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animation
“Last Day of Freedom”: Two brothers, one a murderer
Twenty-nine minutes past midnight on May 4, 1999, Manny Babbitt’s execution by lethal injection began in San Quentin, Calif. By 12:37 a.m., he was officially pronounced dead.
Seth Rogen’s ‘Bigfoot’ pilot ordered by FX
That elusive Sasquatch has been found, and he’s on FX! Or at least he will be soon.
SLIDESHOW: Shimon Peres meets Hollywood
Israeli President Shimon Peres visits DreamWorks Animation on March 9.
Israeli film ‘Waltz With Bashir’ has an anti-war beat
The oddly titled film combines state-of-the-art animation, an anti-war documentary theme and a psychoanalytic approach to recover the memory of a traumatized Israeli soldier.
Producer Josephson’s vision for a new fairy-tale princess stars in Disney’s ‘Enchanted’
One of Barry Josephson\’s first forays into the world of fairy tales was in an elementary school production of \”Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.\” Although the \”Men in Black\” producer doesn\’t remember which dwarf he played, that glimmer of the land between \”once upon a time\” and \”happily ever after,\” started him on the path to creating Disney\’s latest film, \”Enchanted,\” opening in theaters Nov. 21.
Scary ‘Monster House’ comes direct from the basement
For the film\’s characters and design, Kenan at times drew on his own childhood memories of creepy houses and neighbors. When he lived in Ramat Gan, he says there was a dark, shuttered house across the street from his family\’s apartment; a weird woman sometimes shouted from within.