Toy Story (movie)

Tom Hanks lists Pacific Palisades villa at $5.2 million

2013-06-14 11:56:00

Actor-producer-director Tom Hanks has listed a house for sale in Pacific Palisades for $5.225 million. The Spanish-style villa, built in 1929, features archways, frescoed ceilings, a library, a loggia, a sky-lit kitchen, a sun room, a beauty salon, four...

Disney unveils plan for first animated Marvel film

2013-05-09 08:00:00

The studio behind the animated fantasies "Bambi," "Dumbo" and '"The Lion King" has a new kind of hero tale on the way — a Marvel Comics one. Walt Disney Animation Studios on Thursday announced plans to release "Big Hero 6," an action-comedy inspired...

Jack Black's REDCAT debut is a gala for Catherine Opie, Disney Co.

2013-03-17 12:45:00

As emcee for the REDCAT Gala on Saturday, Jack Black said he had always hoped his debut at the multidisciplinary theater would include a performance of his “special post, post-modern interpretive dance,” complete with a “big dynamic...

A memorial service perfectly suited to Jerry Buss: glitz, grace and some goofiness

2013-02-21 21:18:00

The stage was filled with flowers and gold. The audience was filled with short skirts and diamonds. Davis Gaines elegantly sang "Music of the Night," while, on the screen behind him, there appeared a photo of Jerry and Jimmy Buss crooning karaoke....

Universal Pictures back in the game with 'Despicable Me 2' toys

2013-02-08 15:59:00

Universal Pictures is getting back into the toy business — led by a swarm of small, yellow creatures with a penchant for mischief. The Hollywood studio plans to unveil an array of new toys and games for its upcoming 3-D computer-animated sequel...

Warner Bros. final studio to set animation strategy

2013-01-08 06:00:00

Committing to the genre after years of fits and starts, Warner Bros. on Monday said it will produce one�animated movie per year beginning in 2014. Every other major studio in Hollywood has established an animation strategy in the past few years, with...

Former Disney executive Andy Mooney lands at Quiksilver

2013-01-03 14:41:00

A little over a year after his surprise departure from Walt Disney Co. as head of consumer products, Andy Mooney has been named chief executive of sports apparel company Quiksilver. During his 11 years at Disney, Mooney was known for building the...

Hockey pro Russ Courtnall passes off to pop star Britney Spears

2012-12-09 00:00:00

Pop star and singing competition judge Britney Spears has bought the Thousand Oaks home of former professional hockey player Russ Courtnall and his wife, actress Paris Vaughan. The property came on the market in August at $8.5 million and was withdrawn...

Actor Tim Allen buys home in Hollywood Hills West for $1.4 million

2012-11-05 13:43:00

Actor Tim Allen has purchased a home in Hollywood Hills West for $1.4 million. The ranch-style house, built in 1963, features open plan living areas, wide-plank pine floors, a stone fireplace, a den, three bedrooms, three bathrooms and 2,604 square...

'Tale of the Heike' elegantly retells Japanese epic

2012-10-28 03:45:00

-------------------- The Tale of the Heike Translated by Royall Tyler Viking: 734 pp., $50; illustrated -------------------- An epic retelling of the 12th century Japanese civil war, "The Tale of the Heike" (Heike Monogatari) has provided the...

Review: Money is what they want in 'New Super Mario Bros. 2'

2012-08-21 18:00:00

At this point, nearly 30 years into its life span, the "Super Mario Bros." brand is to Nintendo what "Toy Story" is to Pixar: familiar characters in new settings, with rules that have long been writ. It is, after all, a series dedicated to consistency,...

'Avengers' director's new film -- Shakespeare -- set for Toronto

2012-07-24 08:15:00

Director Joss Whedon is following up his mega-hit "The Avengers" not with another superhero movie but with a Shakespeare film. And it has landed a spot at the Toronto International Film Festival, which starts Sept. 6. Whedon's take on the Bard's "Much...

XB 360, PS3 2.5 stars out of 4 Few expected a licensed video game based on Sour Patch Kids candy to stand out as a masterpiece, but to its credit, "World Gone Sour" is surprisingly OK, especially for its $5 asking price.

2012-05-04 11:28:00

After only 17 years of making movies, Pixar ("Toy Story," "The Incredibles") finally releases a story revolving around a female main character: a princess (voiced by Kelly Macdonald of "No Country for Old Men") fighting off a deadly curse. Let us all continue to pretend "Cars 2" didn't exist.

2012-04-30 00:00:00

"Cars" was previously Pixar's worst. But no one thought the studio behind movies like "Ratatouille" and the "Toy Story" franchise could sink this low. Let's all just agree that Larry the Cable Guy, or the tow truck version of him, shouldn't anchor a movie, ever, and move on.

2011-11-30 09:18:21