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Blog Post: Steve Jobs (1955 - 2011) : The smart, stubborn guy who helped to make Pixar possible

Jim Hill

I was sitting at my personal computer, working on a story about Pixar (I was putting together a promo piece for the Cartoon Art Museum 's annual " Spend the day at Pixar Animation Studios" benefit in December) when I learned that Steve Jobs had passed away. Which -- given that this one...

on6 Oct 2011
Blog Post: Why Walt Disney Feature Animation opted NOT to make "My Peoples"

Jim Hill

I'm sure that you're already familiar with that Audio Animatronic version of Abraham Lincoln which appears in The Hall of Presidents at WDW 's Magic Kingdom . Copyright Disney Enterprises, Inc. All rights reserved And maybe you've seen that cool, new NextGen version of Honest Abe which...

on21 Feb 2011
Blog Post: Pixar's Darla K. Anderson's slow & steady path to success

Jim Hill

Here's kind of a depressing fact to start 2011 off with: 88% of all people will fail to keep their New Year's resolution . With 45% of those folks falling off the self-improvement wagon by the end of January. And why is that exactly? To be blunt, it's because a lot of us aren't willing...

on1 Jan 2011
Blog Post: Monday Mouse Watch : “Carol” makes cash registers ring, while “Frog” ‘s financial future makes Disney animators jumpy

Jim Hill

You’re going to read a lot of stories this morning about how Disney’s “A Christmas Carol” had a bad opening weekend. How – because this new Robert Zemeckis movie didn’t make $35 - $40 million during its first three days in domestic release – this rather expensive ImageMovers Digital production is now...

on9 Nov 2009
Blog Post: Pixar's first "Cars Toon" debuts tonight on Toon Disney

Jim Hill

You all remember Lightning McQueen and Mater from " Cars ," right ? Copyright 2008 Disney - Pixar. All Rights Reserved Well, the folks at Disney - Pixar certainly hope that you remember these two animated autos. Given that -- come the Summer of 2011 -- they're going to be starring in " Cars 2 " ... Copyright...

on27 Oct 2008

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Blog Post: Steve Jobs (1955 - 2011) : The smart, stubborn guy who helped to make Pixar possible

Blog Post: Why Walt Disney Feature Animation opted NOT to make "My Peoples"

Blog Post: Pixar's Darla K. Anderson's slow & steady path to success

Blog Post: Monday Mouse Watch : “Carol” makes cash registers ring, while “Frog” ‘s financial future makes Disney animators jumpy

Blog Post: Pixar's first "Cars Toon" debuts tonight on Toon Disney