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NOGGIN Bonds With Dads Throughout Father’s Day

NOGGIN will honor dad on Fathers Day with themed episodes from the networks preschool lineup. On Sunday, June 18, beginning at 6:30 am (ET), fans can join the characters of OOBI, CONNIE THE COW, MIFFY AND FRIENDS, LITTLE BEAR and FRANKLIN, as they pay tribute to dad.

* 6:30 am CONNIE THE COW Connie & Her FatherConnie's mummy tells her that theyre going to have a surprise party for her daddys birthday. With help from her friends, Connie gets everything ready to make her daddy's celebration a very special one.

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Fairly OddParents Holds 'American Idol-Style' Contest in Hour-Long Special

Nickelodeon's THE FAIRLY ODDPARENTS pays homage to the AMERICAN IDOL craze with its very own Idol-like singing competition in FAIRY IDOL, a one-hour special premiering May 19, 2006, at 8:00 pm. The special stars former AMERICAN IDOL contestant Diana DeGarmo, as the singing voice of her biggest fan, Cosmo. The older-skewing special repeats on Nickelodeon May 20 at 7:00 pm and May 21 at 5:00 pm.

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El Capitan Celebrates 80th Anniversary with Dumbo

Hollywood's legendary El Capitan Theatre kicks off its 80th anniversary with a special two-week engagement of Disney's Oscar-winning animated classic, DUMBO, from May 25 - June 7. DUMBO is celebrating its 65th birthday this year, and a new deluxe BIG TOP EDITION DVD release of the film is scheduled for June 6th.

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It's Time To Get Involved With AWN's Upcoming Special Newsletters!

Continuing our special event specific Flash Newsletters, we will be publishing a special edition Annecy. The festival and market are fast approaching and our editorial and advertising staff are gearing up for the Annecy-specific Flash Newsletter. Here is the date for the publications. Please send your news two weeks prior to the publication date.

Annecy Flash NewslettersMay 30

All your news can be sent to editor@awn.com. For sales opportunities, contact Dan Sarto at dan@awn.com or call (323) 606-4200.

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AWN & VFXWorld Reminds Filmmakers’ To Enter eDit/VES’ eDwards

Animation World Network and VFXWorld would like to remind young filmmakers that we are a special media sponsor for the Visual Effects Societys eDIT Filmmakers Festival in Frankfurt, Germany, Sept. 24-26, 2006. We will be sponsoring eDward VII, a young filmmakers contest and awards which celebrates the work of talented artists under the age of 30.

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It's Time To Get Involved With AWN's Upcoming Special Newsletters!

Continuing our special event specific Flash Newsletters, we will be publishing special editions for E3 and Annecy. The markets are fast approaching and our editorial and advertising staff are gearing up for the E3 and Annecy-specific Flash Newsletter series. Here are the dates for the publications. Please send your news two weeks prior to the publication date.

E3 Flash NewsletterMay 2

Annecy Flash NewslettersMay 30

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Ambiguously Gay Duo & Fellow Saturday TV Funhouse Shorts Special Slated

NBCs SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE presents a special BEST OF compilation featuring SATURDAY TV FUNHOUSE shorts by acclaimed comedian Robert Smigel on April 29, 2006, from 11:30 pm to 1:00 am on NBC. The special will be hosted by THE AMBIGUOUSLY GAY DUO. Ace and Gary (voiced by Stephen Colbert and Steve Carell).

It will feature new material starring the subtly homoerotic superheroes performing an SNL monologue as well as interacting live with the current cast throughout the show.

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SCI FI Channel Unmasks V For Vendetta March 16

SCI FI Channel will give audiences a sneak peek behind the mask of mysterious freedom fighter 'V' in V FOR VENDETTA: BEHIND THE MASK, airing at 11:00 pm tonight, March 16, 2006. This exclusive 30-minute behind-the-scenes special takes an in-depth look at the Wachowski brother's dark and uncompromising vision of the future, V FOR VENDETTA, which opens in theaters Friday. There will be a special a special encore broadcast of the special March 17 at 8:30 am.

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It's Time To Get Involved With AWN's MIP-TV Special Newsletters!

Continuing our special event specific Flash Newsletters, we will be publishing special editions for MIP-TV. The markets are fast approaching and our editorial and advertising staffs are gearing up for the MIP-TV-specific Flash Newsletter series. Here are the dates for the publications. Please send your news two weeks prior to the publication date.

MIP-TV Flash NewslettersMarch 14March 21March 28

All your news can be sent to editor@awn.com. For sales opportunities, contact Dan Sarto at dan@awn.com or call (323) 606-4200.

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It's Time To Get Involved With AWN's GDC & MIP-TV Special Newsletters!

Continuing our special event specific Flash Newsletters, we will be publishing special editions for GDC & MIP-TV. The markets are fast approaching and our editorial and advertising staffs are gearing up for the GDC & MIP-TV-specific Flash Newsletter series. Here are the dates for the publications. Please send your news two weeks prior to the publication date.

Games Developers Conference 2005 Animation Flash NewsletterMarch 7

MIP-TV Flash NewslettersMarch 14March 21March 28

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It's Time To Get Involved With AWN's MIP-TV Special Newsletters!

Games Developers Conference 2005 Animation Flash NewsletterMarch 7

MIP-TV Flash NewslettersMarch 14March 21March 28

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It's Time To Get Involved With AWN's MIP-TV Special Newsletters!

