Carl's Date
''Carl's Date'' (also known as ''Dug Days: Carl's Date'') is a 2023 American animated short film produced by Pixar Animation Studios, written and directed by Bob Peterson and produced by Kim Collins. It is the sixth and final entry in the '' Dug Days'' series and the final installment of the '' Up'' franchise, and stars the voices of Ed Asner (in his final return role before his death in 2021) and Peterson. The short film follows Carl Fredricksen (Asner), who reluctantly goes on his first date since his late wife Ellie's death, but has no idea how dating works. Originally scheduled to premiere on Disney+, ''Carl's Date'' instead premiered in theaters on June 16, 2023, along with Pixar's ''Elemental''. Plot Carl Fredricksen trains Dug at home when he gets a phone call and answers it to hear that it is from Ms. Meyers, an elder who lives at the nursing home, and Alpha (now named Beta) who declares his love for his new home. After Dug has a conversation with Beta, Carl speaks with ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Bob Peterson (filmmaker)
Robert Peterson (born January 18, 1961) is an American cartoonist, animator, director, screenwriter, storyboard supervisor and voice actor who works at Pixar. He was hired at Pixar by Roger Gould in 1994 as an animator for commercials, before subsequently becoming an animator on ''Toy Story'' (1995). He was the co-director and co-writer for ''Up (2009 film), Up'' (2009), in which he also voiced the characters Dug and Alpha. He conceived the idea of ''The Good Dinosaur'' (2015), and was the film's original director before being dismissed from it. His work as a writer for the films ''Up'' and ''Finding Nemo'' (2003) earned him nominations for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. He was also a co-writer on ''Cars 3'' (2017) and won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Short Form Animated Program for his work on ''Forky Asks A Question'' (2020). Career Peterson's early career as an artist started when he was a mechanical engineering student at ''Ohio Northern University ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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HuffPost
''HuffPost'' (''The Huffington Post'' until 2017, itself often abbreviated as ''HPo'') is an American progressive news website, with localized and international editions. The site offers news, satire, blogs, and original content, and covers politics, business, entertainment, environment, technology, popular media, lifestyle, culture, comedy, healthy eating, young women's interests, and local news featuring columnists. It was created to provide a progressive alternative to conservative news websites such as the Drudge Report. The site contains its own content and user-generated content via video blogging, audio, and photo. In 2012, the website became the first commercially run United States digital media enterprise to win a Pulitzer Prize. Founded by Arianna Huffington, Andrew Breitbart, Kenneth Lerer, and Jonah Peretti, the site was launched on May 9, 2005, as a counterpart to the Drudge Report. In March 2011, it was acquired by AOL for US$315 million, with Arianna ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Variety (magazine)
''Variety'' is an American trade magazine owned by Penske Media Corporation. It was founded by Sime Silverman in New York City in 1905 as a weekly newspaper reporting on theater and vaudeville. In 1933, ''Daily Variety'' was launched, based in Los Angeles, to cover the film industry, motion-picture industry. ''Variety'' website features entertainment news, reviews, box office results, plus a credits database, production charts and film calendar. History Founding ''Variety'' has been published since December 16, 1905, when it was launched by Sime Silverman as a weekly periodical covering theater and vaudeville, with its headquarters in New York City. Silverman had been fired by ''The Morning Telegraph'' in 1905 for panning an act which had taken out an advert for $50. He subsequently decided to start his own publication that, he said, would "not be influenced by advertising." With a loan of $1,500 from his father-in-law, he launched ''Variety'' as publisher and editor. In additi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Bao (film)
''Bao'' is a 2018 American animated short film written and directed by Domee Shi and produced by Pixar Animation Studios. It is the first Pixar short film to be directed by a female director. It was screened at the Tribeca Film Festival before being released with ''Incredibles 2'' on June 15, 2018. The film is about an aging and lonely Chinese Canadian mother suffering from empty nest syndrome, who receives an unexpected second chance at motherhood when she makes a steamed bun (baozi) that comes to life. The film won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film at the 91st Academy Awards. Plot In Toronto, Ontario, Canada, a Chinese-Canadian woman cooks a meal of ''baozi'' for her and her husband. One of her buns comes alive, much to her shock. She raises the steamed bun as a child, feeding and caring for it, as it enjoys the time spent with her. Eventually, the bun wishes to play with other children, but his overprotective mother refuses to allow it, much to his ire. As the ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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GMA Integrated News
GMA Integrated News (simply known as GMA News; formerly known as RBS News Department, GMA Radio-Television News and GMA Rainbow Satellite News; and later GMA News and Public Affairs) is the news division of the Philippine media company GMA Network (company), GMA Network, Inc. The division generates news output for the company's media outlets, including GMA Network's television channels include GMA Network and GTV (Philippine TV network), GTV, national radio station DZBB-AM, Super Radyo DZBB 594, GMA New Media, digital media platforms like GMA New Media, online platforms include GMA News Online, owned and affiliated regional television and radio stations in the Philippines, and GMA's international channels include GMA Pinoy TV, GMA Life TV and GMA News TV International. History Established in 1959 as the radio news and commentary division of Metro Manila radio station DZBB-AM, DZBB, GMA-IN is one of the oldest news and public affairs departments in any Philippine media network. ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Soul (2020 Film)
