs. CONDIT live on Pay-Per-View at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT on Saturday, February 4.

In Broadcast Design, Event, Places, Television, Broadcast Design, Event, Places, Television | Headline News | Geographic Region: North America

Entertainment Headline News

Robert Halmi Sr. Exits RHI Entertainment

Robert Halmi Sr., founder of US miniseries and TV movie specialist RHI Entertainment, is stepping down from the company at the age of 88.

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Candy Monteiro Headline News

Literary Agent Candy Monteiro Dies

Candy Monteiro, co-founder of the Monteiro Rose Dravis Agency, died of congestive heart failure Saturday, January 28, in Woodland Hills, California.

In Books, Films, In Passing, People, Television | Headline News | Geographic Region: North America

Work Headline News

Special Problems Joins The Sweet Shop

Directing collective Special Problems has joined The Sweet Shop for commercial and branded content work worldwide.

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Cartoon Headline News

Cartoon Art Museum to Host Edward Gorey Birthday Party

The Cartoon Art Museum Bookstore will host a special event in celebration of the anniversary of Edward Gorey’s birth on February 22.

In Books, Event, People, Places, Books, Event, People, Places | Art, Headline News | Geographic Region: North America

Dreamworks Headline News

Puss in Boots at the Cartoon Art Museum

Puss in Boots, the Academy Award® Best Animated Feature nominee from DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc. is the subject of a new art exhibition at San Francisco’s Cartoon Art Museum.

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Headline News

Sony Expands Vancouver VFX Facility

Sony Pictures Imageworks will expand its Vancouver, British Columbia capacity by opening an additional 16,000 square feet of space in the Yaletown area for work on the current productions MEN IN BLACK 3, THE AMAZING-SPIDER-MAN, OZ THE GREAT AND POWERFUL and Sony Pictures Animation’s HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA now underway.

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Headline News

Los Angeles Comic Book and Science Fiction Convention Speakers Announced

The Los Angeles Comic Book and Science Fiction Convention will be held on March 4, 2012, with special guests Tom Felton, Eric Walker, Gabriel Hardman, Corinna Sara Bechko, Mike Kazelah and Vernon Wells.

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Animation Headline News

Women in Animation to Hold General Meeting on Feb 9

Women in Animation/Los Angeles chapter will hold its General Meeting on Thursday, February 9, at the Animation Guild in Burbank, CA.

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Cartoon Headline News

Adult Swim is Headed to Canada

TELETOON Canada and Turner Broadcasting System announced a partnership that will bring Cartoon Network and Adult Swim to Canadian television later this year.

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Licensing Headline News

A2E2 Appoints New CFO & Licensing Director

Kids entertainment company A2E2 announced the addition of Chief Financial Officer Harish Seth and Licensing Director Mary Moore Kean.

In Business, Cartoons, Licensing, People, Places, Television, Business, Cartoons, Licensing, People, Places, Television, 2D | Headline News | Geographic Region: North America

Design Headline News

Parsons Appoints New Directors

Parsons The New School for Design has announced the appointment of new directors for its Master of Architecture and Master of Arts in Design Studies programs.

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Effects Headline News

Montreal Facilities Collaborate on Source Code

When visual effects supervisor Louis Morin and VFX producer Annie Godin were nominated for a VES Award for their work on Duncan Jones’ Source Code, the Montreal-based facilities involved in the film had reason to celebrate as well.

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Entertainment Headline News

Nickelodeon Launches CG-Animated Series Mike the Knight

Nickelodeon unveils Mike the Knight, a brand new CG-animated preschool series that invites viewers into a fantastical world of castles, missions, dragons and trolls, on Friday, February 3.

In Cartoons, CG, Home Entertainment, Interactive, Television, Cartoons, CG, Home Entertainment, Interactive, Television | Headline News | Geographic Region: North America

Cartoon Headline News

Jeff Plotkin Meet & Greet at the Cartoon Art Museum

The Cartoon Art Museum hosts artist Jeff Plotkin on Saturday, February 11, 2012 from 1pm to 3pm as part of its ongoing Cartoonist-in-Residence program.

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Super Headline News

Get a Sneak Peek at The Avengers Super Bowl Spot

Catch a 10-second peek at the Game Day spot for "Marvel's The Avengers," and watch the commercial during Super Bowl XLVI this Sunday, February 5 on NBC!

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Headline News

Alex Frisch and Vico Sharabani Launch VFX Studio COPA

VFX professionals and creative forces Vico Sharabani and Alex Frisch are launching COPA (Co-Op of Artists), a global collective of elite VFX artists working in the commercial and feature film space.