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News Articles: animation

Ramy Youssef says becoming a comic was just "inevitable at a certain point." His new animated Amazon Prime series is <em>#1 Happy Family USA.</em>

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Sept. 11 turns life upside down for a 'Happy Family' in Ramy Youssef's animated show

Youssef was in fifth grade and living in New Jersey when the Twin Towers fell. His new show, #1 Happy Family USA, draws on the experiences of his own Egyptian American family during that tense time.

May 13, 2025
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  • Terry Gross
The Australian Open's YouTube livestream shows the players as animated avatars, though the action is real.

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  • Sports

Why Australian Open live streams look like Wii tennis — and what it means for sports

The Australian Open's animated tennis livestreams are making a splash. U.S. leagues have used similar technology to put Simpsons on the football field and superheroes on ice skates.

January 17, 2025
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  • Rachel Treisman
In <em>Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget</em>, the chicken factory is like a creepy Disneyland for chickens.

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  • Movies

It took 23 years, but a 'Chicken Run' sequel has finally hatched

It's Bond meets The Truman Show in Aardman's sequel to Chicken Run. This time, the chickens break in — not out — to save the flock. Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget premieres on Netflix this week.

December 13, 2023
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  • Elizabeth Blair
In <em>Leo</em> Adam Sandler voices a 74-year-old lizard who learns he has a gift for helping kids sort through their problems.

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  • Movie Interviews

'Leo' is an animated lizard with an SNL sensibility — and the voice of Adam Sandler

If the pets in a 5th grade classroom could talk, what would they say? That's the premise of Leo, the new coming-of-age movie musical from Netflix.

November 21, 2023
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  • Elizabeth Blair
Issa Rae voices Angela, Brooke Monroe Conaway plays Zuri and Scott "Kid Cudi" Mescudi is Stephen in Max's <em>Young Love</em>.

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There's a lot to love in the 'Hair Love'-inspired TV series 'Young Love'

The animated series on Max follows a young Black family getting back on its feet after the mother is struck by illness. The show is a spin-off from an Oscar-winning short film by Matthew A. Cherry.

September 21, 2023
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  • Eric Deggans
Concept art for Disney and Pixar's <em>Elemental</em> by the director Peter Sohn.

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  • Arts & Life

Earth, air, fire, water — and family — are all 'Elemental' for Pixar's Peter Sohn

In science class, Sohn saw the periodic table as an apartment building. The son of Korean immigrants, he felt the elements were a "beautiful metaphor" for cultures mixing in his New York hometown.

June 15, 2023
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  • Elizabeth Blair
Lighthouse Immersive’s Immersive Disney Animation will see its Atlanta premiere at the new Armour Yards development on May 1, 2023.

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A new immersive Disney experience is coming to Atlanta

Lighthouse Immersive’s Immersive Disney Animation will see its Atlanta premiere at the new Armour Yards development on May 1, 2023

April 04, 2023
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  • Sarah Rose
Creators Havana Nguyen and Alan and Carrie Tupper raised $30,000 to turn their web comic into an animated short. It won Best Georgia Short at the Georgia Film Festival this month.

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  • Arts & Life

These Atlanta artists crowdfunded their comic into an animated film. Then, they won big

Independent comic creators Alan Tupper, Carrie Tupper and Havana Nguyen raised $30,000 through crowdfunding to turn their long-running webcomic series into an animated short, which then won Best Georgia Short at the Georgia Film Festival this month.

November 22, 2021
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  • Sarah Rose
Ruthie Tompson at a screening at the 2018 TCM Classic Film Festival on April 28, 2018 in Hollywood, California. The legendary Disney animator passed away on Sunday at the age of 111.

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Ruthie Tompson, an animator with the longest history at Disney, dies at 111

Ruthie Tompson's painting and animation work at the Walt Disney Company dates back to the 1920s — from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs to The Rescuers.

October 12, 2021
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  • Rachel Treisman
When <em>Beavis and Butt-Head </em>debuted on MTV in 1993, critics called the duo "crude," "ugly" and "self-destructive." That did not stop the 1996 film<em> Beavis and Butt-Head Do America </em>from getting good reviews.

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  • Television

MTV Is Turning 40. Here's How Beavis, Butt-Head And Daria Upended TV Animation

"Animation has been critical to the MTV brand from its inception," says MTV Entertainment president Chris McCarthy. The network helped bring adult and experimental animation into the mainstream.

August 01, 2021
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  • Jason Slotkin
Voice actor Bob Carter at Georgia Public Broadcasting.

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Voice Actor Bob Carter Takes 'The Credits' Behind The Scenes of Atlanta's MomoCon

Calling all anime, gaming, comics and animation fans: This is your weekend. MomoCon 2019 kicks off Thursday in Atlanta. Voice actors, designers, writers...

May 22, 2019
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  • Sean Powers and
  • Kalena Boller

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"On Second Thought" For Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2019

Southern accents are inexplicably linked to a sense of culture, identity and community. They can also summon stereotypes about intelligence and...

February 26, 2019
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  • Virginia Prescott ,
  • Amy Kiley ,
  • and 4 more
"Team Supreme" is a new superhero team by Atlanta animator Joshua Leonard.

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  • On Disabilities

Atlanta Animator Highlights People With Disabilities With New Superhero Team

Around 57 million people in the United States live with a disability, including around 500 thousand children, according to a report by the U.S. Census...

February 26, 2019
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By:
  • Elena Rivera and
  • Virginia Prescott

On Second Thought For Thursday, May 24, 2018

Last month, cast members from TV’s “A Different World” reunited at Home Depot’s Atlanta headquarters. They were there to award renovation grant money to...

May 24, 2018
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  • Adam Ragusea ,
  • Sean Powers ,
  • and 5 more
Allyssa Lewis, an Emmy-winning animator, stopped by GPB.

Allyssa Lewis Talks About Her Animated Life

Fans of anime, gaming and comics: Prepare to geek out at this year’s Momocon in Atlanta. It’s one of the fastest growing all-ages conventions in the...

May 24, 2018
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  • La'Raven Taylor and
  • Virginia Prescott
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