Continuing our special event specific Flash Newsletters, we will be publishing special editions for MIP-TV. The market is fast approaching and our editorial and advertising staff are gearing up for the MIP-TV-specific Flash Newsletter series. Here are the dates for the publications. Please send your news two week prior to the publication date.

MIP-TV Flash NewslettersMarch 14March 21March 28

All your news can be sent to editor@awn.com. For sale opportunities, contact Dan Sarto at dan@awn.com or call (323) 606-4200.

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Goblet of Fire Ignites On DVD in March

HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE DVD will debut on March 7, 2006, from Warner Home Video. GOBLET OF FIRE will be available on a Single-Disc DVD for $28.98 in full frame and widescreen formats. The Two-Disc Special Edition DVD will be available at $30.97 and the Harry Potter Special Edition four-pack at $73.92; both in widescreen format only. The film will also be available in UMD format for PSP.

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Toy Story 2 Returns in Special Edition DVD

It's fitting that on the same day that TOY STORY 2 returns to DVD in a special edition collection (Dec. 27, 2005), TOY STORY is earmarked for preservation on the Library of Congress' National Film Registry 2005.

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It's Time To Get Involved With AWN's NATPE Special Newsletter

Continuing our special event specific Flash Newsletters, we will be publishing special editions for both NATPE and MIP-TV. The NATPE market is fast approaching and our editorial and advertising staff are gearing up for the NATPE-specific Flash Newsletter series. Here are the dates for the publications. Please send your news two week prior to the publication date.

NATPE Flash NewslettersJanuary 10January 17

MIP-TV Flash NewslettersMarch 14March 21March 28

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Holiday Headline News

The WB Has Grandma, Grinch & Scooby-Doo Over For the Holidays

The WB has a trio of holiday specials in December.

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YTV & Treehouse Trim Up Holiday Programming for December

YTV and Treehouse in Canada have a month-long lineup of holiday programming to help every member of the family ring in the festive season.

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EA & Digital Illusions Ship Battlefield 2: Special Forces Expansion Pack

Electronic Arts and Digital Illusions announced that the expansion pack for the award-winning BATTLEFIELD 2 PC game are now shipping to retail outlets and available via download at www.downloader.ea.com. Powered by the BATTLEFIELD 2 game engine, BATTLEFIELD 2: SPECIAL FORCES brings players into the realm of covert ops with the latest, most technologically advanced vehicles and weapons systems.

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Festival Events

Zagreb 2005

Begins: October 25, 2005

Zagreb: 17th World Festival of Animated Films is an ASIFA sanctioned competitive festival. The festival was formed in 1969 to encouraging creativity, which eschews pre-set patterns and ideas/notions/conceptions, and finds new ways of exploring the possibilities of film animation. Awards with cash prizes will be given as follows: grand prize, best first production, best student film, plus five special prizes and three special distinctions. For more information, visit www.animafest.hr.

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Fully Loaded Titanic DVDs Now Available

The ultimate TITANIC DVDs were released today (Oct. 25, 2005) in a special edition, a special collectors edition and a deluxe collectors edition, courtesy of Paramount Home Ent. and Twentieth Century Fox Home Ent. International. The three-disc special collectors edition ($29.99) is available in the U.S., Japan and Korea, while the two-disc special edition is available in Europe, Australia and Latin America. The four-disc deluxe collectors edition is also available in Europe, Australia and Latin America.

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Ferngully Special Edition Blooms on DVD

On Oct. 18, 2005, Fox Home Ent. uncovers FERNGULLY: THE LAST RAINFOREST SPECIAL EDITION on DVD. Annie-Award winner for Best Animated Feature (1992), the film won the Environmental Media Associate for Best Picture (1992) and is Kids First! approved. The two-disc release includes eight all-new set-top games that feature old friends and introduce new ones.

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Special Events

Special Maya Instructional Program Starts October 17th

Begins: October 17, 2005

Studio Arts of Los Angeles, CA will be host to a special group of ALIAS MAYA seminars, classes and workshops that will begin Monday, October 17th, 2005 and end Friday, December 16, 2005.

Maya instruction will be from introductory level to intermediate and advanced workshops in everything from modeling and textures to rigging, animation and more. Classes will meet from 8am-3pm Mon. through Fri.

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Special Events

Special Maya Instructional Program

Begins: October 17, 2005

Studio Arts of Los Angeles, CA will be host to a special group of ALIAS MAYA seminars, classes and workshops that will begin Monday, October 17th, 2005 and end Friday, December 16, 2005.

Film Headline News

Milch & The District! Win Ottawa

The 2005 Ottawa International Animation Festival announced the winners of the official competition during its closing ceremonies held this evening at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa. Following the award presentations, attendees enjoyed the Best of the Festival film screening that showcased the award winning films.

MERCURY FILMWORKS GRAND PRIZE FOR ANIMATED FEATURE THE DISTRICT! (NYOCKER!)/ Aron Gauder/ Hungary"for its visual innovation, energetic style, and fearless satire of contemporary culture and politics."

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Don’t Miss Out On AWN’S MIPCOM Special Newsletters!

Continuing our special event specific Flash Newsletters, we will be publishing special editions for MIPCOM. This event is fast approaching and our editorial and advertising staff is gearing up for the Flash Newsletter series. Here are the dates for the publications.

MIPCOM Flash NewslettersSept. 27, 2005Oct. 4, 2005Oct. 11, 2005

Check out our previous special Flash newsletters.

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