As Dreamers Do Part Deux
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Entertainment News for Late November 2007
Entertainment News for Late November 2007
The Romney/Weinstein Company announces they have released Ray Spum from his contract.
- Variety
Former TRWC animation chief Ray Spum, days after his firing, has resurfaced in Moscow. There, Spum was greeted by Vladimir Putin in celebration of Spum becoming the new head of Soyuzmultfilm.
- CNN
Retired Disney animator Ollie Johnston, age 95 and the last surviving member of the Nine Old Men, enters hospice care.
- ABC News
Mike Richardson & Jeffrey Bewkes are now in a power struggle for control of the Bally board.
- USA Today
The Sports Page
Dwayne Johnson and Dany Garcia buy out Turner's half of the WLAF's Jacksonville Tomcats. Under the Justice Department's conditions to allow Ted Turner to sell certain assets to Microsoft to form TBS-Paramount, Turner had to sell his 50% stake in the Tomcats and other sports properties previously under his wing.
- ESPN
Saban Metromedia acquires Microsoft's 33% stake in the Odyssey Network under the conditions set by the DOJ to approve the TBS-Paramount merger. Starting next season, Odyssey's share of Major League Baseball coverage will be produced by SBC Sports.
- TV Guide
The Diamondbacks and Cardinals announce that starting with the 2008 MLB season, the Circle K Dome will become only the second venue in the world to feature sensory inclusive amenities for Autistic fans.
- The Arizona Republic
Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Queens borough president Helen M. Marshall met with Brooklyn Jets owner Woody Johnson to discuss updating the plans for the Willets Point stadium project to include sensory inclusive seating.
- The New York Times
The Romney/Weinstein Company announces they have released Ray Spum from his contract.
- Variety
Former TRWC animation chief Ray Spum, days after his firing, has resurfaced in Moscow. There, Spum was greeted by Vladimir Putin in celebration of Spum becoming the new head of Soyuzmultfilm.
- CNN
Retired Disney animator Ollie Johnston, age 95 and the last surviving member of the Nine Old Men, enters hospice care.
- ABC News
Mike Richardson & Jeffrey Bewkes are now in a power struggle for control of the Bally board.
- USA Today
The Sports Page
Dwayne Johnson and Dany Garcia buy out Turner's half of the WLAF's Jacksonville Tomcats. Under the Justice Department's conditions to allow Ted Turner to sell certain assets to Microsoft to form TBS-Paramount, Turner had to sell his 50% stake in the Tomcats and other sports properties previously under his wing.
- ESPN
Saban Metromedia acquires Microsoft's 33% stake in the Odyssey Network under the conditions set by the DOJ to approve the TBS-Paramount merger. Starting next season, Odyssey's share of Major League Baseball coverage will be produced by SBC Sports.
- TV Guide
The Diamondbacks and Cardinals announce that starting with the 2008 MLB season, the Circle K Dome will become only the second venue in the world to feature sensory inclusive amenities for Autistic fans.
- The Arizona Republic
Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Queens borough president Helen M. Marshall met with Brooklyn Jets owner Woody Johnson to discuss updating the plans for the Willets Point stadium project to include sensory inclusive seating.
- The New York Times
1: I was about to cheer for firing Ray Spum, until I read further that he became the head of a different animation studio. And in cahoots with Putin, to boot.
2: As much as I hope Ollie can be okay, I will admit that the new guys have much more to work with than the Nine Old Men ever had.
3: I'm just going to vote against Jeffrey Bewkes on this.
4: Can the Tomcats still use the Tom and Jerry license? Or do they need a legally distinct redesign?
5: Now we're talking! And considering how much kids content Saban owns, this will really give Odyssey a kick in the teeth towards the sky!
This Just In!
At an Autism summit in Washington, DC, the commissioners of the major and mid-major sports leagues released this joint-statement
"Starting on March 1, 2008, all teams in our league will be mandated to upgrade current or build newer facilities to include sensory-friendly amenities to provide a more comfortable experience for fans on the autism spectrum."
Signatories
Amy Trask
Commissioner; National Football League
Larry Lucchino
Commissioner of Major League Baseball
Jerry West
Commissioner; National Basketball Association
Wayne Gretzky
Commissioner; National Hockey League
Gary Bettman
Commissioner; International Hockey League
Oliver Luck
Commissioner; World League of American Football
Don Garber
Commissioner; Major League Soccer
Tony DiCicco
CEO; Womens' Major League Soccer
David Baker
Commissioner; Arena Football League
Mark Cohon
Commissioner; Canadian Football League
Donna Orender
Commissioner; Womens' National Basketball Association
At an Autism summit in Washington, DC, the commissioners of the major and mid-major sports leagues released this joint-statement
"Starting on March 1, 2008, all teams in our league will be mandated to upgrade current or build newer facilities to include sensory-friendly amenities to provide a more comfortable experience for fans on the autism spectrum."
