Pinocchio (movie)

If you were starting an animation house with an eye toward the bottom line, you wouldn't necessarily follow the course that Oregon-based Laika studio has charted in its fledgling years. Its first feature-length film, Henry Selick's "Coraline," took...

David Chase's new movie, "Not Fade Away," his first major work since concluding "The Sopranos," tells the story of a thoughtful teenage boy (John Magaro) growing up in New Jersey during the 1960s. Flat December light settles over the film's suburban...

Billy Barnes, a composer and lyricist whose music and devilishly funny lyrics were displayed on "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In" in the 1960s and '70s and in his earlier series of satirical music revues in Hollywood that launched the careers of performers such...

"The Strange and Terrible True Tale of Pinocchio (the Wooden Boy) As Told by Frankenstein's Monster (the Wretched Creature)" Walt Disney had a knack for boiling fairy tales down to their least-objectionable essence, and of the many dank Old World...

It's the story of a puppet -- who proves he can be a boy -- and in the process, learns a valuable lesson. The Little Traverse Civic Theatre's production of "Pinocchio" opened Thursday, and runs through Saturday, March 17, at the Ross Stoakes Theatre...

Lloyd Pearson, a veteran Baltimore Sun photographer whose iconic image of yellow and green Mayflower moving vans rolling the Baltimore Colts out of town during a midnight snowstorm earned him lasting fame, died New Year's Day from complications of...

Most people wandering down a tourist promenade such as Navy Pier and seeing a little sign advertising a daytime production of "Pinocchio" probably would expect a tawdry troupe of chirpy, collegiate-level actors performing "Hi Diddle Dee Dee" and...

Memories of most shows fade over time. But a very select few seem to stay with you forever. For me, one show on that short list is a production of "Korczak's Children," which I saw in 2003 at the Children's Theatre Company of Minneapolis. Written by...

A new batch of Disney theme park celebrity advertisements from photographer Annie Leibovitz stars model-actress Olivia Wilde, TV star Alec Baldwin, singer-actress Queen Latifah as well as Oscar-winners Jeff Bridges and Penelope Cruz. Photo gallery:...