The Walt Disney Family Museum in San Francisco will feature a new exhibition on the life and work of iconic Disney artist Eyvind Earle, beginning May 18 and running through Jan. 8. Earle is …
SOURCE: Variety at 03:54PMAn exhibition of work by longtime Disney animator Andreas Deja is on display through Oct. 4 at the Walt Disney Family Museum in San Francisco. Deja, who was named a Disney legend at the las…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:14PMDisney celebrated its newest animated Disney Channel show “Tangled: The Series” with an intimate premiere of its kick-off movie “Tangled: Before Ever After” at the …
SOURCE: Variety at 12:13PMThis week marks the 50th anniversary of CBS’s airing of the Hal Holbrook “Mark Twain Tonight!” The March 6, 1967, TV special was the first national telecast of the one-man show, which …
SOURCE: Variety at 01:15PMDisney dominated the box office last year thanks to several big franchises among its 13 releases. In fact, Disney has been the most profitable studio for the last three years, with the other…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:15PMAt one point in “La La Land,” the elaborate dance numbers literally lift the story’s star-crossed lovers off their feet. When he directed his homage to Los Angeles and its creative dre…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:15PMHome entertainment revenue for the major movie studios has shrunk in recent years as consumers switch from DVDs and Blu-ray discs to streaming video. In theory, revenue from licensing movie …
SOURCE: Variety at 12:45PMThe Walt Disney Co.’s annual 10-K report, released Nov. 23, does little to back up management’s confidence in a turnaround in 2017. The report indicates that almost all of Disney’s maj…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:45PMRon Clements and John Musker have just about seen it all in their 30-some years at Disney. They are largely credited — as the creative powers behind 1989’s “The Little Mermaid” — w…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:36PMThe countdown has begun: “Hamilton” will touch down at the Victoria Palace Theatre in the West End in November 2017. The question is, will Lin-Manuel Miranda’s smash succeed in Britain…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:45PMThe latest edition of the Animation Show of Shows is opening in Southern California on Oct. 21 at the Sundance Sunset in West Los Angeles, Laemmle’s Playhouse 7 in Pasadena and the Frida C…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:30PMWhen it debuted in October 2015, CW’s “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” seemed on shaky ground. The hour-long series was a mashup of several genres — musical, dark comedy, satire — but it ulti…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:45PMAlthough 2015 was a record box office year, exhibitor stocks closed well below where they started. Attendance was the third lowest since 1995, having peaked in 2002. Consolidation around few…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:54PMThe 43rd Annie Awards are turning to pairs of presenters rather than a traditional host for its awards ceremony on Saturday, Feb. 6, at Royce Hall on the campus of UCLA. Comedy duo Garfunke…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:08PMIf ever a movie demanded a rich, romantic score, it’s “Cinderella,” with its fairy-tale story of an orphaned servant girl, a handsome prince, a grand ball and a glass slipper. And who …
SOURCE: Variety at 01:00PMLeonard Nimoy lived up to his longtime catchphrase: Live long and prosper. Having achieved success in many arenas during his lifetime, the actor, director, writer and photographer has died a…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:21PMThe best designers realize that the best costumes can only truly pop when they’re worn by talented actors. Take for example the witch outfit worn by Meryl Streep in “Into the Woods” or…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:00PMWith French industryites still embroiled in debate over rules for the nation’s theatrical windows, production shingle/sales agent/distrib Wild Bunch engineered an end run with its May 17 V…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:00PMForty-five Washington, D.C., theaters have banded together to present world premieres by women playwrights in the fall of 2015 — an ambitious effort that marks one of the highest-profile …
SOURCE: Variety at 01:00PM“Frozen” has iced another honor, winning the top prize Saturday, Feb. 1, at the 41st Annie Awards. The musical toon scooped up five of Disney’s 10 Annies, presented by ASIF…
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