Signatories
Amy Trask
Commissioner; National Football League
Larry Lucchino
Commissioner of Major League Baseball
Jerry West
Commissioner; National Basketball Association
Wayne Gretzky
Commissioner; National Hockey League
Gary Bettman
Commissioner; International Hockey League
Oliver Luck
Commissioner; World League of American Football
Don Garber
Commissioner; Major League Soccer
Tony DiCicco
CEO; Womens' Major League Soccer
David Baker
Commissioner; Arena Football League
Mark Cohon
Commissioner; Canadian Football League
Donna Orender
Commissioner; Womens' National Basketball Association
Nice!
But goddamnit for Ray Spum.....
Why can't this man just be arrested at this point?
And what even IS that studio in Russia?
And what's going to happen to Miramax Animation?
Hopefully it'll fold, or turn into an actually good studio that isn't making pedo-bait toons.
2) As of November 2007, Burny Mattinson is one of the last remaining links to the Nine Old Men era. When Daniel Abbott (young Danny of course, not yet Sir Daniel) came over from Paramount in '83, Eric Larson was the only Nine Old Men member still working. Larson by then was running the animator training program.
3) Bally shareholders are already passing out "Jeffrey Mucus" and "Bewkes is a Doofus" T-shirts and buttons for their next meeting.
4) Yes, the license can still be used.
And astonishingly enough, he still is IOTL.
Not gonna lie, I'd buy some of those.
Thank you.
Awesome! We really need that IRL.
But can someone just kill Ray Spum (Putin can go with him) and get Bewkes out of Bally?!
Tied for 1st
Total Drama Island (ABC)
Kingdom Hearts: The Series (Fox)
Phineas and Ferb (Fox)
The rest of the top ten
Hannah Montana (ABC)
Arthur (UPN)
The Batman (CBS)
Big Nate '06 (NBC)
Naruto (Fox)
Chowder (ABC)
WordGirl (SBC)
Toonami is still chugging along, but its ratings have slipped behind FX's Dojo and USACX's Bullet Train.
That property is still up for grabs with the following bids:
Peacock (Animax or USACX Bullet Train block)
TBS-Paramount (Adult Swim or Toonami)
Disney (FX Dojo block)
Lionsgate
New Line Cinema
I say TBS-Paramount gets it. After all, Adult Swim got to air it IOTL.
Updated studio URL's
Disney
Walt Disney Pictures: Disney.com/wdp
20th Century-Fox: Disney.com/tcf
Hyperion Pictures: Disney.com/hyperion
Peacock
RKO Radio Pictures: nbc.com/rko
Universal Pictures: universalstudios.com now redirects to nbc.com/universal
Dreamworks SKG: DreamWorks.com now redirects to nbc.com/skg
Gramercy Pictures: nbc.com/gramercy
Saban
New Line Cinema: newline.com
Golden Harvest: goldenharvest.com
TBS-Paramount
Paramount Pictures: paramount.com
United Artists: paramount.com/ua
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer: paramount.com/mgm
TimeWarner
Warner Bros: warnerbros.com
Carolco: warnerbros.com/carolco
Columbia-Tristar
Columbia Pictures: cbs.com/columbia
Tristar Pictures: cbs.com/tristar
Lionsgate
Lionsgate.ca
Henson
Touchstone Pictures: touchstone.com
Hanna-Barbera: henson.com/HB
Cosgrove-Hall: cosgrovehall.co.uk
Pixar: pixar.com
Disney
Walt Disney Pictures: Disney.com/wdp
20th Century-Fox: Disney.com/tcf
Hyperion Pictures: Disney.com/hyperion
Peacock
RKO Radio Pictures: nbc.com/rko
Universal Pictures: universalstudios.com now redirects to nbc.com/universal
Dreamworks SKG: DreamWorks.com now redirects to nbc.com/skg
Gramercy Pictures: nbc.com/gramercy
Saban
New Line Cinema: newline.com
Golden Harvest: goldenharvest.com
TBS-Paramount
Paramount Pictures: paramount.com
United Artists: paramount.com/ua
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer: paramount.com/mgm
TimeWarner
Warner Bros: warnerbros.com
Carolco: warnerbros.com/carolco
Columbia-Tristar
Columbia Pictures: cbs.com/columbia
Tristar Pictures: cbs.com/tristar
Lionsgate
Lionsgate.ca
Henson
Touchstone Pictures: touchstone.com
Hanna-Barbera: henson.com/HB
Cosgrove-Hall: cosgrovehall.co.uk
Pixar: pixar.com
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Nice!
I hope that Hikaru No Go, Sgt. Frog, Shaun the Sheep and Tracy Beaker is still doing well.
Well, make it air more American animation.
And make them get more heavy hitters.
And I'd make it air edgier shows.
I'd give it to either Peacock or TBS-Paramount as the rest wouldn't fir.
See, they agree with me.
Nice, but British websites end in .co.uk.