Thursday, January 11, 2024

Classic Rugrats Comic Strip for January 11, 2024 | Nickelodeon

Classic Rugrats Comic Strip for January 11, 2024 | Nickelodeon

Classic Rugrats Comic Strip for January 11, 2024 | Nickelodeon

Stream the classic and the all new CG-animated Rugrats series on Paramount+! Try it FREE at ParamountPlus.com!

Rugrats, provided to Creators Syndicate by Nickelodeon, based off the popular animated television series has been created for children and family's to laugh and enjoy together.

Follow these comics and their take on real episodes of the show and their own spin on hilarious adventures.

Read more Rugrats comic strips!: https://www.creators.com/features/rugrats

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MGM+ To Premiere 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem' on Jan. 19

Premium cable network MGM+ (formally Epix) will premiere Nickelodeon Movies' 2023 blockbuster Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem on Friday, January 19 at 8:00 p.m. (ET/PT)!

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem

In Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - Mutant Mayhem, after years of hiding in the shadows, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles set out to win the hearts of New Yorkers and join the human world as normal teenagers. With the help of their new friend, budding journalist April O’Neil, Raph, Mikey, Leo and Donnie take on a powerful criminal underworld - but will their ninja skills be enough to bring down an army of mutants?

The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem cast includes: Micah Abbey as Donatello; Shamon Brown Jr. as Michelangelo; Nicolas Cantu as Leonardo; Brady Noon as Raphael; Hannibal Buress as Genghis Frog; Rose Byrne as Leatherhead; John Cena as Rocksteady; Jackie Chan as Splinter; Ice Cube as Superfly; Natasia Demetriou as Wingnut; Ayo Edebiri as April O'Neil; Giancarlo Esposito as Baxter Stockman; Post Malone as Ray Fillet; Seth Rogen as Bebop; Paul Rudd as Mondo Gecko; and Maya Rudolph as Cynthia Utrom.

Production credits:

PARAMOUNT PICTURES and NICKELODEON MOVIES Present
A POINT GREY Production “TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: MUTANT MAYHEM”
Music Supervisor GABE HILFER Music by TRENT REZNOR & ATTICUS ROSS
Co-Producer LUKAS WILLIAMS Executive Producers RAMSAY MCBEAN JOSH FAGEN
Produced by SETH ROGEN, p.g.a EVAN GOLDBERG, p.g.a JAMES WEAVER, p.g.a
Based on the TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES Characters Created by PETER LAIRD and KEVIN EASTMAN
Story by BRENDAN O’BRIEN and SETH ROGEN & EVAN GOLDBERG & JEFF ROWE
Screenplay by SETH ROGEN & EVAN GOLDBERG & JEFF ROWE and DAN HERNANDEZ & BENJI SAMIT
Co-Directed by KYLER SPEARS Directed by JEFF ROWE

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'TMNT: Mutant Mayhem' Nominated For 'Motion Pictures – Animated' Award In 60th Annual CAS Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing 2023

The Cinema Audio Society has announced that Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem has been nominated for the "Motion Pictures – Animated" award in the 60th Annual CAS Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing 2023!

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem

Nominees of the 60th Annual CAS Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing 2023 were selected by CAS members; they review hundreds of projects. Winners of this year's CAS Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing 2023 will be announced during a ceremony at the Beverly Hilton on March 2nd, where award-winning sound mixer Joe Earle CAS (Six Feet Under) will be honored with a Career Achievement Award. A full list of 60th Annual CAS Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing 2023 nominations can be found here.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem's 60th Annual CAS Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing 2023 nomination in full:

Original Dialogue Mixer – Doc Kane CAS
Re-Recording Mixer – Michael Semanick
Re-Recording Mixer – Mark Mangini
Scoring Mixer – Trent Reznor 
Scoring Mixer – Atticus Ross 
ADR Mixer – Chris Cirino
Foley Mixer – Chelsea Body

In Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - Mutant Mayhem, after years of hiding in the shadows, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles set out to win the hearts of New Yorkers and join the human world as normal teenagers. With the help of their new friend, budding journalist April O’Neil, Raph, Mikey, Leo and Donnie take on a powerful criminal underworld - but will their ninja skills be enough to bring down an army of mutants?

