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    Lino DiSalvo Named Head of Paramount Animation

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    Lino DiSalvo has joined Paramount Animation as its new creative director.
    HOLLYWOOD --

    Paramount Pictures, a division of Viacom, Inc., announced that veteran animator Lino DiSalvo has joined Paramount Animation as its new creative director. The announcement came from Adam Goodman, president of the Paramount Film Group, who oversees Animation for the studio.

    A 16 year veteran of Walt Disney Animation Studios, DiSalvo most recently served as head of animation on the Academy Award-winning and highest-grossing animated feature of all time, “Frozen.” DiSalvo began his career at the Walt Disney Company as a character animator. Prior to “Frozen,” he served as Supervising Animator on “Tangled” and “Bolt.” His other film credits include animating on “Meet The Robinsons” and “Chicken Little.” With his new role, DiSalvo will be assisting Goodman and the Paramount Animation team to build a world-class feature animation studio.

    “From its inception, we have aspired to work with the industry’s greatest artists and storytellers, and Lino’s addition to our little animation family is thrilling given his incredible talent. CG animation is still in its earliest days and his extraordinary artistry, coupled with the endless potential of the medium, makes for an incredibly exciting time to be building our own animation business, and gives us a lot of continued inspiration for the future creatively,” said Goodman.

    “I couldn't pass up this amazing opportunity to work with the absolute all-star team of artists at Paramount Animation. The possibilities for reinventing and reimagining CG feature animation are virtually endless, and I am excited to be at Paramount helping to forge that incredible, new future," said DiSalvo.

    Paramount Animation is currently in production on the original film “Monster Trucks,” a hybrid of live action and CGI animation directed by Chris Wedge ("Ice Age,” “Epic”). The film is set for release in May 2015.

    Next up for the division is “The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water,"  from directors Paul Tibbitt (animation) and Mike Mitchell (live action), releasing in February of 2015.

    DiSalvo, who begins immediately in his new role, is represented by UTA.

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    Court Orders Meta To Pay $567M To Address Kids’ Mental Health Online

    Friday, August 7, 2026

    A New Mexico court has ordered Instagram and Facebook parent company Meta to pay $567 million to address harms to young people from its platforms in the second phase of a landmark trial.

    Judge Bryan Biedscheid said in a ruling late Thursday that the bulk of the money — $420 million — will be used for treatment services for young people. The rest will go toward awareness and prevention, screening services and other costs over the next five years.

    The new penalty is in addition to the $375 million in civil penalties that jurors ordered against Meta in March after determining the company knowingly harmed children's mental health and concealed what it knew about child sexual exploitation on its platforms. In the second phase, prosecutors asked the judge to impose fundamental changes at Meta aimed at reining in addictive features, improving age verification and preventing child sexual exploitation through default privacy settings and closer oversight.

    The total amount Meta is responsible for — $942 million — is a small fraction of of its annual profit, which was about $60 billion in 2025. Investors seemed to shrug off the New Mexico ruling in after-hours trading Thursday, sending Meta's stock down less than half a percent to $589.44.

    Still, the ruling is another setback for Meta, which faces an avalanche of lawsuits from thousands of families of children harmed by social media.

    New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez said it sends an unmistakable message that companies will be held accountable when their product designs knowingly put children at risk.

    "Today's decision is a victory for every parent who has worried about what social media is doing to their child and every child who deserves to grow up safer online," he... Read More

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