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1st Randy Pausch Prize from CMU ETC goes to Pixar’s Ed Catmull

As much as anyone Dr. Randy Pausch embodied creativity and technology combined. His work founding and teaching at the Entertainment Technology Center for Carnegie Mellon University, his life long passions, including working for Walt Disney Imagineering, and his emotional “Last Lecture”, in fact a gift for his kids, are good models for us all. So it makes sense that Dr. Ed Catmull, the co-founder of Pixar and current President of Pixar and Walt Disney Animation Studios, be awarded the first Randy Paucsh Prize.

Without the leadership and vision of Dr. Ed, Pixar would not exist; without his passion for excellence and creativity, Pixar would not have hit every ball out of the park with a perfect record of films out of the Emeryville Studios. Catmull will give a speech at CMU on September 26th when he receives his award.

The full press release is below the cut:

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Disney/ABC inflates schedule with five new shows

For a while there it looked like “Life On Mars” was going to be the only new drama added to the ABC Schedule this year. The Writer’s Strike caused a delay in this year’s Pilot season, and ABC decided to wait until it had time… Read More »Disney/ABC inflates schedule with five new shows

Next Celebrity Slate Set for ABC’s Dancing With The Stars

The cast of the seventh season of Dancing With The Stars on ABC has been revealed and along with the usual roles (singer, athlete, boy band member, actor, actress, football player) there are a few choices that are bound to surprise. The three hour premiere… Read More »Next Celebrity Slate Set for ABC’s Dancing With The Stars

Pixar’s Collective (and Creative) Genius

Readers of the September 2008 issue of the influential business management journal the Harvard Business Review will find plenty to absorb in the cover story written by Pixar co-founder and current president Ed Catmull. Catmull details how Pixar’s legendary creativity is an integral part of… Read More »Pixar’s Collective (and Creative) Genius

What’s Hot in the World of Disney

It’s been a while since I’ve done this. But every once and a while I think it’s interesting to go see what’s hot in the world of Disney. This month we’ll look at the bestselling Disney items on Amazon. Usually we learn a little something.… Read More »What’s Hot in the World of Disney

Sunday Reading – Disney Links

Brady MacDonald at the LA Times has a look at the return of the Flying Saucers to Disneyland… only this time they’re Tires not UFOs and they’re at California Adventure as part of the newly themed ‘Carsland’. Meet “Luigi’s Roamin’ Tires“. Laughingplace.com has the details… Read More »Sunday Reading – Disney Links

Animation History: Collection of Sketches from Walt Disney’s South American Trip

There’s a bit of animation history up for bid over on eBay right now. It’s a collection of character drawings and autographs from Walt Disney and a few of the artists who accompanied him on his famous South American tour in 1941. Other artists include… Read More »Animation History: Collection of Sketches from Walt Disney’s South American Trip

The Huge Size of Harry Potter World at Universal IOA

The other day I had the opportunity to see exactly how big the show building Universal is building to house the new Wizarding World of Harry Potter attraction. It’s huge! I’m trying to think of an equivilant so you get the idea. It’s about the… Read More »The Huge Size of Harry Potter World at Universal IOA