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Digital
Media FX News Archives
Sunday
- September 2, 2001
- Makeup FX Guru John Chambers
Passes Away
- New dFX Newsletter
Tommorow
- Cartoon Network Pleased with
Summer Ratings
- News Link of the Day
- Nickelodeon Writers Demand Union Representation
Makeup
FX Guru John Chambers Passes Away
(by digitalmediafx.com) One of Hollywood's great makeup FX artists
has passed away. John Chambers, who did work for the original
Planet of the Apes, Spock on the Star Trek series, and numerous
TV shows like The Munsters, The Outer Limits, and Mission Impossible,
died at the age of 78 due to "diabetes complications."
His death occurred on August 25.
Prior to the
1980's (when a makeup category was introduced at the Academy Awards)
only two makeup artists had ever been given honorary awards for
their work. Chambers was one of them. Chambers is also credited
with mastering the ability to make any actor bald using techniques
decades ago that remain a standard today.
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New dFX
Newsletter Tomorrow
(by digitalmediafx.com) A new edition of the dFX
Animation and Visual Effects newsletter will be delivered
via email to those who are subscribed. Each free issue of the
newsletter contains news stories and features not found in regular
Digital Media FX updates. Get a sneak peek at another feature
by Noell Evans along with the latest animation news. Click
here to subscribe.
As a reminder,
Digital Media FX is updated 365 days a year. As such, there will
be a news update tomorrow (Labor Day) in addition to a new edition
of the newsletter.
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Cartoon
Network Pleased with Summer Ratings
(by digitalmediafx.com) The Cartoon Network is pleased with its
summer ratings, claiming that it earned a 1.3 total day household
rating, tying for second place (with Lifetime) among ad-supported
cable networks. Here were some of the summer rating blockbusters
for the Cartoon Network:
On July 31,
Dexter's Laboratory (9 p.m.) scored the highest household rating
(2.9) and delivery (2,166,000 homes) of any Cartoon Network telecast
to date in 2001.
On Aug. 21,
The Powerpuff Girls (9:30 p.m.) earned its highest household rating
(2.6) and delivery (1,973,000 homes) ever.
Courage the
Cowardly Dog dug up its best-ever ratings and delivery on June
22 at 10 p.m. with tweens 9-14 (4.8, 820,000), kids 6-11 (7.0,
1,168,000) and kids 2-11 (7.0, 1,890,000).
Johnny Bravo
boasted its highest household rating (2.6) and delivery ever (1,953,000),
plus his best demographic ratings and delivery — tweens 9-14
(5.1, 882,000) and kids 6-11 (7.4, 1,266,000) — for the July
31 telecast at 9:30 p.m.
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News Link
of the Day - Nickelodeon Writers Demand Union Representation
According to Entertainment News Daily:
"As the
smiling faces from Nickelodeon's popular animated series peered
down from their rooftop perch, angry unionists picketed outside
the animation studio's headquarters Thursday.
The protest,
organized by the Writers Guild of America west, drew an estimated
150 participants, who demanded that Nickelodeon allow its writers
to organize under WGAw leadership..."
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