Pixar

During the 2021 Golden Globes, presenter Tracy Morgan presented the award for Best Original Score to “Soul.”

A real musician and music teacher from Queens, New York, was the inspiration for the character of Joe Gardner in Pixar’s beloved movie “Soul.” LX News talked to Dr. Peter Archer about how his path mirrored that of the movie’s main character, and why he thinks the message “Soul” delivers is the right one for this moment.

The successful release of Pixar’s “Soul” and Warner Bros’ “Wonder Woman 1984” through streaming services served as test cases for how people’s expectations for big blockbusters rollouts are changing. Insider entertainment correspondent Kim Renfro stopped by LX News to break down what to expect from the entertainment industry in 2021.

Evel Knievel’s son is on a collision course with the Walt Disney Co. and Pixar over a movie daredevil character named Duke Caboom.

“Out,” a short film that features Pixar’s first gay main character, was released Friday on Disney+, according to NBC News.com

If you’re fed up with remakes, you’re not likely going to be pleased with Disney’s plans to take on Netflix. But if you’d like to see an unsupervised child fend off a home invasion for the sixth time in 29 years, you’re in luck. In an earnings call Tuesday, Disney CEO Bob Iger announced that the company plans to reboot...

“Spider-Man: Far From Home” is celebrating another weekend at No. 1, but non-franchise fare continues to struggle at the box office. Fresh studio-released counterprograming such as the horror movie “Crawl” and the action-comedy “Stuber” barely made a dent in the web-slinger’s earnings, although there is a glimmer of hope in the independent world.

In a letter to Skydance Media, actress Emma Thompson outlined why she refused to work with the former Pixar executive John Lasseter and was withdrawing from the animated film “Luck.”

In the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Spider-Man (Tom Holland) and Star-Lord (Chris Pratt) met only briefly before they suddenly vanished — along with half the universe’s population — in “Avengers: Infinity War.” Luckily, they will get to work together again in Disney-Pixar’s “Onward.” Set in a “suburban fantasy world,” the animated adventure introduces teenage elf brothers “who embark on an extraordinary...

The Disney/Pixar sequel will hit theaters on June 21, 2019

After Rashida Jones exited Pixar’s “Toy Story 4” in 2017 she noted that the studio, after 25 years in business, had not made a single feature film directed by a woman, calling it “a culture where women and people of color do not have an equal creative voice.” So when Pixar co-founder and CEO John Lasseter stepped down earlier this...

Glitz won over guns as the gilded romance “Crazy Rich Asians” debuted at No. 1 in North American theaters this weekend, surpassing industry expectations and beating out action-packed fare like “Mile 22.” Warner Bros. estimates that the film earned $25.2 million over the weekend and $34 million since its opening Wednesday. It’s a surefire win for the film, which cost...

An Illinois woman accused of aiding terror groups has appeared in federal court in Chicago on Saturday, a day after she was arrested by the FBI.

Studio estimates on Sunday have placed “A Quiet Place,” with $22 million, in first, and “Rampage” in second with $21 million, but it’s possible those numbers may shift when final results are tallied on Monday.

“Coco,” the tear-jerking adventure tale of a Mexican boy who learns the importance of honoring his ancestors after getting stuck in an eye-popping netherworld of the dead, won the Oscar for best animated feature on Sunday.

Just days before Pixar’s “Coco” is set to hit theaters, Pixar co-founder and Walt Disney Animation chief John Lasseter announced he is taking a six-month leave of absence citing “missteps” with employees. The boisterous, Hawaiian shirt-wearing personality behind some of the most beloved children’s films of the past 30 years like “Toy Story” is the latest entertainment titan to be...

Having working smoke detectors in your home can double your chances of surviving a house fire according to fire officials. Part one in a series on improving safety in an era of faster flames.

As Apple’s stash of cash grows, so does the possibility that the world’s most valuable company will use some of the money for a huge acquisition that would expand its empire beyond iPhones and other gadgets....
The company currently holds more than a quarter-trillion dollars it could use to go shopping. So far, the guessing game has primarily focused on possible...

Movie fans, rejoice! You can watch about two-thirds of the Oscar-nominated flicks from your couch.

University of Washington biology professor Adam Summers no longer has to coax hospital staff to use their CT scanners so he can visualize the inner structures of stingrays and other fish. Last fall, he installed a small computed tomography, or CT, scanner at the UW’s Friday Harbor Laboratories on San Juan Island in Washington state and launched an ambitious project...