Fantasia (movie)

'Rite of Spring' by Igor Stravinsky turns 100

2013-05-29 06:00:00

It's hard today to imagine a ballet causing an audience to riot, but that's what happened 100 years ago when the well-heeled Parisian spectators at the Th��tre des Champs Elys�es�revolted against Igor Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring."� "Rite" debuted...

Review: New Disneyland show combines musical theater with digital wizardry

2013-05-25 08:50:00

The new "Mickey and the Magical Map" at Disneyland offers a solid if predictable storytelling foundation for an energetic musical stage show that's expected to run for years at the Anaheim theme park. Photos: "Mickey and the Magic Map" show at...

Ray Harryhausen dies at 92; special-effects legend

2013-05-07 12:49:00

Ray Harryhausen, the stop-motion animation legend whose work on "The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms," "Jason and the Argonauts" and other science fiction and fantasy film classics made him a cult figure who inspired later generations of filmmakers and special-...

'Mickey and the Magical Map' coming to Disneyland this summer

2013-02-02 09:00:00

Mickey Mouse will serve as a mischievous tour guide on a musical journey through a magical map in a new stage show coming May 25 to Disneyland's Fantasyland Theatre. "Mickey and the Magical Map" casts the title character in his classic role of sorcerer'...

Mel Shaw dies at 97; Disney design artist

2012-11-29 21:21:00

While playing polo on the fields of Southern California in the late 1930s, Mel Shaw met Walt Disney and was soon playing on his team, the Donald Ducks, that took on the president of Mexico's personal team in 1938 — and won. "He called me a wild...

The Bowl to feature movie music from Hollywood, Bollywood and Philip Glass

2011-06-22 16:33:18

PASSINGS: Burt Styler, Maria Gomes Valentim, Robert Benson

2011-06-22 00:00:00

Burt Styler Emmy-winning TV writer Burt Styler, 86, an Emmy-winning TV writer who had a long association with Bob Hope, died of heart failure June 13 at Providence Tarzana Medical Center, his family said. Styler won an Emmy in 1972 for an episode of...

PASSINGS: Phyllis Gebauer, Les Guthrie, Freda Koblick, Lee Ames, Brian Haw

2011-06-21 00:00:00

Phyllis Gebauer Longtime UCLA Extension writing teacher Phyllis Gebauer, 82, a teacher for two decades in the UCLA Extension Writers' Program who recently donated to the program signed first editions by reclusive author Thomas Pynchon, died Wednesday at...

Bill Justice dies at 97; Walt Disney Studios animator worked on 'Fantasia' and 'Bambi'

2011-02-11 00:00:00

Bill Justice, a former Walt Disney Studios animator who worked on classics such as "Fantasia," "Bambi" and "Alice in Wonderland" and later joined Walt Disney Imagineering where he helped program Audio-Animatronics figures for attractions at Disneyland and...

Charlevoix vocalist joins chamber orchestra in free outdoor concert

2013-06-19 07:53:00

CHARLEVOIX -- The spotlight will shine on one of Charlevoix's own who will join Great Lakes Chamber Orchestra for a performance at 7 p.m. on Thursday, June 20, in the Odmark Pavilion in Charlevoix's East Park. Charlevoix resident Dana Reynolds, winner of...

'This Is the End' is raunchy, self-deprecating fun

2013-06-11 06:50:04

In "This Is the End," a horror comedy about the apocalypse, a slaphappy bunch of funky comedy stars, including James Franco, play themselves before and after Hollywood burns. It's a gross-out extravaganza, with comic heroes and antiheroes who are more...

Celebrating a century of 'The Rite of Spring'

2013-05-28 07:48:00

One hundred years ago on Wednesday, the score that revolutionized music in the 20th century had its premiere at the Theatre des Champs-Elysees in Paris. The first performance of the ballet "Le Sacre du Printemps" – or "The Rite of Spring," as most...

The only animated movie in the top 10, it has company in No. 11 ("101 Dalmatians No. 18 ("The Lion King") and No. 22 ("Fantasia

2012-05-06 16:37:00

Just because proggy Swedish hard rock band Opeth has stopped screaming the vocals and started singing them doesn't mean the band has turned its back on heavy metal, so please stop saying that.

2012-04-12 13:48:00

Disney Cruise Line released this rendering showing what the bow of the Disney Fantasy will look like, featuring Mickey Mouse from 'Fantasia' holding his wand as the centerpiece.

2011-06-21 12:26:31