Friday - Daily Dose of Disney 12.12.08

DizNews:

The nominations for the Annie Awards are out and the following are Disney’s nominations:
Best Animated Feature
Bolt – Walt Disney Animation Studios
Wall·E – Pixar Animation Studios

Best Animated Home Entertainment Production
The Little Mermaid: Ariel’s Beginning – DisneyToon Studios

Best Animated Short Subject
Glago’s Guest – Walt Disney Animation Studios
Presto – Pixar Animation Studios

Best Animated Television Production
Phineas and Ferb – Disney Television Animation

INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT CATEGORIES
Animated Effects
Kevin Lee “Bolt” – Walt Disney Animation Studios
Enrique Vila “Wall·E” – Pixar Animation Studios

Character Animation in a Feature Production
Victor Navone “Wall·E” – Pixar Animation Studios

Directing in an Animated Feature Production
Andrew Stanton “Wall·E” – Pixar Animation Studios

Production Design in an Animated Feature Production
Ralph Eggleston “Wall·E” – Pixar Animation Studios
Paul Felix “Bolt” – Walt Disney Animation Studios

Production Design in an Animated Television Production or Short Form
Andy Harkness “Glago’s Guest” – Walt Disney Animation Studios

Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production
Ronnie Del Carmen – “Wall·E” – Pixar Animation Studios
Joe Mateo “Bolt” – Walt Disney Animation Studios

Storyboarding in an Animated Television Production or Short Form
Chris Williams “Glago’s Guest” – Walt Disney Animation Studios

Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production
Ben Burtt – Voice of Wall·E – “Wall·E” – Pixar Animation Studios
Mark Walton – Voice of Rhino – “Bolt” – Walt Disney Animation Studios

Writing in an Animated Television Production or Short Form
Chris Williams – “Glago’s Guest” – Walt Disney Animation Studios

For the full listing of nominees go to: http://blueskydisney.blogspot.com/2008/12/annie-annoucements.html


2009 Mom’s Panel
The 2009 Disney Mom’s panel has started their training for the year ahead. AllEars.net has a nice article about the training and meeting the mom’s.


Trivia Teaser: Our friends, collectively known as Muppets, appear in three major populations Sesame Street, The Muppets (as in the Muppet Show) and Fraggles. Which appeared first?
a. Muppets
b. Fraggles
c. Sesame Street


Previous Teaser Answer: What is the communication line that Pongo and Perdita use to get dogs to help them find their puppies?

The Twilight Bark - Perdita calls it a gossip chain. Later in the movie it is called “The Barking Chain”.


World Wide Disney: Discount Edition:
Disney Cruiseline - Kids Sail Free


Haunted Mansion 40th Anniversary Spotlight: 9/9/09 is when Disney is celebrating The Haunted Mansions’ 40th Anniversary. To celebrate there will be a number of events throughout the year commemorating on the the best theme park rides ever built. On January 20 and 21 they will be selling tickets to a special merchandising event. Here are the details.


WDW Weather: Mostly sunny. High of 63 F.


Disneyland Weather: Mostly Sunny. High of 67 F.