After 14 long years, ‘Incredibles 2’ picks up with its family of suburban superheroes
July 20, 2018
Filed under Entertainment, Fiction, Movies
LOS ANGELES — Brad Bird stood in front of a full orchestra on the Barbra Streisand Scoring Stage on the Sony Pictures lot, his leg bouncing to the beat, a big grin on his face. At a recent scoring session for Pixar Animation Studios’ superhero sequel “Incredibles 2,” the film’s writer-director watche...
John Lasseter’s six-month leave of absence is almost up — but return to Pixar not likely
June 10, 2018
Filed under Activities, Entertainment, Fiction, Movies, Television, Top Stories
Pixar and Disney animation head John Lasseter’s six-month leave of absence is coming to end as more allegations about inappropriate behavior — including his treatment of women and credit-hogging — have come to light. Longtime colleagues claim in a piece published by The Hollywood Reporter Wedne...
‘Avengers: Infinity War’ to kick off summer season with a bang
May 9, 2018
Filed under Activities, Movies, National, Opinion, Technology, Television
The summer movie season will kick off early this weekend with “Avengers: Infinity War,” the third installment in Disney and Marvel Studios’ sprawling “Avengers” saga that may push the Marvel cinematic universe to new heights. The superhero release is expected to easily conquer the weekend...
Musical ‘Coco’ a welcome direction for Pixar
November 28, 2017
Filed under Movies
Having recently given us three “Cars” films of diminishing interest and the well-intentioned but lackluster “Good Dinosaur,” Pixar has turned its Luxo lamp to illuminate novel new material in “Coco.” It’s the animation factory’s first musical and its initial exploration of multicultural m...
‘Penguins of Madagascar’ Creates Fun For The Entire Family
December 2, 2014
Filed under Movies
By Rick Bentley The Fresno Bee (TNS) From their first appearance in “Madagascar,” Skipper, Kowalski, Private and Rico have been committing grand theft scene stealing. The four lovable, military-minded penguins became an instant fan favorite with their can-do attitudes. Finally, the Penguins ...
Disney TV Animation 30 And Going Strong
November 26, 2014
Filed under Television
By Rick Bentley The Fresno Bee (TNS) LOS ANGELES — The Disney Television Animation wing has become a force in the cartoon world with the creation of shows such as “Sophia the First,” “Jake and the Never Land Pirates” and “Phineas and Ferb.” It’s been an impressive rise over the pa...
Disney’s ‘Big Hero 6’ Wins Weekend Over ‘Interstellar’
November 10, 2014
Filed under Movies
By Saba Hamedy Los Angeles Times (MCT) LOS ANGELES — Disney’s “Big Hero 6” soared past Christopher Nolan’s “Interstellar” at the box office this weekend, as both big-budget films had strong launches. According to studio estimates, Disney’s animated action comedy grossed $56.2 million in the...
Theme parks’ Halloween scare tactics becoming frightfully high-tech
October 1, 2014
Filed under Technology
By Hugo Martín Los Angeles Times (MCT) To re-create a bloody scene from the 1981 horror flick “American Werewolf in London,” crews at Universal Studios Hollywood installed computer-controlled strobe lights behind the walls of a dark maze to simulate the flash of bullets. An actor wearing a rubber ...
Disney empire strikes back with ‘Star Wars Rebels’
September 30, 2014
Filed under Television
By Rick Bentley The Fresno Bee (MCT) LOS ANGELES — December 2015 seems light years away, especially to “Star Wars” fans eagerly awaiting the seventh feature film in the popular sci-fi series. Disney will fill a little of that dark void with the new animated series “Star Wars Rebels.” T...
Drones at Disneyland? Disney seeks patents
August 27, 2014
Filed under National
By Andrew Khouri Los Angeles Times (MCT) On top of Mickey Mouse, Cinderella and Aladdin, visitors to Disney theme parks may one day get a glimpse of drones. Walt Disney Co. appears to have a wish to use unmanned aircraft to produce entertainment shows, according to three recently published patent ap...
Cover Of Frozen’s “Let It Go” Sung By 11-Year Old
Angela Richart, Assistant Editor-in-Chief
March 27, 2014
Filed under Viral Video
This talented young lady has a voice of pure gold. Alex Boye did a tribal cover of Frozen's smash hit, "Let It Go" featuring eleven year-old, Lexi Walker. I personally believe she nailed the part. I mean, I got shivers up and down my spine. However, the cold never bothered me anyway.
Co-Editor/Video Editor
Staff Job Title: co-Editor Major: Digital Cinema Hometown: Mount Vernon, South Dakota About: I graduated from Mount Vernon High School in 2017. I am majoring in Digital Cinema and Media.