Steve Jobs told Google to stop poaching workers
Pixar News 28 Jan 2012, 1:09 am CET
Apple's Steve Jobs directly asked former Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt to stop trying to recruit an Apple engineer, a transgression that threatened one junior Google employee's job, according to a court filing.
Today Apple, Google, 5 Others Battle "No Poach" Conspiracy Case
Pixar News 27 Jan 2012, 12:21 am CET
Today, a San Jose judge will hear a motion to dismiss a class action civil lawsuit in which former employees seek damages from defendants Apple, Google, Adobe, Intel, Intuit, Pixar, and Lucasfilm.
New Short: The Last Belle
Big Screen Animation 26 Jan 2012, 9:57 pm CET
The 2011 Oscars aren't even behind us yet, and we're already starting to see some of the 2012 crop of short films. One of them is The Last Belle, directed by Neil Boyle. A rarity these days, every frame was hand painted on cels and shot on traditional film stock. Boyle is proud to point out that Belle was in production for a total of fifteen years, though it was squeezed in between his 'paid
Pixar Launches RenderMan On Demand
Pixar News 26 Jan 2012, 8:02 pm CET
Pixar Animation Studios has launched a new cloud rendering service called RenderMan On Demand .
The Voice of Our Generation
Pixar News 26 Jan 2012, 9:42 am CET
In the culturally fractured Internet age, it's hard for a single voice to stand out.
Talent, know-how, creativity meet at Intersection Event
Pixar News 25 Jan 2012, 8:55 am CET
Neil Senturia and Barbara Bry, serial entrepreneurs who invest in early-stage technology companies, will take turns writing this weekly column about entrepreneurship in San Diego.
Animation feature nominees are unexpected
Pixar News 25 Jan 2012, 4:51 am CET
Two obscure foreign movies being released by a tiny New York company beat out Hollywood heavyweights Steven Spielberg and Pixar Animation Studios to collect surprise nominations in Oscar's peculiar animated feature race Tuesday.
Surprising snubs for Spielberg, Swinton, Pixar
Pixar News 25 Jan 2012, 12:43 am CET
The academy giveth and the academy taketh away. Tuesday's nominations held some surprises - or snubs, depending on your point of view.
Two National Film Board shorts vying for Oscars
Pixar News 24 Jan 2012, 11:38 pm CET
The NFB's "Dimanche/Sunday" and "Wild Life" were among the five nominees for best animated short film announced this morning.
A Lesson from Steve Jobs
Pixar News 24 Jan 2012, 7:19 pm CET
MANILA, Philippines - Some of you must have read about the recently departed Steve Jobs, a visionary in communication technology, the founder of Apple computers and inventor of such devices as the Iphone, Ipad, and others.
'La Luna' Nominated at the 84th Academy Awards!
Upcoming Pixar 24 Jan 2012, 6:14 pm CET
Nominations for
the 84th Academy Awards were announced today with an honorable
mention reserved for one of Pixar’s films.
Disappointingly but unsurprisingly, Cars 2
didn’t garner any nods this year making it the first Pixar
film not to land a spot in the Best Animated Feature category since
its inception. On a positive note, Enrico Casarosa’s short, La
Luna, is now in the running for Best Animated Short!
Short Film (Animated)
• Dimanche/Sunday – Patrick
Doyon
• The Fantastic Flying Books of
Mr. Morris Lessmore – William Joyce, Brandon Oldenburg
• La Luna – Enrico
Casarosa
• A Morning Stroll – Grant
Orchard and Sue Goffe
• Wild Life - Amanda
Forbis, Wendy Tilby
La Luna opens in theatres with Brave on June 22,
2012!
The 84th
Academy Awards will be televised LIVE on Sunday,
February 26 beginning at 7e/4p in the US.
Congratulations, Enrico Casarosa and the La Luna crew!
84th Academy Awards Nominations
Big Screen Animation 24 Jan 2012, 4:11 pm CET
Nominations for the 84th Academy Awards were announced this morning by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in Beverly Hills, California. The nominees for Best Animated Feature Film are: A Cat in Paris Chico & Rita Kung Fu Panda 2 Puss in Boots Rango Contending in the Animated Short FIlm category are: Dimanche (Sunday) The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore
Italian Animator Bruno Bozzetto Announces Plans for Feature Film
Pixar News 23 Jan 2012, 9:10 pm CET
THR's Animation Roundtable: 7 Top Filmmakers Debate R-Rated Toons and If 'Tintin' Should Be Eligible for Ani Oscar PHOTOS: The Big Screen's Evolution of Talking Animals Bozzetto, who was nominated for an Oscar in 1991 for his short film Grasshoppers -- a film seen as a precursor to the popular insect-themed animated films of the late 1990s, Bugs ... (more)
Toys were the Theme for first Open Make of 2012.
Pixar News 23 Jan 2012, 9:31 am CET
On Saturday January, 21 the Exploratorium hosted the first of four Open Make Days scheduled for 2012.
'Tintin' Takes Home Producers Guild Prize
Big Screen Animation 22 Jan 2012, 11:12 pm CET
Producers Peter Jackson, Kathleen Kennedy, and Steven Spielberg won the animation prize at the 23rd Annual Producers Guild Awards last night for The Adventures of Tintin. The recognition from the Producers Guild of America comes less than a week the film's success at the Golden Globes. These two wins significantly boost Tintin's chances at the Academy Awards next month. Oscar nominations
Steve Jobs family absent from Disney board despite stake
Pixar News 22 Jan 2012, 12:34 am CET
When Disney shareholders vote to re-elect directors at its annual meeting in March, neither Steve Jobs' wife nor a representative from his trust will be on the ballot, even though the trust is the media company's largest shareholder.
Pixar's 'Brave' Website Update!
Upcoming Pixar 22 Jan 2012, 12:13 am CET
The Pixar website
debuted its "brave" new look today with banners dedicated to the
studio’s upcoming film.
Along with the home page, Merida and company also have a preview
site available in the Feature Films section. Expect to see much
more as we get closer to Brave‘s summer release.
Brave opens in US theatres on June 22, 2012.
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Steve Jobs and Customer Value Creation
Pixar News 21 Jan 2012, 5:34 am CET
During the holidays, I read Walter Isaacson's biography of Steve Jobs - which I strongly recommend - Steve Jobs was a very complex individual, to say the least, he was abrasive and insightful.
Apple's Deadliest Lawsuit has Nothing to Do With Samsung or HTC
Pixar News 21 Jan 2012, 12:22 am CET
Tags : Apple , Steve Jobs , Palm , Adobe , Pixar , disney , George Lucas , Bruce Chizen , Palm Inc.
New Evidence That Google, Apple, Intel, And Other Tech Giants...
Pixar News 20 Jan 2012, 8:36 pm CET
Strong evidence has surfaced in a class-action suit between employees and the power players in Silicon Valley that could help the employees win their case.
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