Walt Disney Animation Studios along with filmmakers Nora Twomey and John Kahrs are the first recipients of Women in Animation's inaugural WIA Diversity Awards, presented in partnership with …
Looking for the theater industry's Harvey Weinstein moment? Look to Chicago. Last year, a bombshell report in the Chicago Reader brought to light two decades of harassment and abuse by Darre…
Off Broadway's "Sweeney Todd" has recouped its $1.22 million capitalization in 24 weeks. I'll give you a minute to pick your jaw up off the floor. Those are staggering numbers for Off Broadw…
Spongebob Squarepants' pineapple under the sea will get a makeover just in time for Halloween. Nickelodeon collaborated with the stop-motion specialists at Screen Novelties on "SpongeBob Squ…
Zoe Kazan has been around a lot lately. On-screen, she starred in summer hit "The Big Sick" and has a role in buzzy HBO series "The Deuce." And if you're a New Yorker, you might have spotted…
The lead role in Broadway's "Dear Evan Hansen" not only earned Ben Platt a Tony Award, he now curates an Instagram account with more star sightings than the Met Gala. Since the musical…
Special presentations on the upcoming animated film "The Breadwinner" and Disney's new animated short "Olaf's Frozen Adventure" will be featured at the View Conference 2017 in Turin, Italy. …
John Lasseter, chief creative officer of Pixar and Walt Disney Animation Studios, will receive the Diane Disney Miller Lifetime Achievement Award from the Walt Disney Family Museum at its th…
Most people crumble when their world starts to shatter, but not Milo Murphy. For him, every obstacle is something to embrace. Disney XD channel's animated series "Milo Murphy's Law" foll…
Nickelodeon is scaring up a new adventure for SpongeBob SquarePants and his friends with the stop-motion animated special “SpongeBob SquarePants: The Legend of Boo-Kini Bottom,” …
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 …
An 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 l…
Disney celebrated its newest animated Disney Channel show “Tangled: The Series” with an intimate premiere of its kick-off movie “Tangled: Before Ever After” at …
This 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 Holbro…
Disney 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…
At 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 dreamers,…
Home 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 …
The 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 major cab…
Ron 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" " with launch…
The 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 " its…
The 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 Cin…
When 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 ultimately pro…
Although 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…
The 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 Garfun…
If 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 better…