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Wednesday, April 26, 2017

Walt Disney Family Museum to Exhibit Work by ‘Sleeping Beauty’ Artist Eyvind Earle by Terry Flores

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 …

SOURCE: Variety at 03:54PM
Thursday, April 6, 2017

Animator Andreas Deja’s Work on Exhibit at Walt Disney Family Museum by Terry Flores

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 las…

SOURCE: Variety at 04:14PM
Sunday, March 5, 2017

Mandy Moore, Zachary Levi Celebrate Disney Channel’s ‘Tangled: The Series’ Premiere by Terry Flores

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 the …

SOURCE: Variety at 12:13PM
Friday, March 3, 2017

Hal Holbrook Looks Back on Long Career and Explains Why He’s Still Playing Mark Twain by Terry Flores

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 …

SOURCE: Variety at 01:15PM
Thursday, March 2, 2017

Smaller 2017 Slate Means More Risk at Disney by Terry Flores

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…

SOURCE: Variety at 01:15PM
Thursday, February 16, 2017

Choreography Essential in Telling Kinetic Story of ‘La La Land’ by Terry Flores

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 dre…

SOURCE: Variety at 01:15PM
Friday, February 10, 2017

Only Disney, Universal Offset Decline in Home Entertainment With Streaming Dollars by Terry Flores

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 …

SOURCE: Variety at 12:45PM
Friday, December 9, 2016

Disney’s Confidence in Its TV Business May Be Misplaced by Terry Flores

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 maj…

SOURCE: Variety at 12:45PM
Friday, December 2, 2016

Disney Animation Veterans Ride the CG Tide With ‘Moana’ by Terry Flores

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” — w…

SOURCE: Variety at 01:36PM
Friday, October 28, 2016

Will London Theater Audiences Join the ‘Hamilton’ Revolution? by Terry Flores

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…

SOURCE: Variety at 12:45PM
Friday, October 14, 2016

Animation Show Featuring ‘Piper,’ ‘Pearl’ Coming to Southern California Theaters by Terry Flores

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 C…

SOURCE: Variety at 05:30PM
Wednesday, August 31, 2016

Songwriting Team for CW’s ‘Crazy Ex-Girlfriend’ Harmonize About Their Process by Terry Flores

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 ulti…

SOURCE: Variety at 01:45PM
Friday, February 19, 2016

If Theaters Want to Adapt, Exhibitors and Studios Must Work Together by Terry Flores

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…

SOURCE: Variety at 01:54PM
Tuesday, January 26, 2016

Rita Moreno, Edward James Olmos Among Annie Awards Presenters by Terry Flores

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 Garfunke…

SOURCE: Variety at 06:08PM
Wednesday, March 18, 2015

Composer Patrick Doyle Creates Many Moods for ‘Cinderella’ Score by Terry Flores

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 …

SOURCE: Variety at 01:00PM
Friday, February 27, 2015

Leonard Nimoy, ‘Star Trek’s’ Spock, Dies at 83 by Terry Flores

Leonard Nimoy lived up to his longtime catchphrase: Live long and prosper. Having achieved success in many arenas during his lifetime, the actor, director, writer and photographer has died a…

SOURCE: Variety at 12:21PM
Friday, February 13, 2015

Colleen Atwood on Designing ‘Into the Woods’ Costumes by Terry Flores

The best designers realize that the best costumes can only truly pop when they’re worn by talented actors. Take for example the witch outfit worn by Meryl Streep in “Into the Woods” or…

SOURCE: Variety at 01:00PM
Friday, June 13, 2014

Wild Bunch Skirts Theaters With Controversial ‘Welcome to New York’ by Terry Flores

With French industryites still embroiled in debate over rules for the nation’s theatrical windows, production shingle/sales agent/distrib Wild Bunch engineered an end run with its May 17 V…

SOURCE: Variety at 01:00PM
Thursday, February 20, 2014

Washington, D.C., Theater Initiative to Showcase Female Playwrights in 2015 by Terry Flores

Forty-five Washington, D.C., theaters have banded together to present world premieres by women playwrights in the fall of 2015 — an ambitious effort that marks one of the highest-profile …

SOURCE: Variety at 01:00PM
Sunday, February 2, 2014

‘Frozen’ Takes Top Prize at Annie Awards by Terry Flores

“Frozen” has iced another honor, winning the top prize Saturday, Feb. 1, at the 41st Annie Awards. The musical toon scooped up five of Disney’s 10 Annies, presented by ASIF…

SOURCE: Variety at 01:15AM

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