Apr 30

Donald Trump's First 100 Days In Office | Season 28 | THE SIMPSONS

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Donald Trump reviews his accomplishments from his first 100 days in office.

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THE SIMPSONS continues to strike a chord with viewers for irreverently poking fun at anything and everything. As the longest-running scripted series in television history, THE SIMPSONS has become one of the most consistently groundbreaking, innovative and recognizable entertainment franchises throughout the world. With its subversive humor and delightful wit, the series has made an indelible imprint on American pop culture, and its family members – HOMER (Dan Castellaneta), MARGE (Julie Kavner), BART (Nancy Cartwright), LISA (Yeardley Smith) and MAGGIE – are television icons. Recently renewed for the unprecedented 28th season, THE SIMPSONS has won 31 Emmy Awards, a 2015 People’s Choice Award and was nominated for an Academy Award in 2012 for the theatrical short “The Longest Daycare.” The series recently received five 2015 Emmy Award nominations, including Outstanding Animated Program. “The Simpsons Movie” was a hit feature film; the mega-attraction “The Simpsons Ride” at Universal Studios has received historic expansion updates with the addition of Springfield added to the roster; and the show was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2000. It was named the “Best Show of the 20th Century” by Time magazine, and called the “Greatest American Sitcom” by Entertainment Weekly in 2013.

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Apr 30

Odyssey 5 Opening

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Odyssey 5 TV show opening
We saw the Earth destroyed, and in a heartbeat everything and everyone we knew was gone. There were five of us, the crew of the space shuttle Odyssey, and we were the only survivors. A mysterious being who called himself The Seeker rescued us and sent us back in time. And now we have five years to live over, five years to discover who or what destroyed the Earth, five years to stop it from happening again.

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Apr 30

Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency SNEAK PEEK – NYCC 2016

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“The universe will make you a part of this whether you are complicit or not. You are now a vital part of the investigation.”

#EVERYTHINGISCONNECTED. Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency premieres Saturday, October 22 at 9/8c on BBC America.

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Apr 30

Star Wars: The Force And The Fury

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A Jedi crash lands on a barren planet and is pursued by a mysterious Sith who seems to know him.

Directed by: Jason Satterlund
Cinematography by: Federico Verardi
Produced by: Alyssa Roehrenbeck & Deborah Smith
Storyboards by: AJ Juson

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Aris Juson (http://www.imdb.me/arisjuson)
Deborah Smith (http://www.imdb.me/deborahsmith)

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Apr 30

Official Trailer | Season 1 | SLEEPY HOLLOW

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Ichabod Crane wakes up from the throes of death 250 years in the future to find the world on the brink of destruction and learn he is humanity’s only hope.

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SLEEPY HOLLOW returns for a groundbreaking fourth season full of supernatural creatures, mysterious events and the search for the truth about the lives of the Witnesses.

Following a 250-year slumber, ICHABOD CRANE (Tom Mison) devoted his life and knowledge of the supernatural to defeating the demonic forces that plagued Sleepy Hollow in the present day. But following the climactic events of last season, Crane’s world was turned upside down after the death of his partner and fellow Witness, Abbie Mills. He was then led out of town by a mysterious group promising to put him in charge of an evil-fighting organization created hundreds of years ago by none other than George Washington.

Crane now finds himself in an all-new city working with all-new allies, as he embarks on his most important mission yet: To save our nation’s capital from otherworldly threats that promise harm, not only to our country and our people, but to the soul of democracy itself. Season Four promises the beloved twists, thrills, humor, and “twistory” for which SLEEPY HOLLOW is known, along with new and surprising adventures for Crane, JENNY MILLS (Lyndie Greenwood) and other favorites.

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Apr 30

Mark Lotterman – Happy (official video directed by Alice Saey)

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As a metaphor for the search of the meaning of the word “happy”, an immense group of geese dances desperately in synchronized choreography. Starting out as an undefined organism, and slowly zooming out as the song proceeds, the geese turn out to be part of different cults. Each cult portraying an emotion that cannot be withheld individually, but that’s all the more shown in the meticulous urge for group behavior. A video about the search for ones own identity through seemingly virtuous self-expression on the one side and the undeniable drowning into the masses on the other. Directed by Alice Saey Song by Mark Lotterman, albumholland.com Many thanks to: Ruben van Asselt, Hester Postma, Rebecca Joly, Tess Martin, Auke Triesschijn

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Apr 30

See / Saw

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Chock full of outraged aliens, wild dogs, Instagram malaise, and the private pursuits of the artist, See / Saw explores the relationship between image, text, and sound. Animators Case Jernigan and Erik Winkowski trade short stories, stringing together a flurry of imagery and messages. The two artists craft animation from paper, stop-motion, and drawing. Music producer Josh Giunta (Love Science Music) paces through an array of musical colors with his rhythmic and lush sound design. See / Saw springs from the necessary dialogue between artists of different mediums.

