Tag: Family Guy
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The Simpsons’ Production Crew Has Officially Unionized
20th Television Animation, the studio behind Fox’s “The Simpsons,” “Family Guy,” and “American Dad,” has agreed to acknowledge the production workers from the three shows forming a union within The Animation Guild. This voluntary recognition is a legal term that signifies an employer’s official recognition of an organization as the bargaining agent for a group of…
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Tommy Morgan, Harmonica Soloist for ‘Dances With Wolves,’ ‘Roots’ and Hundreds More Film and TV Scores, Dies at 89
Tommy Morgan, a harmonica soloist who contributed to hundreds of movie and TV shows including “Roots” and “Dances With Wolves,” died June 23. He was 89.Morgan played on film soundtracks and record dates going back to the early 1950s. His estimated 7,000 recording sessions, according to statistics on his website, suggest that more people have…
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Production Workers For The Simpsons, Family Guy, And American Dad Are Looking To Unionize
Today is a great day for the Animation Guild, IATSE Local 839, as the production workers at “The Simpsons,” “Family Guy,” and “American Dad!” have filed to join and begin collective bargaining for their very first union contract. All three series have a history on the Fox “Animation Domination” block and represent some of the…
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PGA Produced By Conference Sets Sessions With Charles D. King, Dan Lin
Updated: After a two-year hiatus, the Producers Guild of America is returning for its 12th annual Produced By Conference — to be held on June 11 and 12 at the Fox Studio Lot in Century City — and has announced a number of prominent speakers and panel sessions.Recently-added speakers include Peter Friedlander, DanTram Nguyen, Megan…
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TV, Interrupted: Clerks The Animated Series Deserved At Least 37 More Episodes (In A Row)
(Welcome to TV, Interrupted, a series where the /Film team remembers, eulogizes, and makes a case for the revival of TV shows we loved that were canceled far too soon.)In the modern era of television, animated sitcoms are nothing new. “The Simpsons” is one of the longest-running shows in television history and it inspired a…
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David Lynch Joins the Cast of Steven Spielberg’s ‘The Fabelmans’ in Secret Role
Steven Spielberg’s semi-autobiographical coming-of-age drama “The Fabelmans” just got a new twist in its casting. Variety reports that Oscar-winning “Blue Velvet” and “Mulholland Drive” filmmaker David Lynch has joined the cast of the ensemble drama in a top-secret, closely guarded role. Lynch is no stranger to being in front of the camera, as he has…
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Kevin Can F*** Himself Is F***ing Itself For The Last Time With Second And Final Season
If you haven’t already tuned in to AMC’s dramedy, “Kevin Can F*** Himself,” now is the time to experience the great dramedy starring Emmy award winner Annie Murphy of “Schitt’s Creek” fame. Murphy plays Allison McRoberts, a housewife from Worcester, Massachusetts trapped in a cringeworthy marriage to the titular Kevin, an irresponsible, insensitive, idiotic, and…
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The Great North Season 2: Release Date, Cast, And More
(Welcome to …And More, our no-frills, zero B.S. guide to when and where you can watch upcoming movies and shows, and everything else you could possibly stand to know.)If you’re looking for the best in adult animation, Fox continues to look like the place to be. “The Simpsons” just keeps trucking along, having recently completed…
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Seth MacFarlane Regrets ‘Family Guy’ Airing on Fox, Calls Out Tucker Carlson
Politics and art: strange bedfellows? Far from it! Why, they go together like peanut butter and pickles. If you don’t like to think about politics while you’re watching cartoons, then I guess you’re in a pickle, being eaten alive by Seth MacFarlane. The Family Guy creator has spoken out — as […]The post Seth MacFarlane…
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Dolph Lundgren, Matthew Rhys Join Voice Cast of ‘Seal Team,’ From South Africa’s Triggerfish (Exclusive)
Dolph Lundgren and Emmy-winner Matthew Rhys have joined the stellar voice cast of “Seal Team,” the upcoming animated feature from South Africa’s Triggerfish, which is receiving the MIFA Industry Award at the 60th Annecy Int’l Animation Film Festival.Cinema Management Group (Cmg), which handled worldwide sales on Triggerfish’s previous two animated hits, “Adventures in Zambezia” and…