The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem cast includes: Micah Abbey as Donatello; Shamon Brown Jr. as Michelangelo; Nicolas Cantu as Leonardo; Brady Noon as Raphael; Hannibal Buress as Genghis Frog; Rose Byrne as Leatherhead; John Cena as Rocksteady; Jackie Chan as Splinter; Ice Cube as Superfly; Natasia Demetriou as Wingnut; Ayo Edebiri as April O'Neil; Giancarlo Esposito as Baxter Stockman; Post Malone as Ray Fillet; Seth Rogen as Bebop; Paul Rudd as Mondo Gecko; and Maya Rudolph as Cynthia Utrom.

Production credits:

PARAMOUNT PICTURES and NICKELODEON MOVIES Present
A POINT GREY Production “TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: MUTANT MAYHEM”
Music Supervisor GABE HILFER Music by TRENT REZNOR & ATTICUS ROSS
Co-Producer LUKAS WILLIAMS Executive Producers RAMSAY MCBEAN JOSH FAGEN
Produced by SETH ROGEN, p.g.a EVAN GOLDBERG, p.g.a JAMES WEAVER, p.g.a
Based on the TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES Characters Created by PETER LAIRD and KEVIN EASTMAN
Story by BRENDAN O’BRIEN and SETH ROGEN & EVAN GOLDBERG & JEFF ROWE
Screenplay by SETH ROGEN & EVAN GOLDBERG & JEFF ROWE and DAN HERNANDEZ & BENJI SAMIT
Co-Directed by KYLER SPEARS Directed by JEFF ROWE

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Nickelodeon Taps Former Amazon Kids Original Content Lead Veronica Pickett

Nickelodeon has hired former Amazon Kids original content lead Veronica Pickett in an unspecified role, Kidscreen is reporting.

Nickelodeon Splat logo (2023 rebrand)

Pickett says that the move is unrelated to “several hundred” Prime Video and Amazon MGM Studios team members being laid off, adding that she wasn’t asked to leave Amazon Kids, and that the Amazon Kids team is not affected by the layoffs.

A writer who had previously worked at Nickelodeon and 9 Story Media Group, Pickett joined Amazon in 2019 to lead the development of Alexa for Kids. She took over the Amazon Kids original content team a year later, overseeing original series and development. During this time, Pickett shepherded original kids shows including Angry Birds Mystery Island and Blippi’s Treehouse.

During her time at Nickelodeon, Pickett worked in the script department for Blaze and the Monster Machines.

Veronica Pickett

Mike Hopkins, SVP of Prime Video and Amazon MGM Studios, sent out an internal memo today (Jan. 10) announcing the layoffs. Staffers in North America whose roles are affected were notified this morning, and international employees will find out their fate by the end of the week. 

Hopkins noted in the memo that Prime Video has grown substantially and now has an impressive portfolio featuring its Freevee AVOD platform and a TVOD collective of more than 650 partner channels worldwide. But the company has been looking for areas where investment can be scaled back, and as a result, these layoffs are necessary to ensure its long-term success. 

“We’ve identified opportunities to reduce or discontinue investments in certain areas while increasing our investment and focus on content and product initiatives that deliver the most impact,” said Hopkins in the memo. “Our prioritization of initiatives that we know will move the needle, along with our continued investments in programming, marketing and product, positions our business for an even stronger future.”

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Skydance Media CEO Exploring All-Cash Bid to Take Control of Paramount - Report

Skydance Media CEO David Ellison is exploring an all-cash bid to acquire entertainment giant Paramount Global's parent National Amusements, a person familiar with the matter said on Wednesday (Jan. 10).

Paramount Mountain

Ellison could take control of National Amusements with financing from Skydance's existing investors, which include The Ellison family, RedBird Capital Partners and Tencent, the source said, confirming a report in the Wall Street Journal.

If successful, Ellison would pursue a second step to merge Paramount Global with Skydance, the company behind such films as Top Gun: Maverick and Mission: Impossible -- Dead Reckoning Part One.

Talks are in early stages and may not result in a deal, the source cautioned.

Paramount frequently receives expressions of interest in acquiring Paramount Pictures, the storied studio whose library includes such classics as Star Trek, The Godfather and Indiana Jones, sources have previously told Reuters.

Shari Redstone, whose family controls Paramount, has been reluctant to part with one of Hollywood's most prestigious studios.

However, the deterioration of the global entertainment business has wiped out more than $16 billion in value from the media company formed through the hard-fought reunion of CBS and Viacom in 2019.

The company’s market capitalization was $9.4 billion on Thursday-- less than the valuation of Viacom before the merger.

People close to Redstone say she believes the company as “grossly undervalued,” and would consider a deal that “makes sense.”

In December, it was reported that Warner Bros Discovery CEO David Zaslav and Paramount CEO Bob Bakish had met to discuss a potential deal.

