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Encyclopedia - Chuck Jones: Encyclopedia - Chuck Jones
Charles Martin "Chuck" Jones (September 21, 1912–February 22, 2002) was an American animator, cartoon artist, screenwriter, producer, a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Watchmen: Encyclopedia - Watchmen
The cast of Watchmen. (Clockwise from top: Doctor Manhattan, the Comedian, Ozymandias, Nite Owl II, Rorschach, Captain Metropolis, the S...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dark City: Encyclopedia - Dark City
Dark City is a 1998 movie written by Alex Proyas, Lem Dobbs and David S. Goyer, and directed by Proyas. It stars Rufus Sewell, William Hu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bette Davis: Encyclopedia - Bette Davis
This article is about Bette Davis the actress; there is also a singer named Betty Davis. Ruth Elizabeth Davis, better known as Bette Davi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1999: Encyclopedia - 1999
1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. 19...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Walter Lantz: Encyclopedia - Walter Lantz
Walter Lantz (April 27, 1900 – March 22, 1994) was an American cartoonist, best known for founding the Walter Lantz Studio and creating...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Batman Beyond: Encyclopedia - Batman Beyond
Batman Beyond (Batman of the Future in Europe, Latin America and Australia/New Zealand) was an animated television series created by WB N...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Academy Award For Best Picture: Encyclopedia - Academy Award For Best Picture
The Academy Award for Best Picture is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion P...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - April 17: Encyclopedia - April 17
April 17 is the 107th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (108th in leap years). There are 258 days remaining. April 17 - Events. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Academy Honorary Award: Encyclopedia - Academy Honorary Award
The Academy Honorary Award is given irregularly by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to celebrate motion picture achievemen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ash Band: Encyclopedia - Ash Band
Ash are a band which originated from Downpatrick (Northern Ireland) in 1992. Ash's music was originally commonly described as Britpop, as...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1999: Encyclopedia Ii - 1999 - Events
1999 - January. January 1 - Euro currency introduced. January 1 - An avalanche destroys a school gymnasium during New Year celebration...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alex And Emma: Encyclopedia Ii - Alex And Emma - Story
Developed under the working title, Loosely Based on a True Love Story, the movie is loosely based on the story of author Fyodor Dostoevsk...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brandon Routh: Encyclopedia Ii - Brandon Routh - Biography
Although born in Des Moines, Routh grew up in Norwalk (about 100 miles south of Woolstock, the hometown of television's original Superman...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Watchmen: Encyclopedia Ii - Watchmen - Plot Summary
In October 1985, Walter Kovacs (Rorschach) investigates the murder of New York citizen Edward Blake and learns that Blake was also The Co...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bruce Payne: Encyclopedia Ii - Bruce Payne - Early Life
Payne grew up in Kilburn, North London and developed an interest for acting at an early age. At the age of 14 he was diagnosed with a sli...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alan W. Livingston: Encyclopedia Ii - Alan W. Livingston - Capitol Records
His initial assignment was to create a children's record library for the four-year old company, for which he created the legendary "Bozo ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - A Pup Named Scooby-doo: Encyclopedia Ii - A Pup Named Scooby-doo - Overview
The new format followed the trend of the "babyfication" of older cartoon characters, reducing the original Scooby-Doo Where Are You! cast...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tom And Jerry Mgm: Encyclopedia Ii - Tom And Jerry Mgm - History And Evolution
Tom and Jerry MGM - The Hanna-Barbera years. William Hanna and Joseph Barbera were both part of the Rudolf Ising unit at MGM's animatio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Ultimate Matrix Collection: Encyclopedia Ii - The Ultimate Matrix Collection - Specifications
Disc One: The Matrix The Academy Award®-winning original movie in a new digital transfer supervised by the Wachowski Brothers and Direc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Walter Lantz: Encyclopedia Ii - Walter Lantz - The Woody Woodpecker Era
When Oswald had worn out his welcome, Lantz decided that he needed a new character. Meany, Miny, and Moe, Baby-Face Mouse, and Snuffy Sku...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Matrix: Encyclopedia Ii - The Matrix - The Matrix Series And Franchise
