Annie Awards 2009
2009 Annie Awards
2009 International Animated Film Society’s Annie Award nominations: December 1, 2008
2009 Annie Award winners: January 30, 2009
("*" denotes the winner in each category)
Kung Fu Panda was the surprising — shocking? — big winner at the 2009 Annie Awards. The animated feature won 10 Annies — in every single feature category — including best animated feature, best direction (John Stevenson and Mark Osborne), best screenplay (Jon Aibel and Glenn Berger), and best voice acting (Dustin Hoffman). Odds-on favorite WALL-E failed to win a single award. It should be noted that since 2001, when the Academy instituted the best animated feature category, only once has the Annie winner failed to nab the Academy Award. (Cars won the Annie; Happy Feet [...]
by Deborah Arthur | January 30, 2009
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Tags: $9.99, Animation, Annie Awards, Bolt, Film Awards, International Animated Film Society, Kung Fu Panda, WALL-E, Waltz with Bashir
FOUR CHRISTMASES Tops Box Office
Seth Gordon’s holiday comedy Four Christmases topped the North American box office this Thanksgiving weekend with US$31.6 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday.
Starring Vince Vaughn and Reese Witherspoon as a couple paying a visit to all four of their divorced parents on Christmas Day, the film lifted its domestic total to $46.7 million after only five days in release.
Jumping to No. 2 this weekend was Walt Disney’s Bolt, which collected another $26.5 million and brought its cumulative gross to $66.8 million. Featuring the voices of John Travolta and Miley Cyrus, the animated adventure follows a dog who believes he has superpowers until he realizes he’s [...]
by Franck Tabouring | December 1, 2008
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Tags: Australia, Bolt, Box Office, Daniel Craig, Four Christmases, Hugh Jackman, Milk, Nicole Kidman, Quantum of Solace, Reese Witherspoon, Robert Pattinson, Twilight
