Pixar’s inspirational ‘Smash and Grab’ short is an explosive tribute to friendship

Pixar is back with another adorable SparkShorts to make your heart grow and your eyes misty. 
In Smash and Grab, two robot pals labor day after day aboard some kind of future-world “coal” mining train (it’s not coal, but just stick with me h…

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Consolidation is coming to gaming, and Jam City raises $145 million to capitalize on it

A slew of banks are coming together to back a new roll-up strategy for the Los Angeles-based mobile gaming studio, Jam City and giving the company $145 million in new funding to carry that out. There’s no word on whether the new money is in equity or debt, but what is certain is that JPMorgan Chase […]

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This innocent Disney kids toy sings a song that sounds very, very NSFW

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As far as talking cars go, Lightning McQueen always seemed like a total hornball.

YouTuber Boo Tube recently uploaded a video featuring a highly sexualized Lightning McQueen car.

What starts out as a generic, bubbly pop song soon turns into something that would make anyone with functioning eardrums do a double take. It’s a sight to see as much as it’s a song to … mute in front of your children.

The Cars toy isn’t the only Disney toy to feature the song. In April, Facebook user Lasca Mrozovich uploaded a video featuring the same song on their child’s Mickey car.  Read more…

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Disney unveils the name of its Netflix competitor, plus new Marvel and Star Wars shows

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Disney’s Netflix competitor finally has a name.

The long-awaited Disney video-streaming service will be known simply as Disney+. Company CEO Bob Iger unveiled the name during a Thursday earnings call. Iger also announced that the service will launch in the U.S. in late 2019.

Disney has been planning its video-streaming service since at least 2017 when the company said it was going to end its multi-year contract with Netflix and pull all of its content off the service. The reason for doing so was simple. Disney wants to move all of its properties — including Disney classics, Pixar movies, the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and Star Wars films — to its very own streaming platform. Read more…

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5 sneaky Apple references in Pixar movies

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When it comes to Easter eggs, Pixar wins. Not just for its self-referential moments, but also for its nod to Apple. Pixar’s success is credited in part to Steve Jobs, Pixar’s former owner and CEO — so these film references are likely a nod to Jobs’ tech legacy.

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The 5 most obvious Apple references in Pixar films

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You might already know that Pixar movies are Easter egg gold mines. The animation studio is famously self-referential — inspiring, for example, an elaborate fan theory suggesting that all of the films exist in the same universe.

But Pixar movies are also full of Apple references. Yes, the tech company.

‘Why Apple?’ you wonder. Well, Pixar’s massive success is often credited in part to Steve Jobs, Pixar’s former owner and CEO. 

Jobs purchased Pixar from Lucasfilm in 1985 after being pushed out of Apple and was the the studio’s largest shareholder until it was sold to Disney in 2006. Jobs eventually made his way back to Apple in 1997 as CEO, but maintained his position at Pixar until its sale. Pixar’s film references to Apple are presumably a nod to Jobs’ tech legacy and the success he brought the studio. Read more…

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Disney to debut its first VR short next month

Walt Disney Animation Studio is set to debut its first VR short film, Cycles, this August in Vancouver, the Association for Computing Machinery announced today. The plan is for it to be a headliner at the ACM’s computer graphics conference (SIGGRAPH), joining other forms of VR, AR and MR entertainment in the conference’s designated Immersive Pavilion. This […]

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