News bytes: Azaria's Apology, New SPA VP, Charlie Brown Vinyl, and more

News bytes: Azaria's Apology, New SPA VP, Charlie Brown Vinyl, and more


Hank Azaria apologizes for Apu
In Monday's episode of the podcast Chair expert, hosted by Dax Shephard and Monica Padman, the veteran Simpson the voice actor and Emmy winner apologized for his portrayal of Apu Nahasapeemapetilon in the longtime FOX cartoon, which he modeled after Peter Sellers' brown face The party (1968). Azaria announced that she would no longer be voicing the character in January 2020.

"I've had a date with destiny with this thing for about 31 years. Part of me feels like I have to go to every single Indian person in this country and apologize personally, and sometimes I do when it comes out," Azaria said. , taking the opportunity to do so with Padman, who is Indian-American. He added: "We tried to play a funny and caring character - just because there were good intentions doesn't mean there weren't real and negative consequences that I'm responsible for."

Sony Pictures Animation Appoints Justinian Huang VP Creative
The new veep joins SPA from Pearl Studio in Shanghai, where as development manager he oversaw the co-production Abominable (with DreamWorks Animation) and the Oscar-nominated Netflix original Beyond the Moonand built the studio's roster focusing on creative collaborations with Asian and Asian-American talent. Huang was also Stephen Chow's chief executive King of the monkeys and he was a development executive Kung Fu Panda 3. Report to SPA president Kristine Belson.

"A Boy Named Charlie Brown" Vince Guaraldi Trio set for vinyl release
Craft Recordings announces a vinyl reissue of the Peanuts classic, featuring nine evocative cues from the Trio and recently remastered from Kevin Gray's original analog tapes at Cohearent Audio. In stores July 16 and available for pre-order today, the LP also includes a special bonus: eight collectible baseball cards featuring Snoopy, Woodstock, Pepperita Patty, Linus and Lucy Van Pelt, Franklin Armstrong, Schroeder and, of course, managers and pitcher, Charlie Brown. On the back of the cards are key stats for each player, including field position and favorite sandwich.

A boy named Charlie Brown will be offered in three color variations, including a green grass print at Target, a light blue version for Vinyl Me Please, plus a special edition of brown baseball gloves at the Craft Recordings Store, limited to 350 units. Additionally, one of the album's most memorable tracks, the "Baseball Theme" rhythm, will be available for the first time as an independent 7 "single, exclusively for Record Store Day 2021. Offers the original soundtrack of the 1964 version of the song, plus an alternate studio version, the limited edition version is printed on white vinyl and contained in a colorful jacket, featuring whimsical baseball-themed imagery of Charlie Brown and Snoopy. Find a participating retailer at RecordStoreDay.com.

TXT will present a live premiere for their animated film "The Doom's Night"
K-pop group Tomorrow X Together announced via Twitter that the film - named after the first section of their music video for "Eternally" - will debut on April 18 at 15:30 pm. KST (2:30 am EST) with a limited in person launch and an online preview on the band's YouTube channel.

Opinion: Disney's Growing Monopoly Breeds Uniformity in Animation
Joice He laments the recent closure of the multi-billion dollar company Ice Age the Blue Sky studio, the homogenization of major CGI animated films and Mouse's record of LGBTQ + performances in this vision of the scene for UCLA Daily Bruin.

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