''Soul'' is a 2020 American animated fantasy comedy-drama film produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures. It was directed by Pete Docter and co-directed by Kemp Powers, both of whom co-wrote it with Mike Jones, and produced by Dana Murray. The film stars the voices of Jamie Foxx, Tina Fey, Graham Norton, Rachel House, Alice Braga, Richard Ayoade, Phylicia Rashad, Donnell Rawlings, Questlove, and Angela Bassett. It follows Joe Gardner (Foxx), a middle school teacher and aspiring pianist who falls into a coma following an accident and seeks to reunite his separated soul and body in time for his big break as a jazz musician. Docter conceived ''Soul'' in January 2016, examining the origins of human personalities and the concept of determinism. During his first meeting with Jones, he pitched the idea about spacetime involving souls with personalities. The film's producers consulted various jazz musicians, including Herbie Hancock and Terri Lyne Carri ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Burrow (film)
''Burrow'' is a 2020 American animated short film written and directed by Madeline Sharafian, produced by Michael Capbarat at Pixar Animation Studios, and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. The plot features a young rabbit as she tries to build the burrow of her dreams, becoming embarrassed each time she accidentally digs into a neighbor's home. The eighth short film in the ''SparkShorts'' series, the short was released on Disney+ and in theaters with ''Soul'' in countries where Disney+ was not available on December 25, 2020. It later released again with ''Soul'' in theaters in the United States on January 12, 2024. The short was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film at the 93rd Academy Awards. Plot A little brown rabbit is making a burrow in the English countryside. She has drawn a rough, childish sketch of her dream home on a piece of lined paper. When she starts to dig, two of her new neighbors, a mole and a field mouse, both eagerly ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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SparkShorts
''SparkShorts'' is a series of American independent animated short films produced by Pixar Animation Studios. It consists of a program in which Pixar's employees are given six months and limited budgets to develop animated short films that were originally released on Pixar's YouTube channel, and later on Disney+. ''Purl'', the first short of the ''SparkShorts'' program, was released at SIGGRAPH on August 14, 2018, while the next two shorts, '' Smash and Grab'' and ''Kitbull'', were both given a limited release at the El Capitan Theater on January 8, 2019, alongside the former. ''Purl'' was officially released on February 4, 2019, on YouTube while ''Smash and Grab'' and ''Kitbull'' were released on February 11 and 18, respectively. Subsequent shorts were released on November 12, 2019, on Disney+, beginning with '' Float'', rather than on YouTube. Development Pixar first announced the ''SparkShorts'' program on January 18, 2019. The program consists of giving employees at Pixar si ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Onward (film)
''Onward'' is a 2020 American animated urban fantasy adventure film produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures. The film was directed by Dan Scanlon, produced by Kori Rae, and written by Scanlon, Jason Headley, and Keith Bunin. The film stars the voices of Tom Holland, Chris Pratt, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Octavia Spencer. Set in a suburban fantasy world for the modern day, the film follows two elf brothers named Ian and Barley Lightfoot (Holland and Pratt) who set out on a quest to find an artifact that will temporarily revive their deceased father, Wilden ( Kyle Bornheimer) for twenty-four hours. After directing '' Monsters University'' (2013), Scanlon was encouraged to develop personal stories. The concept of ''Onward'' is inspired by the death of Scanlon's father, who died in a car accident when Scanlon and his older brother were very young children, and their relationship with each other. He began to write the story after hearing an audio clip of his fa ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Playdate With Destiny
''Maggie Simpson in "Playdate with Destiny"'', also known as ''Playdate with Destiny'', is a 2020 American animated short film based on the animated television series ''The Simpsons''. The film features Maggie Simpson. It is the first ''Simpsons'' short film released after the Disney acquisition of 20th Century Studios (formerly 20th Century Fox). The film premiered on February 29, 2020, attached to advance screenings of the Disney/Pixar release '' Onward'', with its general rollout on March 6, 2020. It is the third ''Simpsons'' film made for theatrical release, after ''The Simpsons Movie'' (2007) and '' The Longest Daycare'' (2012). The short was released on April 10, 2020 on Disney+. Plot Maggie Simpson is taken to a playground by Marge. When another baby goes down the slide and almost crashes into her, she is saved by a boy named Hudson. Maggie becomes smitten with Hudson, and that's when the two play games together, which Maggie fantasizes as a whirlwind romance. At the e ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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The Simpsons
''The Simpsons'' is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening and developed by Groening, James L. Brooks and Sam Simon for the Fox Broadcasting Company. It is a Satire (film and television), satirical depiction of American life, epitomized by the Simpson family, which consists of Homer Simpson, Homer, Marge Simpson, Marge, Bart Simpson, Bart, Lisa Simpson, Lisa, and Maggie Simpson, Maggie. Set in the fictional town of Springfield (The Simpsons), Springfield, in an unspecified location in the United States, it caricatures society, Western culture, television and the human condition. The family was conceived by Groening shortly before a solicitation for a series of The Simpsons shorts, animated shorts with producer Brooks. He created a dysfunctional family and named the characters after his own family members, substituting Bart for his own name; he thought Simpson was a funny name in that it sounded similar to "simpleton". The shorts became a part of ''The Tracey ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Lightyear (film)
''Lightyear'' is a 2022 American animated Science fiction film, science-fiction action-adventure film produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures. Presented as a Story within a story, film within a film, ''Lightyear'' is a Spinoff (media), spin-off of the Toy Story (franchise), ''Toy Story'' film series and centers on the character Buzz Lightyear, who appears in ''Toy Story'' as an action figure of his character in ''Lightyear''. The film was directed by Angus MacLane and produced by Galyn Susman, from a screenplay and story written by MacLane and Jason Headley, both of whom co-wrote the latter with Matthew Aldrich. It stars Chris Evans (actor), Chris Evans as the voice of the Buzz Lightyear, title character, with Keke Palmer, Peter Sohn, Taika Waititi, Dale Soules, James Brolin, and Uzo Aduba in supporting roles. The film follows Buzz who, after being marooned on the hostile planet T'Kani Prime with his commander and crew, tries to find a way back home while enco ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |