Let’s add another international animation festival to this year’s calender: If you are in Italy in September the Chiavari Animation …

SCREENPLAY BY DISNEY is supposed to give “tips and techniques to bring magic to your moviemaking.” If you’ve ever wondered, ‘How can I …

Just what we need: another kids cartoon channel! PBS KIDS is considering spinning itself into a 24 hour basic cable channel.However, this …

Reader “Lyris” sent this in: “You may or may not know about this, but there’s a DVD in China of Tom & Jerry featuring all the …

Brew regular David Gerstein asks: “Did you know PIXAR made Shrek II?”Neither did I, but somebody thinks so: in this review from Oshkosh …

Brew reader Mike Crandol sends in this sound bite: “Have you heard this new song released by Patterson Hood? The entire song is about …

Rick Dominicus of DVD ANGLE has posted a review of the Joseph Losey thriller CHARLEY BOWERS DVD from Image Entertainment.Image is on a …

It’s not often that I feel compelled to run a news item related to myself, but I figure it’s best to get all of this personal and …

This month’s WIRED cover story about Pixar is now on-line HERE.

A German exhibit of art through the ages – as it might seem in Duckburg: Die DUCKOMENTA – is online.Recreating great moments in art …

A reminder that the Disney animated short LORENZO will be released on Friday with the Kate Hudson feature film, RAISING HELEN.Artist and …

Gerald writes in from Paris to remind me that Peter de Sève has his own website at PeterdeSeve.com. If you’re unsure of buying …

The LOS ANGELES BUSINESS JOURNAL has published their annual list of the richest Angelenos and there are 28 billionaires living in the LA …

The WASHINGTON POST’s Lisa de Moraes files an amusing report (“On NBC’s Lineup, ‘Pride’ but No Shame”) from NBC’s 2004 upfront for …

Last week I wrote about Stephen Silver’s excellent new art book. I also saw another great hardcover sketchbook recently (thanks Bob) – …

Everyone’s favorite Japanese animation dubber and classic cartoon colorizer, Fred Ladd, is honored at his alma mater, Ohio State …

Another reason to get your hands on the issue of WIRED that Jerry mentions below is that my pal Jon Gibson has a nice piece in there …

Does everybody here know about the latest issue of WIRED?On sale now, the June issue has a major article about PIXAR and Brad Bird.It’s a …