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'I Like My Skin Thin, Thank You'

Lisa Guest | Posted 05.29.2012

Read More: Research, Medical Centers, Oncology, Waiting Rooms, Choice, Stress, Emotional Processing, Emotions, Self Esteem, Traditions, Urgent Care, Chemotherapy, Disease, Blood Tests, Analysis, Health Insurance, Red Tape, Doctors, Cancer, Second Opinions, Anxiety, Pixar, Power Port Flushes, Women News
Lisa Guest

I've been told I over-analyze things too much. I've been told I'm too sensitive about little things. I've been told I should grow a thicker skin. I like my skin thin.

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CinemaCon In Las Vegas: A Celebration of Movie and the Movie Industry

Ellen Sterling | Posted 04.26.2012

Read More: Chris Dodd, Wanrer Brothers, Tim Burton, Dwayne Johnson, Cinemacon, Dreamworks, National Association of Theater Owners, Paramount, Chris Rock, Pater Jackson, Johnny Depp, Disney, Jeffrey Katzenberg, John Lasseter, Pixar, Baz Luhrmann, Entertainment News
Ellen Sterling

Before he left, he invited the audience to a surprise screening of The Dictator at 11 that evening in a local movie theater and, as he left, he stopped to kiss Katzenberg's head.

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Pixar Announces Scary New Film

The Huffington Post | Christopher Rosen | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: The Good Dinosaur, Pixar Mind Movie, Video, Pixar the Good Dinosaur, Pixar Movies, Pixar, Slideexpand, Dia De Los Muertos, Pixar Day of the Dead, Pixar Dinosaur Movie, Pixar Dia De Los Muertos, Pixar Dia De Los Muertos Movie, Entertainment News

Dia De Los Muertos -- the Mexican holiday (which translates to Day of the Dead) that celebrates and honors the deceased -- is getting the Pixar treatm...

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Will We Ever Cross The 'Uncanny Valley?'

Posted 04.03.2012

Read More: Research, Humanlike, Uncanny Valley, Science, Pixar, Robots, Slidepollajax, Virtual Characters, Video, Science News

By Jeremy Hsu, InnovationNewsDaily Senior Writer Published 04/03/2012 09:57 AM EDT When Pixar screened a computer-animated short film called "...

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How It Felt to Be Rotoscoped By Frank Frazetta

Carole Mallory | Posted 05.27.2012

Read More: Fritz the Cat, John Carter, Ralph Bakshi, Angelina Jolie, Eddie Murphy, Frank Frazetta, Disney, Pixar, Fire and Ice, Cameron Diaz Johnny Depp, Entertainment News
Carole Mallory

When my agent said Ralph Bakshi was casting an animated movie to be co-directed by Frank Frazetta, I thought, ho hum. It was called Fire and Ice and...

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Remembering Frank Frazetta, John Carter and Edgar Rice Burroughs

Carole Mallory | Posted 05.19.2012

Read More: Stanton, Robert Rodriguez, Tarzan, Ralph Bakshi, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Frank Frazetta, Pixar, Disney, John Carter, Entertainment News
Carole Mallory

The press was concerned when John Carter hit theaters March 9. For many, the question was "Does the movie live up to the books?" And then the question remained: "Does it live up to the covers of the books?"

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'Toy Story' Meets 'The Shining'

Posted 03.08.2012

Read More: Video, Toy Story 3, Twitter, Lee Unkrich, Pixar Studio, Stanley Kubrick, Kyle-Lambert, Toy Shining, The Shining, Pixar, Disney Pixar, Slidepollajax, Jack Nicholson, Animation, Arts News

It is incredibly creepy when childhood artifacts are put into a darker, more adult context. We can't imagine anything scarier than Stanley Kubrick's "...

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New 'Brave' Trailer: More From Pixar's First Heroine

Posted 04.24.2012

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Last November, audiences were introduced to Pixar's first heroine, Princess Merida, in the trailer for "Brave." She was feisty, she was witty and she ...

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Pixar Co-Founder Joins Boulder Digital Media Symposium

Jerry Lewis | Posted 04.14.2012

Read More: Boulder International Film Festival, Boulder Digital Media Symposium, DiMe Boulder, Steve Jobs Pixar, Pixar, Dime, Boulder Film Festival, Denver News
Jerry Lewis

For anyone who has read the new Steve Jobs biography and enjoyed the stories of how he bought and changed the direction of Pixar, this Friday's Digital Media Symposium, or DiMe, should be a real treat.

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Damning Evidence Emerges Against Apple & Google

TechCrunch | Josh Constine | Posted 01.20.2012

Read More: Google, Lucasfilm, Department of Justice, Apple, Justice Department, Pixar, Adobe, Intuit, Intel, Technology News

Next week a class-action civil lawsuit will be heard in San Jose to determine if Google, Apple, Pixar, Lucasfilm, Adobe, Intel, and Intuit conspired t...

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Steve Jobs Knew About Shady 'Anti-Poaching' Agreements Among Tech Giants

Reuters | Dan Levine | Posted 03.21.2012

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By Dan Levine SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - In the summer of 2007, Apple's Steve Jobs received a note from then-Palm chief executive Ed Col...

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The Magic Spell of a Pretty Face

Sam Sommers | Posted 03.05.2012

Read More: Attractiveness, Research, New Research, Good Looks, Brain Science, Pixar, Babies, Physical Appearance, Attraction, Physical Attraction, Attention, Squirrel, Brain, Seinfeld, Magic Spell, George Costanza, Situations Matter, Attention Deficit Disorder, Romantic Relationships, Relationships, Psychology, Social Psychology, Eyesight, Bias, Fish, Video, Science News
Sam Sommers

We love to look at good-looking people. Hardly an earth-shattering conclusion, I know. But it's a well-documented one: Attractive people grab our attention.

