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Annoying Orange Finally Gets Some Much-Deserved Juice From Cartoon Network (Video)

Kara Swisher in Media on November 18, 2011 at 5:54 am PT

Hey, Apple. Hey, Apple.

Viral Video: “Brave” Finally Gives a Princess a Job

Kara Swisher in Media on June 29, 2011 at 3:35 am PT

Disney animated movie unit Pixar finally comes out with a film in which a female character is at its center and actually has something to do.

Exclusive: Zynga About to File for IPO

Kara Swisher in News on May 24, 2011 at 3:32 pm PT

Zynga is poised to file for its initial public offering, according to sources close to the situation, as early as this week, or next week at the latest. The San Francisco-based online gaming company’s valuation in its last round of funding was $10 billion, but it is likely to price itself higher in an offering, given the recent series of strong IPOs for Internet companies.

Viral Video: "The Annoying Orange" Goes Hollywood

Kara Swisher in News on April 14, 2011 at 12:05 am PT

The hit YouTube video series “The Annoying Orange” is apparently going to become an animated television series. Orange ya glad I didn’t say banana?

Viral Video: The Next Role for the Facebook Movie's Mark Zuckerberg Is a Zuckerbird!

Kara Swisher in News on February 2, 2011 at 12:01 am PT

Here’s a trailer for the next movie that Jesse Eisenberg–the actor who played Mark Zuckerberg in the Oscar-nominated film “The Social Network”–stars in. It’s actually animated and about a Minnesota macaw who heads for Rio. There is apparently no drunken coding into the night or stock cramdowns or lifting of really good ideas from the muscled elite.

Viral Video: "SpongeBob SquarePants" Gets to Keep Living in a Pineapple Under the Sea

Kara Swisher in News on January 4, 2011 at 1:42 am PT

Nickelodeon has ordered up another season of its popular animated television series “SpongeBob SquarePants” for a ninth season. Yay! No, really–it is the only kids’ show I have been able to endure so far.

Viral Video: "The Kaboom of Doom" (In 3-D, Of Course)

Kara Swisher in News on November 12, 2010 at 7:11 am PT

Here’s a kid’s film that BoomTown–who is force-marched to see these until approximately 2018–is actually looking forward to: The sequel to the delightful “Kung Fu Panda.” This one, as everything in Hollywood must be these days, is in 3-D and subtitled “The Kaboom of Doom.”

Viral Video: Charlie Sheen, Of Course, Taiwanesed

Kara Swisher in News on November 3, 2010 at 12:44 am PT

Well, this is a slam dunk for the fine folks at Next Media Animation and their CGI geniuses. Charlie Sheen’s life should always be animated.

Hearst Makes Its iPad Debut With Esquire: Full Price, No Subscriptions

Peter Kafka in Media on October 8, 2010 at 4:00 am PT

If you’re the kind of person who refuses to pay paper-and-ink prices for digital goods, then this one isn’t for you. But none of the iPad magazines are. Meantime, this one’s pretty slick.

Viral Video: "South Park" Reaches 200 Episodes

Kara Swisher in News on April 14, 2010 at 5:30 am PT

Here’s the teaser for the 200th episode of the animated comedy goldmine that has been “South Park.” One of the most popular shows online, too, after 14 seasons, the Comedy Central television series will air the 200th episode tonight, in which all the celebrities ever mocked on it join in a class-action lawsuit. Tom Cruise, beware!