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Entries from Gothamist tagged with 'toystory'

October 31, 2007

Musical theater star and lounge singer extraordinaire Robert Goulet died yesterday of pulmonary fibrosis while awaiting a lung transplant in an L.A. hospital; he was 73. In the early 60s Goulet skyrocketed to fame through his performance as Lancelot in the smash Broadway hit Camelot. He soon became a seemingly timeless fixture on both the musical theater touring circuit and the Vegas strip – in 1982 he was proclaimed Vegas Entertainer of the Year –......

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June 28, 2007

Ratatouille (directed by Brad Bird) For fans of animated movies, the work produced by the Pixar studio hold a prominent place in our hearts. Pixar and their often rocky involvement with the Disney Company was back in the news a year and a half ago, when Disney (who had previously released a number of Pixar projects like Toy Story, Monsters Inc and The Incredibles) purchased Pixar to the tune of $7.4 billion in stock and......

Continue Reading "The Cinecultist's Weekly Movie Pick: Gourmand Rodent Edition"

February 26, 2006

Have you felt like our posts are a little lackluster today? You aren't wrong. There are two reasons for our general meh today: One, today is Sunday and honestly we just didn't get enough sleep last night. Two, this mash-up of Toy Story 2 and Requiem for a Dream: Now, before you bitter commentators start with your "Gothamist is a blog about New York" nonsense, remember that Requiem for a Dream was set in Gotham.......

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December 27, 2005

The National Film Preservation Board run by the LIbrary of Congress, added 25 films to the National Film Registry for 2005. The choices run from 1933's Baby Face to 1995's Toy Story. As the registry's James Billington says, "The films we choose are not necessarily the 'best' American films ever made or the most famous, but they are films that continue to have cultural, historical or aesthetic significance." But some are pretty great - like......

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December 14, 2005

Starting tonight through February 6, the MOMA presents a Pixar (Toy Story, The Incredibles, Finding Nemo) Animation Art retrospective in honor of the studio’s 20th anniversary. The film classics and rarely-seen shorts are to accompany Pixar: 20 Years of Animation – the most extensive animation gallery MOMA ever presented – which will feature interactive kiosks and over 500 works of original art, including early Edna Mode sketches, concept pieces, 35mm prints film prints, sculptures,......

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May 24, 2004

Blah blah blah, Shrek 2 made over $100 million over a five day period, which is a record for any film except Spiderman 2 and a record for an animated film with the voices of a Canadian, former model, one of the greatest comics, a Spaniard who stars in some great Almodovar films, a member of Monty Python, and Mary Poppins (while Shrek 2's record breaking is legit, if we had a buck for everytime......

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