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WATCH: The 20 Most Innovative Animated Films

Posted 12.30.2011

Read More: Heavy Metal, Walt Disney, Wall-E, Harry Smith, Orson Welles, Paprika, Wallace Gromit, Chuck Jones, Hayao Miyazaki, My Neighbor Totoro, Pixar, Animal Farm, Satoshi Kon, Animation, Video, Spirited Away, Fantastic-Planet, Disney Pixar, Disney, Dimensions of Dialogue, Fantasia, Dr. Seuss, Mind Blowing Animation, Arts News

Animation has long experienced the stigma that it is a medium designed for children, yet examples can be seen that defy this classification. Many ...

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Famed 'Up' House In Danger?

Posted 02.06.2012

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Time to tie up some balloons and float this house to a more welcoming neighborhood. The famed "Up" home, modeled after the house that floats around...

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Couple Buys REAL Pixar 'Up' House In Utah

AP | Posted 02.02.2012

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SALT LAKE CITY — Two self-described Disney "fanatics" have purchased a house in Utah modeled after the colorful home featured in the animated mo...

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FIRST LOOK: First Female Pixar Hero Dazzles

Posted 01.16.2012

Read More: Kelly Macdonald, Brave Merida, Disney Pixar Brave, Princess Merida, Disney Pixar, Movies, Brave Trailer, Pixar Brave, Disney, Brave, Entertainment News, Pixar, Pixar Brave Trailer, Video, Entertainment News

Pixar has made heroes of lamps, toys and rambunctious little fish. But believe it or not, never before have they had a lead female protagonist set off...

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DVDs: Harry Potter Finale Arrives, Now Where's Pottermore?

Michael Giltz | Posted 01.13.2012

Read More: TV Shows, Bluray, Dvds, Harry Potter, Disney, Pixar, Daniel Radcliffe, Movies, Entertainment News
Michael Giltz

HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART 2 ($35.99 BluRay combo pack; Warner Bros.) -- So the Harry Potter film series deserves to win the Most Imp...

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PHOTOS: Adorable Toddler As Old Man From 'Up'!

Posted 01.09.2012

Read More: Auburn Soul Photography, Halloween, Carl Up, Kids, Children, Up, Pixar, Entertainment News

You may have won your local costume contest, but this little boy had just about the cutest ensemble in the history of the holiday. Stephanie Read, ...

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What Steve Jobs Learned From His Biggest Failure

The Huffington Post | Catharine Smith | Posted 12.23.2011

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Walter Isaacson's authorized biography of Steve Jobs traces the Apple co-founder's career in Silicon Valley--from its soaring highs to its crushing lo...

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WATCH: Best Pixar Costume Ever?

Posted 12.18.2011

Read More: Halloween, Video, Pixar Lamp Halloween, Halloween Costumes, Pixar Costume, Pixar Halloween, Luxo Jr Costume, Urlesque, Pixar, Pixar Lamp Costume, Comedy News

Someone had the brilliant idea to dress up as Luxo Jr., Pixar's trademark lamp mascot, for Halloween -- and it's taken the Internet a full year to tak...

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What's 'Up' In Utah: Visitors Flock To Pixar Movie House

Posted 05.07.2012

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A replica of the house from the Pixar hit "Up" is drawing thousands of visitors to a suburban Utah town. An estimated 27,000 visitors have flocked ...

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PHOTO: Pixar Salutes Steve Jobs

Posted 12.11.2011

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As the world mourned en masse for the loss of the public figure Steve Jobs, a few groups felt the death in a much more intensely personal way. There w...

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Cinefantastique Spotlight Podcast: Real Steel

Dan Persons | Posted 12.09.2011

Read More: Steve Jobs, Shawn Levy, Emotion, Frankenstein, Dakota Goyo, Aaron Eckhart, Drama, The Sylvian Experiments, Hugh Jackman, Evangline Lilly, Success, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Real Steel, Richard Matheson, Pixar, Pixar Animation Studios, Love, J-Horror, Kyofu, Entertainment News
Dan Persons

The official Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots movie is still in the planning stages, but until then, we have Real Steel, the family-friendly take on a world in which the squared circle has been commandeered by mechanical pugilists while the humans stay safely in their seats.

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Steve Jobs' Genius and My First Frankenstein

Yoani Sanchez | Posted 12.06.2011

Read More: Walt Disney, Toy Story, Apple Computer, Soviet Union Collapse, Cuba, Steve Jobs the Special Period in Cuba, Next Computing, Pixar, Wordperfect, World News
Yoani Sanchez

Yesterday, the student who never graduated from Reed College in Portland, Oregon, died at age 56. He left us a bitten apple painted on a host of technological gadgets, and wondering how many more he could have created.

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Innovatively Speaking: Steve Jobs

Alisha L. Gordon, M.Ed. | Posted 12.06.2011

Read More: Steve Jobs, Apple, Pixar, Steve Jobs Apple, Steve Jobs Death, Steve Jobs Pixar, Steve Jobs neXT, Steve Jobs Dead, Steve Jobs Dies, Bv-Money, Black Voices News
Alisha L. Gordon, M.Ed.

The amount of accomplishments that Mr. Jobs held could go on and on, but what I find most interesting about the man and his life is that he lived beyond his name. Jobs.

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