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Blog Post:
How Don Rickles became Mr. Potato Head's voice for Disney Pixar's "Toy Story" films
Jim Hill
In honor of Super Bowl Sunday (that annual television event that turns tens of millions of us into couch potatoes, when we wolf down handful of greasy potato chips and/or platters full of toppings-laden potato skins), I thought that - today - it might be appropriate to pay tribute to that most cinematic...
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3 Feb 2011
Blog Post:
How Pixar's Lee Unkrich went from attending USC to directing "TS3"
Jim Hill
So what's the very best way to break into the biz? Does going to some four year school like Emerson College or CalArts (which specializes in Communications and the performing arts) really give you an advantage? Or would it better in the long run to just hook up with some outfit like pabootcamp and...
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31 Oct 2010
Blog Post:
There's a real art to keeping Pixar's traveling art exhibition fresh
Jim Hill
Remysthe14me writes in to say: Copyright Disney Pixar. All rights reserved I saw Jon Nadelberg 's story about the " Pixar: 25 Years of Animation " exhibit at the Oakland Museum of California and was wondering if this is the same exhibition of art that was presented at the MOMA in 2005?...
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17 Sep 2010
Blog Post:
Looking back on the early, early days of the “Toy Story” franchise
Jim Hill
With “Toy Story 3” earning over $365 million worldwide since this Lee Unkrich film was released on June 18 th (More importantly, with the “Toy Story” franchise having produced over $8 billion in global retail sales to date), it is sometime hard to remember that – just 15 years ago – there weren’t a whole...
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2 Jul 2010
Blog Post:
Hamming it up at Disney’s Holiday Showcase
Jim Hill
My apologies for JHM getting a late start today. But Nancy and I really do have a very good excuse for not posting ‘til just now. You see, we were invited down NYC yesterday for Disney’s holiday showcase. Which means that we spent 5 hours going from room-to-room-to-room, seeing virtually everything that...
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24 Jun 2010
Blog Post:
Monday Mouse Watch : Never mind "Leggo my Eggo." Check out this LEGO John Lasseter
Jim Hill
With its turn-of-the-century architecture, Gotham Hall has long prided itself on being that spot in New York City “ … where style meets sophistication.” Well, yesterday morning, all of that style & sophistication gave way to silliness. As Disney Consumer Products turned this seven-story-tall gilded...
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15 Feb 2010
Blog Post:
Toon Tuesday: Will “Toy Story 3” will be that rare sequel that equals the original?
Jim Hill
According to John Lasseter, the folks at Pixar Animation Studios have been dying to make “Toy Story 3” for years now. But – that said – that doesn’t mean that it’s been all that easy to come up with a storyline that was a worthy follow-up to the much-beloved “Toy Story” & “Toy Story 2.” As John recalled...
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22 Sep 2009
Blog Post:
Lasseter sprinkles Pixar dust over Disney Consumer Products, Imagineering
Jim Hill
When people talk about the impact that John Lasseter has had on the Mouse House, they tend to focus on Walt Disney Animations Studios as well as the Company’s Parks & Resorts division. Which is a shame. Why For? Because these folks are really missing the bigger picture. You see, John isn’t just out...
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28 Aug 2009
Blog Post:
Lasseter, Burton, Zemeckis and Miyazaki to take part in Disney panels at this year’s Comic-Con
Jim Hill
If you haven’t already decided that you really, really , REALLY need to attend this year’s Comic-Con International, the following will certainly seal the deal. You wanna know who Disney’s bringing to San Diego this year? Would you believe John Lasseter, Tim Burton, Robert Zemeckis and Hayao Miyazaki...
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9 Jul 2009
Blog Post:
Toon Thursday: GAME OVER for TRON's first director
Jim Hill
It's been a week now since that "TR2N" teaser trailer ran at Comic-Con. And Disneyana & sci-fi fans are desperate for additional information about this Summer 2010 release. Well, let me share some info that I'm sure will send all of you "TRON" fanboys out there straight off the Game Grid. Guess who...
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30 Jul 2008