National Amusements directly or indirectly owns 77% of the voting shares of Paramount. National Amusements also controls CBS, cable networks Nickelodeon, MTV and Comedy Central, streaming service Paramount+, and also owns 800 film screens in the U.S.

Paramount could be worth $38.8 billion and equity could be worth about $38 per share if the firm's networks, production assets and DTC business were sold individually, Citi had estimated on Dec. 11 after news reports on sale interests.

National Amusements and Larry Ellison did not immediately respond to Reuters requests for comment, while Paramount declined comment.

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Originally published: January 11, 2024.

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'Danger Force' Star Cooper Barnes Teaches Kids to Be a Hero to Animals in Superpowered PETA Video

Danger Force Star Teaches Kids to Be a Hero to Animals in Superpowered PETA Video

'Danger Force' Star Cooper Barnes Teaches Kids to Be a Hero to Animals in Superpowered PETA Video'

Los Angeles – January 9, 2024 – Nickelodeon star Cooper Barnes, best known for fighting injustice as the impervious Captain Man on Danger Force, is recruiting new sidekicks to join him in the fight against cruelty to animals as he stars in a new comic book-inspired video for PETA Kids, PETA’s division for kids 12 and younger, that explores how to be a hero to animals.

The superpowered Henry Danger mentor (and real-life super-dad), who hasn't eaten meat since he was eight-years-old, covers several ways parents can teach kids kindness toward animals: Don’t chase birds, move spiders in the house safely outdoors—and, of course, “Don’t eat them!”

“You’re not going to be a hero to anything that you eat,” Barnes says.


In an accompanying Q&A video, the longtime vegetarian—whose family is also meat-free—busts myths about raising vegan kids. Barnes reminds parents that kids will grow just as big and strong on vegan meals rich in vitamins, minerals, and nutrients like calcium and protein.

“Try it out! Your kid will probably be healthier, and they’ll feel better about themselves knowing they’re not contributing to any kind of cruelty,” Barnes says.

Other everyday heroics parents and kids can engage in include reading books about animals, visiting a farmed-animal sanctuary, asking permission before petting a dog, and keeping an emergency kit in the car in case the family finds an animal in need.

Barnes joins a long list of celebrities—including sisters Madeleine and Violet McGraw, Sarah Jeffery, PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie and Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire's Mckenna Grace, Sia, Bella Thorne, Corey Fogelmanis, Gregg Sulkin, and Jordan Fisher—who have teamed up with PETA entities to promote kindness to animals.

PETA Kids—whose motto reads, in part, that “animals are not ours to eat”—opposes speciesism, a human-supremacist worldview. For more information, please visit PETAKids.com or follow the group on Facebook or Instagram.

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Originally published: January 11, 2024.

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Production Begins on Season Three of Paramount+'s 'Mayor of Kingstown'

PRODUCTION BEGINS ON SEASON THREE OF PARAMOUNT+’S MAYOR OF KINGSTOWN,
STARRING OSCAR® NOMINEE JEREMY RENNER

Highly Anticipated Third Season Hails from Yellowstone Co-Creator
Taylor Sheridan, and Hugh Dillon

Series Is Produced by MTV Entertainment Studios, 101 Studios
And Bosque Ranch Productions

Mayor of Kingstown

JANUARY 10, 2024 - Paramount+ today announced that production is underway on the highly anticipated third season of the acclaimed drama series MAYOR OF KINGSTOWN, starring Oscar nominee Jeremy Renner. From Oscar nominee Taylor Sheridan and Hugh Dillon, the original series is currently filming in Pittsburgh and is produced by MTV Entertainment Studios, 101 Studios and Bosque Ranch Productions exclusively for Paramount+. 

MAYOR OF KINGSTOWN is one of the top-performing original dramas on the service overall and, while in season, was third only to Sheridan's other hit series, 1923 and TULSA KING.

The series follows the McLusky family, power brokers in Kingstown, Michigan, where the business of incarceration is the only thriving industry. Tackling themes of systemic racism, corruption and inequality, the series provides a stark look at their attempt to bring order and justice to a town that has neither.

In addition to Renner, MAYOR OF KINGSTOWN also stars an impressive ensemble cast, including series regulars Dillon, Taylor Handley, Emma Laird, Tobi Bamtefa, Derek Webster, Nishi Munshi and Hamish Allan-Headley.

