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37th Annie Awards
The 37th Annual Annie Awards, honoring the best in animation for 2009 in film, 2009, were held on February 6, 2010, at Royce Hall in Los Angeles, California. Production category nominees Nominations announced on December 1, 2009 Annie Award for Best Animated Feature, Best Animated Feature * ''Up (2009 film), Up'' * ''Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (film), Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs'' * ''Coraline (film), Coraline'' * ''Fantastic Mr. Fox (film), Fantastic Mr. Fox'' * ''The Princess and the Frog'' * ''The Secret of Kells'' Best Home Entertainment Production * ''Futurama: Into the Wild Green Yonder'' * ''Curious George: A Very Monkey Christmas'' * ''Green Lantern: First Flight'' * ''Open Season 2'' * ''SpongeBob SquarePants vs. The Big One'' Best Animated Short Subject * ''Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II, Robot Chicken: Star Wars 2.5'' - shadowMachine * ''Pups of Liberty'' - Picnic Pictures * ''Santa, The Fascist Years'' - Plymptoons * ''The Rooster, the Crocodile an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royce Hall
Royce Hall is a building on the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Designed by the Los Angeles firm of Allison & Allison (James Edward Allison, 1870–1955, and his brother David Clark Allison, 1881–1962) and completed in 1929, it is one of the four original buildings on UCLA's Westwood campus and has come to be the defining image of the university. The brick and tile building is in the Lombard Romanesque style, and once functioned as the main classroom facility of the university and symbolized its academic and cultural aspirations. Today, the twin-towered front remains the best known UCLA landmark. The 1800-seat auditorium was designed for speech acoustics and not for music; by 1982 it emerged from successive remodelings as a regionally important concert hall and main performing arts facility of the university. Named after Josiah Royce, a California-born philosopher who received his bachelor's degree from UC Berkeley in 1875, the building's exterior is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Very Monkey Christmas
A, or a, is the first letter and the first vowel of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''a'' (pronounced ), plural ''aes''. It is similar in shape to the Ancient Greek letter alpha, from which it derives. The uppercase version consists of the two slanting sides of a triangle, crossed in the middle by a horizontal bar. The lowercase version can be written in two forms: the double-storey a and single-storey ɑ. The latter is commonly used in handwriting and fonts based on it, especially fonts intended to be read by children, and is also found in italic type. In English grammar, " a", and its variant " an", are indefinite articles. History The earliest certain ancestor of "A" is aleph (also written 'aleph), the first letter of the Phoenician alphabet, which consisted entirely of consonants (for that reason, it is also called an abjad to distinguish it fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ABC Family
The American cable television, cable and satellite television network that is now known as Freeform (TV channel), Freeform was originally launched as the CBN Satellite Service on April 29, 1977, and has gone through several different owners (and six different name changes) during its history. This article details the network's existence from its founding by the Christian Broadcasting Network to its current ownership by The Walt Disney Company, which renamed ABC Family to Freeform on January 12, 2016. CBN Satellite Service The network was founded by Pat Robertson as the CBN Satellite Service (CBN Satellite Network), an arm of his television ministry, the Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN). When the channel launched on April 29, 1977, it became the first Cable television in the United States#Basic cable, basic cable channel to be transmitted via communications satellite, satellite from its launch and, effectively, the first national basic cable-originated network. Initially, the ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prep And Landing
''Prep & Landing'' is a computer animated television special, based on an idea by Chris Williams at Walt Disney Animation Studios and developed by Kevin Deters and Stevie Wermers-Skelton into a half-hour Christmas special. It first aired December 8, 2009 on ABC. The special was released online the next day, along with an original one-minute short film ''Tiny's BIG Adventure''. A sequel, '' Operation: Secret Santa'', aired on December 7, 2010, reprising the original cast with the addition of Betty White as Mrs. Claus. The second half-hour Christmas TV special, '' Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice'' aired on December 5, 2011, on ABC, with another holiday special being planned for the future. Plot Wayne, a Christmas elf, is part of an elite organization known as "Prep & Landing", whose job is to ready millions of homes around the world for Santa Claus's visit. After working with "Prep & Landing" for 227 years, Wayne looks forward to getting promoted to director of the naughty lis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Screen Novelties
Screen Novelties is an American animation studio, specializing in stop motion animation. It was founded by Mark Caballero, Seamus Walsh, and Chris Finnegan. Overview Their work fuses classic cartoon sensibilities with mixed-media elements such as puppetry and miniature model photography. They were among the first stop motion artists to adopt an entirely digital capture system and workflow, beginning in 1999 with the pilot films that would eventually become '' Robot Chicken''. Screen Novelties was integral in the launch of both ''Robot Chicken'' and ''Moral Orel'' for Cartoon Network's Adult Swim programming block. They also animated the stop motion ''SpongeBob SquarePants'' episodes, It's a Spongebob Christmas! and The Legend of Boo-Kini Bottom. Notable past work includes: * Creating a stop motion animation version of the Flintstones for a dream sequence in '' The Flintstones: On the Rocks''. * Working with Ray Harryhausen, helping him complete his film The Story of The Torto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blue Sky Studios