The Matrix earned $171 million in the USA and $456 million worldwide. This relatively unexpected mainstream success outside of cult follo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bruce Timm: Encyclopedia Ii - Bruce Timm - Animation
Timm's early career in animation was varied; he started at Filmation, working on the layout of Blackstar, Flash Gordon and The Lone Range...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Watchmen: Encyclopedia Ii - Watchmen - Plot Summary
In October 1985, Walter Kovacs (Rorschach) investigates the murder of New York citizen Edward Blake and learns that Blake was also The Co...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Olivia De Havilland: Encyclopedia Ii - Olivia De Havilland - Career
De Havilland's career began co-starring with Joe E. Brown in Alibi Ike in 1935. She appeared as Hermia in A Midsummer Night's Dream, her ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Olivia De Havilland: Encyclopedia Ii - Olivia De Havilland - Career
De Havilland's career began co-starring with Joe E. Brown in Alibi Ike in 1935. She appeared as Hermia in A Midsummer Night's Dream, her ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - National Film And Television School: Encyclopedia Ii - National Film And Television School - Funding
Until its repeal in 1986 the school was funded partly through a tax on cinema ticket sales known as the Eady Levy, named after then UK Tr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ash Band: Encyclopedia Ii - Ash Band - Band History
Ash band - 1992. Ash officially formed. They created three demo tapes this year, "Solar Happy" in June, "Shed" in September, and the "H...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Scarecrow Comics: Encyclopedia Ii - Scarecrow Comics - Origin
Jonathan Crane became obsessed with fear and revenge from being bullied throughout his childhood and adolescence for his lanky frame and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Thank You Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin: Encyclopedia Ii - Thank You Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin - Song Information
Thank You Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin - Overview. The title, a unique way of writing what would otherwise be "thank you for letting me ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - William Hanna: Encyclopedia Ii - William Hanna - Career
Hanna started his career in 1931 when he learned that Leon Schlesinger Productions, producers of animated cartoons for Warner Bros., were...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tim Maia: Encyclopedia Ii - Tim Maia - Early Career
Maia started to write his earliest songs at eight and at 14, as a drummer, he formed the group Os Tijucanos do Ritmo, which lasted one ye...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Sisterhood Of The Traveling Pants: Encyclopedia Ii - The Sisterhood Of The Traveling Pants - Plot
Based on a young adult novel, the movie tells the story about four best friends and a magical pair of jeans. The Sisterhood includes four...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mad Magazine: Encyclopedia Ii - Mad Magazine - Recurring Features
Mad magazine - Mad fold-ins. In a parody of Playboy's centerfolds, each issue of Mad from 1964 on featured a "fold-in" on its inside ba...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mad Magazine: Encyclopedia Ii - Mad Magazine - Recurring Features
Mad magazine - Mad fold-ins. In a parody of Playboy's centerfolds, each issue of Mad from 1964 on featured a "fold-in" on its inside ba...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - David Carson Graphic Designer: Encyclopedia Ii - David Carson Graphic Designer - Career
During the period of 1982–1987, Carson worked as a teacher in a high school near San Diego. In 1984, Carson started to experiment with ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Corey Hart: Encyclopedia Ii - Corey Hart - Discography
Corey Hart - Albums. 1983 - First Offense (Aquarius Records/EMI) 1985 - Boy in the Box (Aquarius/EMI) 1986 - Fields of Fire (Aquarius/...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cop Killer Song: Encyclopedia Ii - Cop Killer Song - Background
This song came out originally on Body Count (1992), an album by a rap and heavy metal band of that name which Ice-T was using. They had b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Come Album: Encyclopedia Ii - Come Album - Singles And Hot 100 Chart Placings
"Space" "Universal Love Radio Remix" "Space" ... See also:Come album, Come album - Track listing, Come album - Singles and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Digital Cinema Initiatives: Encyclopedia Ii - Digital Cinema Initiatives - First Version
On July 20, 2005, DCI released its first version of the final overall system requirements and specifications for digital cinema, now avai...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hammerspace: Encyclopedia Ii - Hammerspace - Origins
Hammerspace draws its name from a semi-common cliché in humorous anime and manga: Male character Y offends or otherwise angers female ch...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Luciano Bottaro: Encyclopedia Ii - Luciano Bottaro - Biography
