Monday morning, ASIFA-Hollywood announced the 45th annual Annie Award nominees. The highest honor in animation, the Annie Awards were created in 1972 by veteran voice actress June Foray, and include awards for achievement in voice acting for both animated features and broadcast productions.
The Annie Award nominations in the two voice acting categories are as follows:
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT FOR VOICE ACTING IN AN ANIMATED TELEVISION / BROADCAST PRODUCTION
The Annie Awards ceremony will be held Saturday, February 3, 2017 at the UCLA's Royce Hall in Los Angeles.For a complete list of all Annie Award nominees announced today, please visit www.annieawards.org.
The official Facebook Page of the Chicago-based improvisational theater group, The Second City, has reported that troupe alum and voice actor Tino Insana passed away Wednesday evening at the age of 69.
According to the group's tribute, "Tino was 'discovered' by producer Joyce Sloane when he and his friends Steve Beshekas and John Belushi were doing shows under the name of the 'West Compass Players.' Apparently, the trio was performing entire scenes that they had seen at Second City as part of their act. Instead of sending a cease and desist, Joyce and Bernie Sahlins hired John and Tino to be part of The Second City ensemble."
In the world of voiceover, Insana was best known for bringing to life the characters of Dr. Reginald Bushroot on Disney's Darkwing Duck and Uncle Ted on Bobby's World. Other notable voice credits include Pig on the Back to the Barnyard film and series, Mr. Grouper on Bubble Guppies, and Barf on Spaceballs: The Animated Series.
On-screen, he can be seen in such classic films as "Three Amigos, Beverly Hills Cop III, and Who's Harry Crumb?.
Hasbro, the company behind some of the most popular toy franchises like Transformers and My Little Pony, will be making its foray into the convention scene this year. Their HASCON "family and fan event" will be held September 8 - 10 , 2017 in Providence, Rhode Island to promote its most popular brands.
For several months, we've been teased by promotional pictures of what guests and events HASCON might include. And while a lot of the details still haven't been released, Hasbro has revealed enough to at least pique our interests when tickets went on sale this week.
HASCON has announced legendary Transformers voice actors Frank Welker (Megatron) and Peter Cullen (Optimus Prime) will be in attendance, along with My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic voice actors Andrea Libman (Pinkie Pie) and Cathy Weseluck (Spike). Additional guests will no doubt be announced over the coming months.
The convention schedule is still not fully fleshed out, but currently includes Dungeons & Dragons and Magic: The Gathering play events.
HASCON adult tickets start at $60 for a single day and run up to a whopping $642 for a three-day, VIP experience which includes a "Goodie Bag" filled with surprises and souvenirs, various evening activities, a green screen experience, and reserved theater seating for the Main Panels.
To purchase tickets and get more information on HASCON, please visit hascon.hasbro.com.
This morning, ASIFA-Hollywood announced the 44th annual Annie Award nominees. The highest honor in animation, the Annie Awards were created in 1972 by veteran voice actress June Foray, and include awards for achievement in voice acting for both animated features and broadcast productions.
The Annie Award nominations in the two voice acting categories are as follows:
VOICE ACTING IN AN ANIMATED TELEVISION / BROADCAST PRODUCTION
The Annie Awards ceremony will be held Saturday, February 4, 2017 at the UCLA's Royce Hall in Los Angeles.For a complete list of all Annie Award nominees announced today, please visit www.annieawards.org.
Back in March, Disney XD announced an animated series adaptation of Disney's Academy-Award film, Big Hero 6, would be coming to its channel sometime in 2017. Now we know that the upcoming series will also reunite much of the film's original cast to voice the lead characters in the show.
Wasabi, voiced by Daymon Wayans Jr. in the film, will be voiced by Teen Titans Go! voice actor Khary Payton, and Saturday Night Live cast member Brooks Wheelan will take over voicing Fred in the new series.
The animated series picks up right after the events of the movie, following the adventures of Hiro, Baymax, and the rest of the Big Hero 6 team to protect the city. In his day-to-day life, Hiro faces academic challenges and social trials as the new prodigy at San Fransokyo Institute of Technology. Kim Possible creators Mark McCorckle and Bob Schooley will executive produce the show, along with Nick Filippi.
Keep an eye out for the new Big Hero 6 animated series coming to Disney XD next year.