Blue Sky Studios, Inc. was an American computer animation studio based in Greenwich, Connecticut. It was founded on February 22, 1987 by Chris Wedge, Michael Ferraro, Carl Ludwig, Alison Brown, David Brown, and Eugene Troubetzkoy after their employer, MAGI, one of the visual effects studios behind ''Tron'', shut down. Using its in-house rendering software, the studio created visual effects for commercials and films before dedicating itself to animated film production. Its first feature, ''Ice Age'', was released in 2002 by 20th Century Fox. It produced 13 feature films, the final one being ''Spies in Disguise'', released on December 25, 2019. Blue Sky Studios was a subsidiary of 20th Century Animation until its acquisition by Disney, as part of their acquisition of 21st Century Fox assets in 2019. In February 2021, Disney announced that Blue Sky would be shut down in April 2021 citing the economic impact of the COVID-19 lockdowns on its business operations. The studio cease ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
McDonald's
McDonald's Corporation is an American Multinational corporation, multinational fast food chain store, chain, founded in 1940 as a restaurant operated by Richard and Maurice McDonald, in San Bernardino, California, United States. They rechristened their business as a hamburger stand, and later turned the company into a Franchising, franchise, with the Golden Arches logo being introduced in 1953 at a location in Phoenix, Arizona. In 1955, Ray Kroc, a businessman, joined the company as a franchise agent and proceeded to purchase the chain from the McDonald brothers. McDonald's had its previous headquarters in Oak Brook, Illinois, but moved its global headquarters to Chicago in June 2018. McDonald's is the world's largest restaurant chain by revenue, serving over 69 million customers daily in over 100 countries in more than 40,000 outlets as of 2021. McDonald's is best known for its hamburgers, cheeseburgers and french fries, although their menus include other items like ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Idaho Lottery
The Idaho Lottery began play on July 19, 1989, and is run by the government of the state of Idaho. It is a member of the Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL). Fifty percent of all net funds is given to Public school (government funded), public schools, while the remainder is pledged to the Permanent Building Fund, which is used as a financial resource for the List of colleges and universities in Idaho, state's colleges and universities. The Idaho Lottery offers the multi-state drawing games ''Mega Millions, Powerball, Hot Lotto'', and ''Wild Card'' (all but ''Mega Millions'' are directly run by MUSL); and a daily game, ''Idaho Pick 3''. Drawings for ''Pick 3'' are nightly, including Sundays; ''Hot Lotto, Wild Card (lottery), Wild Card'', and ''Powerball'' are Wednesdays and Saturdays, while ''Mega Millions'' is drawn Tuesday and Fridays. The minimum age to play the Idaho Lottery is 18. The Lottery also offers approximately 50 instant Scratch GamesTM yearly. Price points range fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goldfish (cracker)
Goldfish are fish-shaped cracker (food), crackers manufactured by Pepperidge Farm, which is a division of the Campbell Soup Company. The crackers have been available in several varieties and, since 1962, 40% of the crackers contain a small imprint of an eye and a smile. The brand's current marketing and product packaging incorporate this feature of the product: "The Snack That Smiles Back! Goldfish!", reinforced by Finn, the smiling mascot with sunglasses. The product is marketed as a "baked snack cracker" on the label with various flavors and varieties. History Originally invented by Oscar J. Kambly at Switzerland, Swiss biscuit manufacturer Kambly in 1958 to celebrate his wife who was a Pisces (astrology), Pisces, Goldfish snacks were introduced to the United States in 1962 by Pepperidge Farm founder Margaret Rudkin. Flavors Goldfish come in many varieties, but start/end dates of availability are unknown: * Original, also known as Saltine cracker, Saltine. * Cheddar cheese, Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Story Of Walls
Pete Oswald (born July 8, 1980) is a #1 New York Times bestselling illustrator and production designer, best known for ''The Angry Birds Movie'' film series and ''ParaNorman''. He is also known for his work as a children's book author and illustrator, and painter. Pete's work includes the #1 New York Times bestselling picture book, ''The Good Egg'', and the #2 New York Times bestselling picture book, ''The Bad Seed'', both part of the ''Food Group'' series written by Jory John. Early life and education Oswald was raised in Bountiful, Utah, the son of Christopher and Nedda Oswald. His mother, also an artist, encouraged him to begin painting and drawing from an early age. He attended Judge Memorial High School, where he played baseball and basketball, in Salt Lake City, Utah. After graduating high school in 1999, he relocated to Los Angeles where he enrolled in Loyola Marymount University and earned a degree in animation arts. He then began working in Los Angeles in film and t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ShadowMachine
ShadowMachine is an American animation studio and production company for film, television, commercials and music videos. Since its early days producing the stop-motion animation show ''Robot Chicken'', the company has been producing such shows as ''Moral Orel'', ''Mary Shelley's Frankenhole'' and '' Titan Maximum'' for Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim. Afterwards, the company produced ''BoJack Horseman'', for Michael Eisner's Tornante Company, starring Will Arnett, Aaron Paul, and Amy Sedaris, as well as ''Tuca & Bertie'', starring Tiffany Haddish, Ali Wong, and Steven Yeun. Films Television Specials Music videos Advertising As the studio has grown, they have also taken on work with various advertising campaigns with high-profile clients such as Honda. It was also honored at the ADDY Awards for an ad campaign with Farmers Insurance, directed by Jed Hathaway. * Pinto Promos for Fuel TV' * Hallmark eCards (Can't Touch This)' ** Director: Rohitash Rao * Happy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Star Wars Episode II
A star is an astronomical object comprising a luminous spheroid of plasma (physics), plasma held together by its gravity. The List of nearest stars and brown dwarfs, nearest star to Earth is the Sun. Many other stars are visible to the naked eye at night sky, night, but their immense distances from Earth make them appear as fixed stars, fixed points of light. The most prominent stars have been categorised into constellations and asterism (astronomy), asterisms, and many of the brightest stars have proper names. Astronomers have assembled star catalogues that identify the known stars and provide standardized stellar designations. The observable universe contains an estimated to stars. Only about 4,000 of these stars are visible to the naked eye, all within the Milky Way galaxy. A star's life star formation, begins with the gravitational collapse of a gaseous nebula of material composed primarily of hydrogen, along with helium and trace amounts of heavier elements. Its stellar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