He began his career for Lo Scolaro, an italian magazine, in 1949, with the character Arcibaldo il bucaniere. He has collaborated with La ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tom And Jerry Mgm: Encyclopedia Ii - Tom And Jerry Mgm - History And Evolution
Tom and Jerry MGM - The Hanna-Barbera years. William Hanna and Joseph Barbera were both part of the Rudolf Ising unit at MGM's animatio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Happy Feet: Encyclopedia Ii - Happy Feet - Plot
Set in Antarctica, the musical epic follows the adventures of an emperor penguin called Mumble, who has an unusual gift for dance. Like t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Casino Royale: Encyclopedia Ii - Casino Royale - The Novel
Casino Royale was first released on April 13, 1953 in a United Kingdom hardcover edition by publishers Jonathan Cape.[1] The first paperb...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Scarlet Pimpernel: Encyclopedia Ii - The Scarlet Pimpernel - Film And Other Media
Hollywood took to the Pimpernel early and often; most such movies have been based on a melange of the original book and Eldorado (1913). ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dark City: Encyclopedia Ii - Dark City - Plot
Note: At the request of studio executives, the movie begins with a voice-over narration that gives away several key plot twists. John Mur...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shrek: Encyclopedia Ii - Shrek - Plot
The story tells how the ogre Shrek is forced by Lord Farquaad to rescue Princess Fiona from a dragon for Farquaad to marry. Along the way...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Leicester Square: Encyclopedia Ii - Leicester Square - Features
Leicester Square - Gardens. In the middle of the Square is a small park, in the centre of which is a statue of William Shakespeare surr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cartoon Network Studios: Encyclopedia Ii - Cartoon Network Studios - The Slow Rise And Fall And The Turner Rebound
The state of the field of animation changed during the 1980s, thanks to competitors' syndicated cartoon series based upon popular toys an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chuck Jones: Encyclopedia Ii - Chuck Jones - Biography
Chuck Jones - Early Life. Jones was born in Spokane, Washington, and later moved with his parents and three siblings to the Los Angeles...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Edvard Grieg: Encyclopedia Ii - Edvard Grieg - Biography
Grieg was born in Bergen, and was of partial Scottish descent; the original family name was spelt "Greig". After the Battle of Culloden i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bette Davis: Encyclopedia Ii - Bette Davis - The Early Years
Davis was born to Harlow Morrell Davis, a descendant of Welsh Puritans, and Ruth Favor, a descendant of Huguenot pioneers. In 1918 Davis'...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Academy Award For Best Picture: Encyclopedia Ii - Academy Award For Best Picture - 1920s
Best Production 1927-28 Wings - Paramount Famous Lasky - Lucien Hubbard The Racket - Caddo, United Artists - Howard Hughes Seventh Heav...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mad Magazine: Encyclopedia Ii - Mad Magazine - Recurring Features
In a parody of Playboy's centerfolds, each issue of Mad from 1964 on featured a "fold-in" on its inside back cover, designed by artist Al...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ash Band: Encyclopedia Ii - Ash Band - Band History
Ash band - 1992. Ash officially formed. They created three demo tapes this year, "Solar Happy" in June, "Shed" in September, and the "H...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hd Dvd: Encyclopedia Ii - Hd Dvd - History
On November 19, 2003, the DVD Forum decided with eight to six votes that the HD DVD will be the HDTV successor of the DVD. At this m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1999: Encyclopedia Ii - 1999 - Events
1999 - January. January 1 - Euro currency introduced. January 1 - An avalanche destroys a school gymnasium during New Year celebration...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Batman Beyond: Encyclopedia Ii - Batman Beyond - Story
The story is set approximately forty years from the conclusion of The New Batman Adventures. Gotham City is a darker and more futuristic ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Itunes Music Store: Encyclopedia Ii - Itunes Music Store - Catalog Content
Currently, several dozen new songs are added each Tuesday, and beginning with Moby on July 29, 2003, independent artists are now included...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tom And Jerry Mgm: Encyclopedia Ii - Tom And Jerry Mgm - Post-golden Age Cartoons
In 1975, Tom and Jerry were reunited with Hanna and Barbera, who produced new Tom and Jerry cartoons for Saturday morning. These 48 7-min...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dark City: Encyclopedia Ii - Dark City - Similarities To Other Works
