Nickelodeon paid $60-million to own all the licensing for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, making them the official owner of the revitalized franchise. Current plans call for CG-animated series that will debut in 2012, as well a movie distributed by Paramount in 2012.

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PR Speak:

"Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles shares a comedic sensibility with the
Nickelodeon DNA, with added layers of action and fantasy that have kept this
property an evergreen favorite with multiple generations of audiences," said
Cyma Zarghami, President, Nickelodeon/MTVN Kids and Family Group. "We are
extremely happy to have the opportunity to be able to focus on this property
and creatively re-introduce it to a new generation of kids." 

"Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is a property that maintains a very passionate
global fan base, is rich with opportunity for a tentpole movie, and is exactly
the right property for us to work together with Nickelodeon," said Adam
Goodman, President, Paramount Pictures.

"Mirage has been the proud keeper of the Turtles' brand since 1984, and in
2009 we celebrated their 25th anniversary with our legions of fans," said Gary
Richardson, CEO, Mirage Studios. "Nickelodeon is a powerhouse global brand,
and we are confident that the company will be a wonderful steward for
Leonardo, Raphael, Michelangelo, Donatello and all the other TMNT characters
and take them in all kinds of exciting and new creative directions."

"We enjoyed our eight-year partnership with Mirage during which 4Kids and
Mirage re-launched the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise for a new
generation of kids around the world," said Alfred Kahn, Chairman and CEO of
4Kids Entertainment, Inc.  "We will also work with Mirage and Viacom so that
our Turtles' licensees can be assured of a seamless transition."

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Disney’s classic animated masterpiece originally released in 1937, is finally getting the high-definition treatment with a Blu-Ray release on October 8th. This latest version is the best available, perhaps even rivaling the original print.

If you have children who haven’t experienced the story and magic of Snow White, then let this version be their gateway drug to all things Disney. At only $19.99, it’s a steal of a price.

Order Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs on Blu-Ray

This is a two disc set packed with extra features, including:

BD Live Exclusive Features: Disney Smart Navigation Your Guide, the Magic Mirror, will guide you through the Blu-ray interactive experience. He has artificial intelligence enhanced by BD Live. He knows what the weather is like, what time of day it is and more!, DisneyView: Disneys pioneering animated feature is brought to the modern era of widescreen high definition viewing by allowing the user to expand their viewing experience beyond the original aspect ratio of the film. Acclaimed Disney artist Toby Bluth was able to draw beyond the borders of classic full frame cinema and fill the otherwise dark edges of the screen with beautiful custom imagery, giving audiences a new view of their animated classic favorite

Backstage Disney: Hyperion Studios – Audiences are digitally transported to 1937 to discover firsthand, Hyperion Studios, the original studio Walt Disney himself built and where Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was conceived and developed. Viewers will virtually walk the halls of this historic landmark experiencing life at Hyperion Studios back in the 1930s. This feature contains newly dimensionalized archival photos, never before heard animator recordings, archival transcripts and rare footage of Walt himself revealing how Disney s gifted filmmakers crafted the very first animated feature.

Animation Voice Talent, Dopeys Wild Mine Ride – interactive set-top game, Disney Through The Decades & A New Century featurettes, Heigh-Ho Karaoke Sing-Along, Disney Family Play Games including Jewel Jumble Game BD Live allows players to compete against connected players from all over the world, What Do You See Game BD Live allows players to compete against connected players from all over the world, Mirror, Mirror on the Wall Game This mirror can find the secret princess inside each viewer with a series of questions. After the Magic Mirror determines what Disney Princess you are most like, then, enabled by BD Live you can receive a magical phone call from that Princess.

Example of Stop-Motion Animation with PhotoLapse 3

You can download PhotoLapse 3 here.

Scientists used a computer animation of a chimpanzee engaged in the act of yawning and were surprised to find that real chimpanzee viewing the images responded with their own yawns. This marks the first time an animal has been shown to empathize with an animated reality.

From Discovery:

Since the compulsion to yawn after watching another individual yawn is not a conscious decision, the study suggests even non-living representations of humans and animals can affect the emotions and certain subsequent actions of humans and chimps at a subconscious level.

Prior research has found that children who play violent video games may act in a more violent manner later. In this case, however, the experiment just led to a lot of relaxed chimps.

What is it about yawning that is so contagious, even more so in humans?

The current theory is:

Contagious yawning, Campbell explained, may have evolved to allow some animals “to coordinate activity better, resting when other individuals are resting” in order that they “can travel when it’s time to travel, eat when it’s time to eat” and so on.