News You Can Use: Buzz Lightyear Headed to the Smithsonian

Yeah, you read that right. From Pixar's blog:

• The Buzz Lightyear action figure that made a 15-month visit to the International Space Station between 2008 to 2009 will be put on display this summer at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. Buzz was formally presented to the museum's directors yesterday by Pixar chief creative officer John Lasseter and NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver.

Here's the installation video with John Lasseter and some guys from the museum.

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Interview with John Lasseter

There's some good stuff here. About working at Disney. "The second-tier animators...were scared of all this young talent coming in at the time and they just wanted to keep us down. So, all of us who were trouble makers -- myself, Tim Burton, Brad Bird -- we all either got fired or were encouraged to leave the studio." -- John Lasseter

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What One Thing Has Been In Every Pixar Movie?

Featurette with John Lasseter, director of 'Cars 2'

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