The film's style is often compared to that of the works of Terry Gilliam (especially Brazil), and there have been many comparisons betwee...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tom And Jerry Mgm: Encyclopedia Ii - Tom And Jerry Mgm - Other Formats
Tom and Jerry began appearing in comic books in 1942, as one of the features in Our Gang Comics. In 1949, with MGM's live-action Our Gang...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Luciano Bottaro: Encyclopedia Ii - Luciano Bottaro - Bierrecì Studios
Besides the work on Disney's characters, he worked on other magazines, creating a lot of characters (Baldo, Pepito, Pon Pon, Giò Polpett...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tom And Jerry Mgm: Encyclopedia Ii - Tom And Jerry Mgm - Characters
Tom and Jerry MGM - Thomas Tom Cat a.k.a. Jasper and Gerald Jerry Mouse a.k.a. Jinx. Tom is a bluish-grey housecat (or greyish-blue, de...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tom And Jerry Mgm: Encyclopedia Ii - Tom And Jerry Mgm - The Oscar-winning Shorts
The following cartoons won the Academy Award for Best Short Subject: Cartoons: 1943: The Yankee Doodle Mouse 1944: Mouse Trouble 1945: Q...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tom And Jerry Mgm: Encyclopedia Ii - Tom And Jerry Mgm - Tom And Jerry In Foreign Countries
Due to its lack of dialog, Tom and Jerry has been translated into numerous foreign languages. Tom and Jerry began broadcast in Japan in 1...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tom And Jerry Mgm: Encyclopedia Ii - Tom And Jerry Mgm - Feature Films
In 1945, Jerry made an appearance in the live-action MGM musical feature film Anchors Aweigh, in which, through the use of special effect...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dark City: Encyclopedia Ii - Dark City - Works Possibly Inspired By Dark City
Comparisons have been made between Dark City's villain Mr. Hand and the villain from the Matrix Trilogy, Agent Smith. Both are enforcers ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hammerspace: Encyclopedia Ii - Hammerspace - Hammerspace In Games
Hammerspace is also useful in explaining the peculiarities of many video games. This explains why a game character wielding a sword bigge...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dark City: Encyclopedia Ii - Dark City - Awards
Dark City won the following awards: It was also nominated for the following awards: the 1999 Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - David Carson Graphic Designer: Encyclopedia Ii - David Carson Graphic Designer - Biography
He was born in 1956 in Palos Verdes, California and his family moved to New York City four years later. Since then he has traveled all ar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Edvard Grieg: Encyclopedia Ii - Edvard Grieg - Music
Grieg is noted as a nationalist composer, drawing inspiration from Norwegian folk music. Early works include a symphony and a piano sonat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hammerspace: Encyclopedia Ii - Hammerspace - Properties
Not much of the nature of Hammerspace is known, beyond the surmise that it must contain blunt objects in vast amounts. We know that the l...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hammerspace: Encyclopedia Ii - Hammerspace - Notes
Hammering has spread to a number of Japan-influenced webcomics, such as El Goonish Shive and Okashina Okashi. The latter spoofs tradition...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Itunes Music Store: Encyclopedia Ii - Itunes Music Store - Promotions
On Super Bowl Sunday, February 1, 2004, Apple launched a promotion with Pepsi in which they gave away 100 million songs, through tokens o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Itunes Music Store: Encyclopedia Ii - Itunes Music Store - Digital Rights Management
Apple's FairPlay Digital rights management (DRM) is integrated into iTunes, which manages songs purchased from iTunes Music Store. Users ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Itunes Music Store: Encyclopedia Ii - Itunes Music Store - File Format
Songs are encoded using FairPlay-encrypted 128 kbit/s AAC streams in a mp4 wrapper, using the .m4p extension. In practice, the sound qual...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mad Magazine: Encyclopedia Ii - Mad Magazine - History
With the first issue (October-November, 1952), Mad was a comic book, and its subtitle, "Tales Calculated To Drive You" above the title Ma...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tom And Jerry Mgm: Encyclopedia Ii - Tom And Jerry Mgm - Plot And Format
The plots of each short usually center on Tom's frustrated attempts to catch Jerry, and the mayhem and destruction that ensues. Because t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mad Magazine: Encyclopedia Ii - Mad Magazine - Imitators And Variants
Mad has had many imitators through the years. The three most durable of these were CRACKED, Sick, and Crazy. Most others were short-lived...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mad Magazine: Encyclopedia Ii - Mad Magazine - The Mad 20