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Apr 30

DWA’s ‘Trollhunters’ wins big at 44th Daytime Creative Arts Emmy Awards

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Ahead of the 44th Daytime Emmy Awards which is set to be held on 30 April, the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) on 28 April, 2017 announced the winners of the 44th Annual Daytime Creative Arts Emmy Awards, sponsored by Yangaroo. The gala was held at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Pasadena, Southern California.

The Daytime Creative Arts Emmy Awards honours the crafts behind the daytime television programming. This year, Amazon and Netflix topped the award winners list by network with 13 and 11 awards respectively, with CBS and PBS following with nine each. Disney XD managed to bag two awards.

Guillermo Del Toro’s and DreamWork Animation’s highly popular animated TV series Trollhunters won a total of six awards. Kelsey Grammer who plays Blinky in the series, won the award for Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program. Mary Hida lgo and Ania O’Hare won for Outstanding Casting for an Animated Series/Special.

The Snowy Day which airs on Amazon won the award for outstanding pre-school children’s animated program. The award was received by executive producers Ann Austen, Laurence Fishburne, Deborah Pope, Irene Sherman, Helen Sugland, Chris White and producers Jamie Badminton and Tom Jordan.

The award for Outstanding Children’s Animated program was won by Lost in Oz: Extended Adventure, which also airs on Amazon. Outstanding Special Class Animated Program was awarded to Taking Flight executive producers Trish Farnsworth-Smith and William Joyce and producers Robert Pasin and Lampton Enochs.

Ask the StoryBots’ Companion App and StoryBots Classroom grabbed the prize for Outstanding Interactive Enhancement to a Daytime Program/Series. Ask the StoryBots airs on Netflix.

While writers Joshua Mapleston, Cleon Prineas, Josh Wakely nabbed the award for Outstanding Writing in a Pre-School Animated Program for Netflix’s Beat Bugs, Marc Guggenheim won for writing in an animated program for Trollhunters.

Trollhunters also won the award for best direction (Rodrigo Blaas, Guillerm o del Toro) in an animated program and Tumble Leaf won for direction (Drew Hodges) in preschool animated program.

Sesame Street won the award for Outstanding Pre-School Children’s Series, Outstanding Directing in a Children’s/Preschool Children’s/Family Viewing Program and Outstanding Art Direction.

“Tonight’s gala in the magnificent Pasadena Civic Auditorium is a tribute to the hundreds of men and women that work behind the scenes to make daytime television glow with the brilliance, energy and enthusiasm that make viewers tune in each and every day of the year,” said NATAS, president, Bob Mauro. “In addition to our esteemed nominees and the more than 1,500 attendees, honouring the extraordinary accomplishments of Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune executive producer, Harry Friedman with our Lifetime Achievement Award topped off a wonderful evening of celebrating the best there is in the Daytime television community.”

The evening’s star-studded presenters included, Alex Trebek (Jeopardy!), Pat Sajak (Wheel of Fortune), Loni Love (The Real), Judge Greg Mathis (Judge Mathis), Chris Hansen (Crime Watch Daily with Chris Hansen) and Vivian Howard (A Chef’s Life) to name a few.

Other awards were:

Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation

Mike Chaffe, Animator – “Becoming, Part 1”
Trollhunters (Netflix/DreamWorks Animation)

Kevin Dart, Art Director – “The Wrath Of Hughes”
The Mr. Peabody & Sherman Show (Netflix/ DreamWorks Animation)

Phil Jacobson, Storyboard Artist – “Mall Ya Later”
Pig Goat Banana Cricket (Nickelodeon)

Victor Maldonado, Character Designer – “Win, Lose Or Draal”
Trollhunters (Netflix/ DreamWorks Animation)

Khang Le, Art Director – “What’s The Trouble Bubble”
Little Big Awesome (Amazon)

Eastwood Wong, Background Painter – “Pea Dummy/ Mary Anning”
The Mr. Peabody & Sherman Show (Netflix/ DreamWorks Animation)

Outstanding Sound Mixing – Animation

Patrick Rodman, CAS, Ricky Watson
Lost in Oz: Extended Adventure (Amazon)

Outstanding Sound Mixing – Preschool Animated Program

Timothy J. Borquez and Nicholas Gotten
Disney Sofia the First (Disney Jr.)

