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Wanda Headline News

Wanda Sykes Guest Voices ‘Bubble Guppies’

Actress/comedian Wanda Sykes makes a splash as the voice of a mean witch in the first-ever hour-long special of Nickelodeon’s top-rated CG-animated preschool series, “Bubble Guppies,” premiering Sunday, February 19.

Media Headline News

Click 3X Goes Big for New York Social Media Week

Click 3X is sponsoring the Social Media Society Influencer Awards and live-streaming two panel discussions at Social Media Week in New York City February 13-17, 2012.

Headline News

Reese Witherspoo​n, Clint Eastwood to Present at the ACE Eddie Awards

Reese Witherspoon will join editor Kevin Tent, A.C.E. to present Alexander Payne with the ACE Golden Eddie Filmmaker of the Year honor at the 62nd Annual ACE Eddie Awards on February 18, 2012.

Production Headline News

Independent's Nigel Simpkiss and BRW create campaign for Jeep

Award-winning director Nigel Simpkiss, from UK production company Independent, has created five beautiful spots with sister company BRW USA for the new campaign for Jeep USA.

Effects Headline News

3D Artist Josh Mossotti to Speak at SIGGRAPH Panel

3D Artist Josh Mossoitti , of LOOK Effects, will be participating in the Los Angeles SIGGRAPH CG Lighting Panel and Technology Session on Thursday, February 16th at Gnomon School of Visual Effects.

Award Headline News

‘Tree of Life’ Wins Top Honors at 2012 ACE Awards

Fox Searchlight's The Tree of Life ­– shot by cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki -- won the feature competition at the American Society of Cinematographers' 26th annual Outstanding Achievement Awards, held Sunday at the Grand Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland.

Film Headline News

‘Rango’ Wins Best Animation at 2012 BAFTA Awards

At the BAFTA Awards held Sunday at the Royal Opera House in London, Rango won best animated film, beating The Adventures Of Tintin and Arthur Christmas. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 got the top prize for visual effects, and Hugo won two awards for sound and design.

Team Headline News

Fuel VFX Introduces New Commercial Producers Team

Fuel VFX has bolstered its Commercials team with the addition of senior producers Kate Stenhouse and Samantha Daley who join Erica Ford, Lauren Rosen and Head of Production Dave Kelly.

Years Headline News

Rick Feldman to Step Down as NATPE CEO

By Dan Sarto | Friday, February 10, 2012 at 12:16pm

Rick Feldman, who has served as President and CEO of NATPE for the past nine years will segue, as planned, from his post at the end of his contract on April 30 into a three-year consultancy with the organization. NATPE has retained Korn Ferry to administer an executive search to select a new operating chief for NATPE.

Series Headline News

2012 Kidscreen Award Winners Announced

Announcement of the winners at the 2012 Kidscreen Awards at the Kidscreen Summit in New York.

Henson Headline News

The Jim Henson Company Promotes Creative Execs

The Jim Henson Company has promoted two members of its creative team to serve as directors in feature and television development: Meghan Sheridan has been named Director of Children’s Entertainment, and Blanca Lista is now Director of Feature Development.

Music Headline News

Little Airplane Develops New Animated Series with Laurie Berkner

By Dan Sarto | Thursday, February 9, 2012 at 12:11pm

Little Airplane Productions and children’s music artist Laurie Berkner have joined together to develop the new animated preschool television series, "Sing It, Laurie!"

Prime Headline News

Chris Del Conte Joins Prime Focus World

Prime Focus World, an industry-leading 2D to 3D conversion and VFX studio, announced that Emmy Award winner Chris Del Conte has joined the company as Managing Director, Los Angeles.

Stop-Motion Headline News

LAIKA Licenses Shotgun Software for Stop-Motion Animation & VFX

Animation studio LAIKA has purchased a site license of Shotgun to manage production and enhance collaboration for stop-motion and VFX work throughout its Portland, Oregon studio.

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