Jim Hill

It's kind of a weird way for a relationship to start. This great big Irishman falling for a wee small man made out of clay and his silent, long-suffering dog. But to hear Brendan Gleeson tell the tale, that's exactly how he wound up working with Aardman Animations...

It's the rumor that makes the rounds every summer. That Comic-Con is soon going to abandon San Diego for some other convention-friendly city like Las Vegas or Anaheim.

The only problem with this rumor is (at least for the timing being) is that it can't possibly be true. Given that...

With Kermit the Frog front-and-center with the Obama family at the lighting of the National Christmas Tree earlier this month (not to mention The Muppets being one of the best reviewed films of 2011), it would appear that the Walt Disney Company's year-long effort to revive this felt-based...

Which is the best known / most universal holiday tradition? Hanging stockings by the fireplace? Draping the Christmas tree with tinsel? Leaving cookies out for Santa?

To Kevin Deters and Stevie Wermers-Skeleton's way of thinking, it's none of the above. Which is why -- when these two Walt...

According to the Chinese calendar, 2012 will be the year of the Dragon.

Well, someone should probably tell Manny the Mammoth that. Because this Ice Age star is already living large, thanks to the great ratings that Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas Special racked up for Fox on Thanksgiving night.

Some people complain about the commute that they have for work. But not Megan Hilty.

Of course, if your work took you from Oz to Broadway to Neverland and then back again, would you ever complain?

I got to talk with Ms. Hilty late last week while she was taking...

You know Dasher and Dancer and Prancer and Vixen, right? Not to mention Frosty and the Grinch.

But what about Arthur Christmas? Are you familiar yet with Santa's second-born? More importantly, the hilarious yet heart-warming, 'round-the-world holiday adventure that Arthur has with Grandsanta (i.e. Santa Claus' 136 year-old...

A buck-toothed, squinty-eyed Chinese cook. A pickaninny centaurette who shines hooves. A tar baby. A red-faced Indian Chief who says "Ugh" and "How."

What do these characters all have in common? They were created by Walt Disney Productions artists for inclusion in feature-length animated films that this Studio released in...

All my life's a circle - Harry Chapin

And given the course of his 40-year acting career, Kevin McNally would most definitely agree with this statement.

"The first movie that I ever did was The Spy Who Loved Me. I was one of the crew members on that British submarine...

Picking up where we left off yesterday ... So what exactly is "The Lost Amazings"?

"The Lost Amazings" is a new hybrid media feature from Storm Cellar Creative. An epic fantasy adventure inspired by classic Henson features like "The Dark Crystal" and "Labyrinth," this feature-length film plans on...

Did you see what Google did late last month? In honor of Jim Henson's 75th birthday, they posted a logo which featured five Muppet-like characters.

Well, while the Muppets may have moved on (The Walt Disney Company acquired Kermit & Co. back in 2006 -- look for these much-beloved characters...

So when exactly does the story of The Walt Disney Company's desire to build a theme park version of James Cameron's AVATAR begin?

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away.

Seriously.

Okay. It's the Spring of 2011. And Thomas Staggs, the Chairman of Walt...

It's one of the more memorable moments from Disney's The Lion King. When Scar reveals -- in the song "Be Prepared" -- his plan to murder Mufasa.

It's hard to single out which element really puts this musical number over the top. Tim Rice's witty...

When people usually talk about what happened on 9/11, the focus (for obvious reasons) is on New York City, Washington D.C. and that field just outside of Shanksville, PA.

But -- that said -- it's also important to remember what happened immediately after those four planes crashed. That sudden surge...

On the first floor of Anaheim Convention Center, hundreds of tweens screamed as the cast of Lemonade Mouth appeared on the Disney Channel stage. Meanwhile up on the third floor thousands of baby boomers groaned with disappointment when they were turned away from Stage 23. Because there were no seats...

Picking up where we left off in the last post, those who were actually inside Disneyland on the night of Aug. 6, 1970 recall gaping at those 150 riot police that suddenly appeared along Main Street, U.S.A., their billy clubs at the ready.

Picking up where we left off yesterday, given that you couldn't get into Disneyland without first buying a ticket, surprisingly few Yippies actually made it into this theme park on the morning of Aug. 6, 1970. Of the 27,400 guests who purchased admission that day, only 200 to...

So how many of you heard about last week's "Twiot" on Hollywood Boulevard, when DJ Kaskade -- via Twitter -- invited all 90,000 of his followers to come on down to the Chinese Theater on the night of July 27 for a spontaneous block party?

When 2,000 people actually did...

Are you one of those unfortunate moviegoers who's suffering from PPD (i.e. Post Potter Depression)? Have you been moping around the house ever since you saw Deathly Hallows -- Part 2 because -- unless J.K. Rowling decides to write another book about Harry, Ron & Hermoine's adventures -- there'll be...

All around the country, vacations are being ruined by this hellish heat wave.

Which is why it's a shame that we all can't do what Tony Award-winner Bobby Lopez and his talented wife, Kristen Anderson-Lopez did. Which is take a pretty awful vacation experience and then use it as the...