Outstanding Sound Editing – Animation

Patrick Rodman, CAS, Eric P. Sherman, James Scullion, Ricky Watson, Justin Kohler, Eric Paulsen, Tony Solis, Dicken Berglund
Lost in Oz: Extended Adventure (Amazon)

Outstanding Sound Editing – Preschool Animated Program

Devon G. Bowman, Rob McIntyre, Andrew Ing, DJ Lynch, Marc Schmidt, Alfredo Douglas, Roberto Dominguez Alegria, Monique Reymond, Shawn Bohonos
Dinotrux (Netflix/DreamWorks Animation)

Outstanding Music Direction and Composition

Rossanna S. Wright and Kris Bowers
The Snowy Day (Amazon)

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Apr 30

India among APAC leaders as animation software market expands at 16% CAGR

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APAC is a swiftly growing segment in the animation design software market, with countries such as China, India, and Japan leading this growth. The rising interest toward 3D animations among the younger demographics is boosting the demand from the market, says Technavio.

Analysts forecast the global animation design software market to grow to USD 4,288.94 million by 2021, at a CAGR of more than 16 per cent over the forecast period, according to their latest report.

The research study by Technavio on the global animation design software market for 2017-2021 provides a detailed industry analysis based on the end-users (media and entertainment (M&E) industry and gaming industry) and geography (the Americas, EMEA, and APAC).

Animation design software is a tool for creating images that appear to be moving. It also creates visual effects with the aid of computer graphics. The media and entertainment industry are the largest end-users for this software, where it is used for movies, television programs, print media, concerts, award shows, advertisements, M&E videos, and Internet media.

Technavio analysts highlight the following three factors that are contributing to the growth of the global animation design software market:

1. Increased use of animation design in movies and video games
2. Use of animation design software for TV commercials
3. Rise in demand from APAC

“The use of animation design in the film and television industry is rapidly increasing, driven by the rising popularity of animated movies such as Cars, Toy Story, and The Incredibles. The enhanced graphics, clarity and quick rendering of frames drives the popularity of the software,” says Ishmeet Kaur, a lead analyst at Technavio for enterprise application research.

The demand for games with animated characters and imageries is another key factor driving the market growth. The gaming industry is a major end-user in the global animation design software market, where they use the software to create stunning animation effects in 3D and complex animations.

Use of software for TVCs

The increased use of design and animation in television commercials is a major growth driver for the global animation design software market. Companies across the globe are integrating the best marketing tools to differentiate themselves from their competitors and establish a strong market foothold. Companies are producing 3D animated commercials to provide potential customers with advertisements animation and design software. LG, Rolls-Royce, and Motorola are among the major brands that implemented 3D animation techniques in their product advertisements.

Rise in demand from APAC

“APAC is a swiftly growing segment in the animation design software market,” says Kaur.

A notable investment of USD 3.05 million in the Anime Consortium was made in Japan by Kodansha, Shogakukan, Shueisha, KADOKAWA, Bushiroad, Good Smile Company, and Toei Animation. This investment and the collaboration with anime studios and game developers helped Anime Consortium add more value-added anime content in its projects.

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Apr 30

‘Overwatch’ crosses 30 million players within one year of release

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Yet another milestone has been touched by Blizzard’s newest IP. Released back in May last year, the company’s hit multiplayer shooter, Overwatch has reached 30 million player-base and id still growing, according to the company.

Since its release last year, the game has been through a lot; including several events and two cross promotions with the company’s own MOBA, Heroes of the Storm. Overwatch has successfully managed to create an immersive back-story for its game, with numerous animated shorts and comics. There have been three hero releases since the game was launched. Two standard maps were also launched (QP/Comp) and one arcade map (Eco Point Antartica).

The game managed to pretty much nullify the competition from its competitors with games from (almost) the same genre which released around the same time. Proving good as an esports title as well, Overwatch has managed to draw attention from the community worldwide with multiple tournaments while also dominating almost all gaming award programs.

Now that the path for the game is pretty solidified, it will further get challenging for the team working on it as the expectations are bound to be risen.

The game is currently having its ‘Uprising’ event, which tells the history of the game’s face, Tracer’s, first mission in the omnic infested King’s Row.

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