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Movie Review: 'The Colors Within' is a gentle stunner
Kids movies so often bear little of the actual lived-in experience of growing up, but Yamada Naoko's luminous anime “The Colors Within” gently reverberates with the doubts and yearnings of young life. Totsuko (voiced by Suzukawa Sayu) is a student at an all-girls Catholic...
Jules Feiffer, Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist and writer, dies at 95
NEW YORK (AP) — Jules Feiffer, a Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist and writer whose prolific output ranged from a long-running comic strip to plays, screenplays and children's books, died Friday. He was 95 and, true to his seemingly tireless form, published his last book just four months ago. ...
What to stream: Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Morris Chestnut, 'The Wild Robot' and 'The Night Agent'
A medical procedural that is mixed with tales of Sherlock Holmes on CBS' “Watson” and Zoë Kravitz’s stylish directorial debut “Blink Twice” are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you. Also among the streaming offerings worth your...
British author Neil Gaiman denies ever engaging in non-consensual sex as more accusers come forward
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Best-selling British author Neil Gaiman released a statement Wednesday denying he had ever engaged in non-consensual sex after a magazine this week published allegations from several women, accusing him of sexual assault. The 64-year-old author of “The...
Washington Post cartoonist quits after paper rejects sketch of Bezos bowing to Trump
A cartoonist has decided to quit her job at the Washington Post after an editor rejected her sketch of the newspaper's owner and other media executives bowing before President-elect Donald Trump. Ann Telnaes posted a message Friday on the online platform Substack saying that she drew...
Movies in 2024: Lessons from a turbulent year at the box office
Movie ticket sales took a bit of a hit in 2024. The annual domestic box office is expected to end up at around $8.75 billion, down more than 3% from 2023, according to estimates from Comscore. It’s not as dire as it was in the pandemic years, but it’s also not even close to the...
‘Wallace & Gromit’ are back for a full-length adventure with a familiar foe
The cheese-loving English inventor Wallace and his loyal dog Gromit have been stars since the beginning. In the 35 years since Nick Park introduced the world to his stop-motion creations and their eccentric, unapologetically British existence, they’ve won Oscars, appeared in...
'Sonic 3' bests 'Mufasa: The Lion King' at the box office
NEW YORK (AP) — In the holiday season battle of big-budget family movies, Paramount Pictures’ “Sonic the Hedgehog 3” sped past the Walt Disney Co.’s “Mufasa: The Lion King” to take the top spot at the box office ahead of the lucrative Christmas corridor in theaters. ...
Movie Review: Barry Jenkins brings fresh energy, originality to the ‘Lion King’ prequel ‘Mufasa’
“Mufasa: The Lion King” has one very important thing going for it: an original story. That may seem like faint praise or at least a very, very low bar in the grand scheme of things. But in a landscape where Disney continues to remake its animated catalogue in slightly different,...
'Bluey' is bound for the big screen with a feature film coming in 2027
NEW YORK (AP) — “Bluey” is heading to the big screen. The Walt Disney Co. and BBC Studios announced Tuesday that a film based on the hit Australian animated series will arrive in theaters in 2027. The movie will be written and directed by series creator Joe Brumm, with a voice...
