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Disney Animation’s Upcoming Slate Includes A ‘Moana’ Series, ‘Encanto,’ Zootopia+ Short-Form Series & Much More

December 11, 2020 1:57 am

Walt Disney Animation Studios’ Chief Creative Officer Jennifer Lee made several announcements today, including the studio’s next feature film, its first foray into animated series, and a first-of-its-kind coll...

The Best Animated Movies Of The Decade [2010s]

Drew Taylor and Ella Kemp

December 28, 2019 5:49 pm

Features, News

This has been a robust and diverse decade for animation, although it might not seem like it. While the decade has largely been dominated by mainstream powerhouses like DreamWorks, Pixar and Disney (whose curren...

Nutcracker Four Realms Keira Knightley Mackenzie Foy

Keira Knightley Explains Why She Banned Her Daughter From Watching Some Classic Disney Films

Charles Barfield

October 16, 2018 3:26 pm

News

Keira Knightley is probably best known around these parts for her Academy Award-nominated roles in “Pride & Prejudice” and “The Imitation Game.” However, she’s also been in quite a few major Disney films, i...

Taylor Swift Crashes The ‘La La Land’ And ‘Moana’ Rematch In Grammy’s 2018 Visual Media Categories

Gregory Ellwood

November 28, 2017 2:49 pm

Awards, Awards Campaign, News

The nominations for the 60th Grammy Awards were announced very early this morning and there were some positives and some negatives. For the first time in 19 years there are no white men nominated in the Best...

Taika Waititi Explains Why He Bailed On Writing ‘Moana’

Kevin Jagernauth

November 6, 2017 3:56 pm

News

The general rule of thumb in Hollywood is that the third movie in a trilogy is rarely the best in the series, but Taika Waititi upended expectations with "Thor: Ragnaork." Hands down the most entertaining pictu...

MTV Movie & TV Awards Adds Two New Categories With Five Days To Go Because Why Not?

Gregory Ellwood

May 2, 2017 4:34 pm

Awards, Awards Campaign, News, Television

It was already pretty unclear how the producers of the MTV Movie & TV Awards plan on incorporating the announcement of 16 categories into a two-hour telecast. A challenge that would is obviously more diffi...

Every Walt Disney Animated Classic Ranked From Worst To Best

Oliver Lyttelton and Jessica Kiang

March 14, 2017 11:27 am

Features, News

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Some big boots are attempting to be filled this week. Recent years have seen Disney finding increasing success with live-action reboots of their animated classics, from the billion-dollar, virtually unwatchable...

Oscars 2017: Justin Timberlake’s Opening Song, In Memoriam Tribute & Musical Highlights

Kevin Jagernauth

February 27, 2017 6:56 am

Awards

It's not the Oscars without a big of song, and this year, with "La La Land" entering the show with a historic 14 nominations, it was only natural that the show kicked off with a big musical number. Justin Ti...

‘Zootopia’ Takes Six Annie Awards Honors Including Best Animated Feature

Gregory Ellwood

February 5, 2017 5:50 am

Awards, Awards Campaign, News

The industry's animators have spoken and their endorsement on the theatrical side of the business is clearly for Walt Disney Animated Studios' "Zootopia." The critically acclaimed Oscar frontrunner took six Ann...

Audiences Unite For M. Night Shyamalan’s ‘Split’ [Box Office]

Kevin Jagernauth

January 22, 2017 12:55 pm

Box Office, News

It's been a helluva week, with Donald Trump becoming the first Buffoon In Chief of the United States, while women hit the streets around the world to protest the misogynist, xenophobic new leader of the free wo...

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