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Here's Why There's A Red Sombrero Icon On The Moto X Home Screen Today
Motorola has set out to create a new platform called "Spotlight Stories" that uses contemporary technology to reinvent the age-old practice of storytelling. Wired has the story this morning. If you own...
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Disney's Brilliant Strategy: Make Fewer Movies
The Mouse House is farming out moviemaking duties to Marvel, Lucasfilm and Pixar — and turning them into so much moreDisney has settled on a brilliant business strategy — make as few movies as...
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See How Pixar Uses Apple's $3,000 Mac To Make Beautiful Movies
The first Mac Pro reviews are in, and it truly does deserve the title of "fastest Mac ever."Of course, it's hard to express to average users why a computer that starts at $2,999, even with all of the...
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This Company Has A New iPad App That Talks To Your Kids
Correction: An early version of this story said the co-founder of ToyTalk worked on the Siri project. He did not. We apologize for this error.Every episode of a kid's show follows a similar pattern...
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Here's What Happens When A Pixar Artist Storyboards His Favorite R-Rated Movies
As the makers of the most high-minded children's entertainment in the movie business, it would stand to reason some Pixar artists' taste runs more toward adult fare. (Also, obviously every single one...
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This Theory About The True Identity Of Andy's Mom In 'Toy Story' Is Genius
In July 2013, Jon Negroni published "The Pixar Theory," in which he dissected all 14 Pixar films and proposed that the characters from each movie live in the same world. Below, he unwraps the potential...
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15 Things You Didn't Know About Pixar
In the 28 years that Pixar has been around, the animation studio has raked in 27 Oscars and over $8 billion dollars in gross revenues — off of only 14 movies. That's more than $500 million per feature....
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12 Places In Pixar Movies That Actually Exist In Real Life
An Easter egg, as it relates to movies, is when the movie's creators hide something in the film that's an intentional inside joke. Some Easter eggs are more well known, like how Hitchock makes cameo...
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How Napkin Sketches During A Pixar Lunch Meeting Led To Four Of The Studio's...
For the first time in 9 years a Pixar film will not be on the summer movie schedule.Fans will have to wait until next year's "The Good Dinosaur" to enjoy the vibrant colors and heartfelt story that has...
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Disney Has Been Hiding A Secret Message In Its Movies For Years
Pixar has been known for its Easter eggs — hidden messages in films — but one of its best has to do with A113.A video on Disney Pixar's YouTube page shows A113 can be found in almost all of Pixar's...
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Here's How Pixar Names Its Characters
Editor's note: We recently came across the following intriguing question on Quora: "How do people at Pixar select the names for their characters?"We've published the full answer of one Quora user Craig...
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4 Tips On How To Be Wildly Creative From Pixar's President
Growing up, Ed Catmull was transfixed by two things: Disney films and computer science. He went on to earn his PhD in the latter, but he never forgot the magic he discovered in animation. Finally, a...
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Steve Jobs Taught This Man How To Win Arguments With Really Stubborn People
Have you got any stubborn people in your life? Well, here's a brilliant life lesson shared by Pixar cofounder and Walt Disney President Ed Catmull.He spent 26 years working with the notoriously...
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A Guy With No Engineering Experience Invented A Wheelchair That Can Go...
Brad Soden makes go-anywhere, do-anything wheelchairs under the well-chosen company name of Tankchair, and we learned all about his business in this excellent write-up on Bloomberg...
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Pixar's Next Movie 'Inside Out' Is About The Inner-Workings Of The Brain
From "Toy Story" to "Wall-E," Pixar has brought us some of the most emotional and thought-provoking animated pictures.One of the reasons the studio's movies continue to win Academy Awards year after...
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11 Movie Sequels That Came Out More Than 10 Years After The Original
With so many sequels over the last couple of years, it's easy to forget that some follow-ups take a long time to get made.Take, for example, "Dumb and Dumber To." The film, whose trailer was just...
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The Chinese Version Of Pixar Raised $20M While Making Its First 3D Movie
Light Chaser Animation Studios, a Beijing-based developer of animated films, raised $20 million in a Series B investment round led by GGV Capital and Chengwei Capital while working on its first 3D...
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Pixar's President On The 1 Question Successful People Should Never Ask...
Pixar cofounder Ed Catmull's life changed in 1995. His company went public a week before its first movie, "Toy Story," became an instant hit.But after achieving the biggest goal he had ever set for...
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This Chart Shows How Disney Will Dominate Theaters For The Next Two Years
Disney's upcoming movie release schedule should have rival studios worrying. Variety senior editor Marc Graser tweeted out this photo showing Walt Disney Studios' film plans for the next two years and,...
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How The 'Avengers' Director Saved 'Toy Story' From An Unwatchable Early Script
Pixar's iconic "Toy Story" might never have happened if not for help from future "Avengers" writer and director Joss Whedon.Based on original Pixar short "Tin Toy," an early rough draft of "Toy Story"...
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