Since 1998, Mad has done an annual issue commemorating the "20 Dumbest People, Events and Things" of the year. These emphasize the visual...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bette Davis: Encyclopedia Ii - Bette Davis - The Later Years
In 1977 Davis became the first woman to receive the American Film Institute's Lifetime Achievement Award, and in 1979 she won a Best Actr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mad Magazine: Encyclopedia Ii - Mad Magazine - Recurring Subsections
Most magazines include ongoing, internal segments or domains, and Mad is no exception. An issue of Mad includes these "cluster" departmen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mad Magazine: Encyclopedia Ii - Mad Magazine - Some Of The Unusual Gang Of Idiots
Mad is known for the stability and longevity of its talent roster, with several creators enjoying 30-, 40-, and even 50-year careers in t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mad Magazine: Encyclopedia Ii - Mad Magazine - Some Of The Usual Gang Of Idiots
Each of the following has created over 150 articles for the magazine: Writers: Dick DeBartolo Desmond Devlin Stan Hart Frank Jacobs Tom ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bette Davis: Encyclopedia Ii - Bette Davis - The Middle Years
Bette Davis - The established star. Davis was elected the ninth president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, whose awa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - National Film And Television School: Encyclopedia Ii - National Film And Television School - Staff
The school has around 100 full-time staff. The school's director is British film producer Nik Powell, and its president is Lord Richard A...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Scarecrow Comics: Encyclopedia Ii - Scarecrow Comics - Powers And Abilities
Using a variety of toxins that cause his victims to hallucinate that their phobias have come to life, the Scarecrow instills fear in all ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1999: Encyclopedia Ii - 1999 - Deaths
1999 - January-April. January 14 - Jerzy Grotowski, Polish theatre director (b. 1933) January 25 - Robert Shaw, American conductor (b....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Batman Beyond: Encyclopedia Ii - Batman Beyond - Movies
There was also a planned Batman Beyond live action feature, to be written by Paul Dini, however Warner Bros shelved the project and even...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Olivia De Havilland: Encyclopedia Ii - Olivia De Havilland - Private Life
De Haviland was married and divorced from novelist Marcus Goodrich between 1946 and 1953, by whom she had a son, Benjamin, whom she has o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Olivia De Havilland: Encyclopedia Ii - Olivia De Havilland - Early Life
Havilland was born in Tokyo, Japan, and is the elder daughter of Walter de Havilland, a British patent attorney with a practice in Japan,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mad Magazine: Encyclopedia Ii - Mad Magazine - Imitators And Variants
Mad has had many imitators through the years. The three most durable of these were CRACKED, Sick, and Crazy. Most others were short-lived...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mad Magazine: Encyclopedia Ii - Mad Magazine - Mad Merchandising
Mad has stepped gingerly into other media. Three albums of novelty songs were released in the early 1960s. A successful off-Broadway prod...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cop Killer Song: Encyclopedia Ii - Cop Killer Song - Arguments In Favour Of The Song
Many people from the music world and other fields were supportive of the song. For example, in direct response to the criticism made by D...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mad Magazine: Encyclopedia Ii - Mad Magazine - Some Of The Usual Gang Of Idiots
Each of the following has created over 150 articles for the magazine: Writers: Dick DeBartolo Desmond Devlin Stan Hart Frank Jacobs Tom ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mad Magazine: Encyclopedia Ii - Mad Magazine - Mad Merchandising
Mad has stepped gingerly into other media. Three albums of novelty songs were released in the early 1960s. A successful off-Broadway prod...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mad Magazine: Encyclopedia Ii - Mad Magazine - Contributors And Controversy
Mad provided an ongoing showcase for many of the best satirical writers and artists. The magazine fostered an unusual group loyalty. Even...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mad Magazine: Encyclopedia Ii - Mad Magazine - Recurring Images And References
Regular Mad readers have been treated to a large number of recurring in-jokes, including Neuman's catch phrase "What? Me worry?", as well...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mad Magazine: Encyclopedia Ii - Mad Magazine - Some Of The Unusual Gang Of Idiots
Mad is known for the stability and longevity of its talent roster, with several creators enjoying 30-, 40-, and even 50-year careers in t...   » Read the article