Schoolhouse Rock alive and well at Columbus theater
- August
- 16
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The Columbus Children’s Theatre is bringing the popular educational cartoon “Schoolhouse Rock” to life.
The program is part of its summer youth conservatory, putting on “Schoolhouse Rock Live Jr.” through Aug. 24.
Twenty-nine actors ages 10 to 16, who auditioned for the summer Youth Performance Company in April, will take the stage, imitating the Emmy Award-winning series [...]
Stranded Turn Around And Alert The Camera Crew
- May
- 19
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was watching a nature show the other night, and this fellow was showing a poisonous variety snake that was lying on a rock in the sun. I told my wife that before he got through, he would have to pick it up with his bare hands.
And the fact is, we could see it just fine [...]
Jack Trevino And Michael Struck On Starship Farragut The Animated Episodes Fan Series
- May
- 19
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Jack and Michael, please tell us about the genesis of Starship Farragut: The Animated Episodes.
Michael S: Well, as everyone may know, we are the CGI house for the live-action Starship Farragut. What most people don’t know is that we actually proposed an animated episode for New Voyages back in 2004/2005. This was before the original [...]
Contains Violence at the Lyric Hammersmith
- April
- 8
At least the title of this experimental new work is accurate. David
Rosenbergs voyeuristic production does climax with a brief spate of
cartoonish violence perpetrated against a man in his underpants. What is
harder to locate is a deeper underlying purpose to the piece, let alone the
simpler engagement that arises out of being involved in an evenings
entertainment.
Rosenberg is [...]
Reality Check ‘America’s Got Talent’ auditions in NYC and more
- April
- 8
“CELEBRITY” FINI. Donald Trump chooses between country
singer Trace Adkins and tabloid editor and “America’s Got Talent” judge Piers Morgan in the Thursday 9 p.m. finale of NBC’s “The Celebrity Apprentice.” Model Carol Alt and retired former heavyweight boxing champ Lennox Lewis were fired last week.
Also that night, it’s down to Status Quo and JabbaWockeeZ on [...]
George Lucas offers sneak peek at Star Wars The Clone Wars
- March
- 14
LAS VEGAS - Fans never seem to get their fill of “Star Wars,” and George Lucas is happy to oblige.
Lucas offered a glimpse into the latest creation in his sci-fi universe at the theater-owners convention ShoWest on Thursday, showing a sequence from “Star Wars: The Clone Wars,” a computer-animated movie due in theaters Aug. 15. [...]
Lucas Offers Peek at New `Clone Wars
- March
- 14
“You’ve got the whole assembly line built, and then you say, `Hey, we can make up something,’” Lucas said in an interview. “It was like old-time moviemaking. What I love about television, it’s like Monogram Pictures or the old studio system, where a couple guys come to work and they sit and have some coffee [...]
Disney takes big plunge into online video
- March
- 6
Eighty years after the 7 1/2 -minute cartoon “Steamboat Willie” helped launch the career of a certain iconic mouse, Walt Disney Co. has returned to its short-form roots with the debut of a digital studio that will develop original content for the Internet. Stage 9 Digital Media, quietly in the works for two years, will [...]
Miley Cyrus ‘Shrek’ top nominations for Nickelodeon channel’s Kids Choice Awards honors
- March
- 6
LOS ANGELES A big green ogre elbowed aside Miley Cyrus but just barely in the race to secure the most nominations for the Nickelodeon cable network’s 21st annual Kids Choice Awards.
The film “Shrek The Third” received a leading four nominations, including one for favorite animated movie. The other three were [...]
PODCASTMacBook Gets Pumped, Microsoft Gets Fined, YouTube Gets Blocked
- February
- 29
Microsoft’s Big Fine
Last week, Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) promised more transparency on a lot of software and information it had once considered secret. Some people saw that as a move to persuade European Union regulators that the company really is trying to comply with its antitrust demands and end a conflict that’s been roiling [...]