The series is executive produced by Taylor Sheridan, Hugh Dillon, Jeremy Renner, Antoine Fuqua, David C. Glasser, Ron Burkle, Bob Yari, Michael Friedman, Dave Erickson and Regina Corrado. Erickson also serves as showrunner.

The first and second seasons of MAYOR OF KINGSTOWN are available to binge exclusively on Paramount+. For more information about Paramount+ and MAYOR OF KINGSTOWN, please visit www.paramountplus.com and follow @ParamountPlus and @MayorOfKingstown on Facebook, TikTok and Instagram, and @Kingstown on X.

About Paramount+:

Paramount+, a direct-to-consumer digital subscription video on-demand and live streaming service, combines live sports, breaking news and A Mountain of Entertainment™. The streaming service features an expansive library of original series, hit shows and popular movies across every genre from world-renowned brands and production studios, including BET, CBS, Comedy Central, MTV, Nickelodeon, Paramount Pictures and the Smithsonian Channel. Paramount+ with SHOWTIME®, the service's cornerstone plan, is also home to SHOWTIME® content, including scripted hits and critically acclaimed nonfiction projects and films. This premium plan includes unmatched events and sports programming through the local live CBS stream, including golf, basketball and more. All Paramount+ subscribers have streaming access to CBS News Network for 24/7 news and CBS Sports HQ for sports news and analysis.

For more information about Paramount+, please visit www.paramountplus.com, and follow @ParamountPlus on social media.

About SHOWTIME/MTV Entertainment Studios & Paramount Media Networks

SHOWTIME/MTV Entertainment Studios & Paramount Media Networks is a global network of media assets that reaches over one billion people in more than 180 countries featuring some of the most iconic brands in entertainment including SHOWTIME, MTV, Comedy Central and Paramount Network among others – and, its Studios arm which produces 120+ series annually, including some of today’s biggest hits such as “Yellowstone,” “Yellowjackets,” “Emily in Paris,” 1883, 1923, “George & Tammy,” “South Park,” TULSA KING, “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” “The Challenge” and “Jersey Shore,” to name a few.

About 101 Studios:

101 Studios is a global entertainment company dedicated to the acquisition, financing, development, production and distribution of high-caliber, creator-driven content. With an unmatched television slate partnered with outstanding filmmakers and talent, 101 Studios productions include  the award-winning series “Yellowstone,” “George & Tammy,” 1883 and 1923. We also produce some of the most critically acclaimed shows, such as LAWMEN: BASS REEVES, MAYOR OF KINGSTOWN, TULSA KING and SPECIAL OPS: LIONESS. Upcoming projects include LAND MAN, starring Billy Bob Thornton.

Building upon this success, 101 Studios’ Unscripted Division works with talented storytellers in bringing their vision to life. Some of these projects include Amazon Prime documentary “Kickback” which is an expose on the corruption inside the largest sport’s organization in the world: FIFA; “The Last Cowboy” a documentary on the high stakes world of professional horse reining and the upcoming HBO docuseries about the sexual abuse and cover-up at Ohio State University, co-produced by George Clooney and Grant Heslov's Smokehouse Pictures. On the scripted film side, past releases include the Sundance Audience award winner "Burden," as well as the family comedy “The War With Grandpa”, the historical drama "The Current War: Director's Cut," and FINESTKIND. 101 Studios advocates for first-class collaboration and innovation. As an example  we are partnered with iHeartRadio and Sports Illustrated Studios on the Ambie nominated podcast “Choosing Sides: F1”. 101 Studios also produces high-profile sports content under its own label, 101 Sports. Additionally, 101 Studios' Brand Division increases the exposure for  the properties of our partners to millions across the world.

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Originally published: January 11, 2024.

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem Lead Animator Neave Lifschits | What's In My Head Podcast

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem Lead Animator Neave Lifschits | What's In My Head Podcast


This week the What's In My Head Podcast is joined by lead animator for TMNT: Mutant Mayhem, Neave Lifschits. They're chatting any and all things TMNT, Jackie Chan, The Production and so much more!


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Bring Balance to Your Wardrobe With RSVLTS' New 'Avatar: The Last Airbender' Apparel

The Last Airbender | RSVLTS - Bring Balance to Your Wardrobe | RSVLTS


Embrace your destiny with these detailed designs that each pay homage to one of the four nations of the classic anime series.

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7-Day Challenge: Day 3: Drum Pose | Noggin

7-Day Challenge: Day 3: Drum Pose | Noggin


It's DAY THREE of the 7 Day Yoga Friends Challenge with Stephanie and Lorelai!

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