I am so excited for my good friend Mark Vulcano. He and the animation team he leads at Heavy Iron Studios, are up for an Annie Award for their work on the video game, Family Guy – Back to the Mutiverse . I’ve known Mark for years and this guy really knows his way around special effects…
Now construction begins. Seriously, this is the inside of haute couture. Or in my case, the inside of my bodice. Alina has built the bodice of the dress and has put it on me inside out. She is nipping and tucking and making it fit like a glove. However, she also has to make sure it isn’t too tight,…
When I tell people I am the announcer for the Annie Awards, people usually say, “the what awards?” And I usually reply, “It’s the highest award for animation, like the Oscars are for movies.” However; the Annie Awards are for all mediums of animation from film to television to video games to commercials and student films. Often…
OMG! Alina is drawing on me!! Thank goodness I’m not that ticklish. Although I was surprised when she pulled out the marker, I could barely feel her markings and the ink didn’t soak through. Could you imagine?!! Many designers will create a muslin gown, or sheath and then proceed to draw their design directly on…
I want to send a shout out to my friend Matt Beans for his Annie nomination on Robot Chicken’s ‘DC Comics Special’ – Stoopid Buddy Studios. It’s just so much fun to make fun of super heroes and super villains. Thanks for the great laughs! Keep ’em comin’. Wishing you good luck on February 2nd.
Alina Pizzano pulled out her dream book and designed something long, stunning, and 3D just for me. Here is the sketch of the dress. It doesn’t show the cape off the left shoulder, that can be wrapped around me to keep the February chill at bay. (It gets really cold on the Red Carpet!) The swatch is a sample…
Alina and I headed downtown to the garment district, to check out fabric. All those colors, textures and patterns were so overwhelming! Thank goodness Alina knew just what she was looking for, and this year, dahhhlings, it looks like we are going red! Oh, but don’t think solid red, oh no, red and then some!…
I want to give a big shout out to my friend Kevin Michael Richardson and his Annie Nomination, for his role as Willem Viceroy, “Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja. Back in the day, I worked with Kevin on Homeboys From Outer Space. No, I didn’t make that up! It was a real show and funny…
I met the very talented Alina Pizzano at her shop and we went over some sketches. Her gowns are divine and her drawings for my dress, exquisite. However, I am no Angelina Jolie. I just couldn’t see myself in a sultry, tight, mermaid cut gown. I tried one on once and the lovely flare that was supposed to flare…
I’m so excited to once again be the announcer for the 40th Annual Annie Awards. 8 years now, and this year I will be gracing the red carpet in an Alina Pizzano original. I’m looking forward to more updates and pictures as we jouney down the road from concept to couture, culminating on the big night of Februry 2nd,…
Been busy tackling auditions and attending some fabulous casting director workshops. Will talk more about those later. For now, the webcast for the Annie Awards is up and running!!! You can hear me at the very beginning and throughout the show. They don’t have the end up yet, but that’s when I actually come out…
What a night at the Annies!!! I had such an amazing time and got to hob knob with all the celebs and industry best! And I felt spectacular in my purple, sequins, cocktail dress with purple Paolo stilettos. As my mom put it, “the ensemble says, ‘Hello’!” The show opened with a video of…
I’ll be announcing the Annie Awards with host ….William Shatner!!! Here is the link if you want to find out more or even buy a ticket!!! http://www.annieawards.org/
I was invited again to announce for the 37th Annual Annie Awards. This is my 5th year as the official announcer and our host this year will be …wait for it….W…(oooh I better make sure I can mention his name here. I’ll get back to you.) This looks to be a great show with many fabulous animated movies, TV shows, games,…