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updated: Fri Jul 18, 2008 02:50 pm

Pixar News

News on Pixar continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.

Friday | Charlotte.com

'Dark Knight' shines light on grim America

Batman realizes he's never going to get a serious answer out of the psycho known as The Joker , so he whacks his clown-faced adversary at the end of this interrogation scene from "The Dark Knight." No, just ...

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Related Topix: Media, Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Drama, Clowning Around

Thu Jul 17, 2008

New Republic

'WALL-E': The Anti-Corporate Parable That Shills For One Specific Corporation

The problem with an anti-corporate parable shilling for one specific corporation.

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Tue Jul 15, 2008

Las Vegas Sun

Criminal probe ended, Apple CEO still has hurdles

Tue, Jul 15, 2008 A criminal probe of Apple Inc.'s co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs over stock options tampering is now over, but the potential legal shadow over him and the company isn't going away just yet.

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Related Topix: Steve Jobs, Startups, Pixar Animation Studios, Media, San Jose State University (California State University System), California State University System, Corporate Governance, Law

KCRW

Pixar's Hollywood Primer

I'm Matt Holzman with the Business Brief, a guide to what's happening in and around the business this week.

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Related Topix: Startups, Pixar Animation Studios, Arts, Cinema, Steve Jobs, Media, Computers

Mon Jul 14, 2008

CHOPSTIX

Portal vs. Wall-E

How does one animation studio consistently put out box office hits like Pixar? Sometimes I wonder how they do it, but I think it all boils down to incredible graphics and incredible story-telling. Oh, and the ...

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Related Topix: Media, John Lasseter

Sat Jul 12, 2008

CNET News.com

Wall-E accused of Fascism. Um, I mean Fattism.

Wall-E, the hero of Pixar's latest huge success, has waddled into an unexpected spat.

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Business Day

A story of growth against the odds

IT COULD be argued that the rise of Pixar Animation Studios from a failing production company to one of Hollywood's most profitable studios parallels a mission statement attributed to John Lasseter .

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Related Topix: Startups, Pixar Animation Studios, Media, Steve Jobs, Computers

Fri Jul 11, 2008

In-Betweens

Ghibli by Pixar: Totoro Forest Project

"Over 200 top international artists from animation, illustration, and comics are donating artwork especially created for this cause.

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Thu Jul 10, 2008

Drawn! The Illustration Blog

Totoro Forest Project

Check out this astounding gallery of paintings and prints from some of the greatest illustrators around the world.

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Wed Jul 09, 2008

Signal vs. Noise

Pixar's tightknit culture is its edge

Jobs: Gigs: More on why Pixar 's movies are so much better than the competition: According to "Pixar Rules - ' Secrets of a Blockbuster Company," the company has created an incredible work environment that ...

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Related Topix: Media

Mon Jul 07, 2008

Signal vs. Noise

The human side of Pixar's robot

This is Signal vs. Noise , a weblog by 37signals about design, business, experience, simplicity, the web, culture, and more.

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Related Topix: Media, Blog News

MediaPost Publications

Ice Shows Are Unlikely Branding Tool For Disney

The New York Times Disney on Ice--traveling shows populated with ice skaters dressed as Disney cartoon characters--are teaching youngsters about the Disney brand and helping the media company expand into ...

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Related Topix: Media

Sun Jul 06, 2008

XtraMSN Real Estate

Pixar's winning streak built on smarts, stability

One critically applauded, audience-friendly hit movie might be the result of serendipity -- all the elements just somehow falling perfectly into place.

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Related Topix: Startups, Pixar Animation Studios, John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton, Joe Ranft, Media, A Bug's Life, Animation Movies, Comedy Movies, Family, Adventure

The Hindu

When dreams came alive and animated

Chennai: As a child, Ed Catmull filled his dreams and notebooks with cartoons. His goal was to be a Disney animator, but in high school, he concluded he couldn't draw.

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Related Topix: Media, Computers, Science / Technology, Programming Languages

Sat Jul 05, 2008

NY Times

Bits: - Wall-E': An Homage to Mr. Jobs

Eve, left, and, Wall-e, right, in the animated film, "Wall-E." Talk about product placements.

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Related Topix: Startups, Media, Robots, Science / Technology, Apple, Computers, Apple Computer

Smart-Popcorn.com

Movie Review: Wall E

Directed by Andrew Stanton Written by Andrew Stanton Starring Ben Burtt Fred Willard Kathy Najimy Sigourney Weaver Pixar has long been at the cutting edge of computer animation.

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Related Topix: Media, Andrew Stanton, Animation Movies, Comedy Movies, Finding Nemo, Family, Drama, Adventure, Robots, Science / Technology

WisInfo

'Wall-E' is a love story for the ages

'WALL-E' is, at heart, a love story. A love story between robots. Beneath the top-shelf animation, the too-cute robot speak and the futuristic ecology lesson is an old-fashioned boy-meets-girl story, even if ...

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Related Topix: iPod, Andrew Stanton, Startups, Pixar Animation Studios, Media, Animation Movies, Comedy Movies, Finding Nemo, Family, Drama, Adventure

Fri Jul 04, 2008

FilmStew

A New Pinnacle of iPlacement

One of the biggest laughs for adult viewers of WALL-E will come not from co-writer and director Andrew Stanton or voice talent Jeff Garlin .

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Related Topix: Apple, Computers, Apple Computer, Science / Technology, Media

Sangsara.net

Film Notes: Kung Fu Panda

I saw this last night and was rather disappointed with the story. This movie has gotten something like 88% at RottenTomatoes.com, which is in a region previously reserved for Studio Ghibli and Pixar movies .

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Sacbee.com

Movie review: Hello, 'WALL*E'

A computer-animated kids movie featuring a rusty robot that hardly talks, "WALL*E" has more to say than most other films this year.

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Related Topix: Media, Andrew Stanton, Sport, Animation Movies, Comedy Movies, Family, Cars, Finding Nemo, Drama, Adventure, Entertainment

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