1. The nominees for this year’s Annie Awards have been announced, and Kung Fu Panda leads the way with 17 nominations in 11 categories, including Best Animated Feature. The other nominees in that category are WALL•E (8 nominations in total), Bolt (5), Waltz with Bashir (4) and $9.99 (2). Other multiple nominees include Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears A Who (5), The Tale of Despereaux (4) and Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2). — Variety, Hollywood Reporter
2. Wallace & Gromit: A Matter of Loaf and Death has also been nominated for an Annie Award, namely for Best Animated Short Subject. The film itself premieres on Australian TV this week, and will go to other countries in the coming weeks and months. — Cartoon Brew
3. Clark Kent will have a cameo in Green Lantern — but who will play him? Tom Welling? Brandon Routh? Someone else? — MTV Splash Page
4. The Dark Knight will be the first major studio film ever to be released via video-on-demand before it is released on DVD, when it is released in those formats in South Korea. — Variety
5. Scottish actor Kevin McKidd says he is in talks to play the Norse god Thor in the Marvel Comics movie of that name. — IGN.com
6. British web developer Jeremy Keith has posted an interesting item on how a photo of his that he posted at Flickr ended up in the background of one shot in Iron Man. — Jeremy Keith
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