John Lasseter

16 young filmmakers named winners of student Academy Awards

Sixteen young filmmakers took home prizes Saturday night at the 2013 Student Academy Awards at a ceremony at the Motion Picture Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. Comedian and former Student Academy Award winner Bob Saget served as emcee...

Tags: Clark Gregg, Jason Schwartzman, Entertainment, Animation (Movie Genre), Awards and Prizes

Young filmmakers excitedly gather for Student Oscars

On Tuesday, Wouter Bouvijn left his home in Belgium for his dream trip to Hollywood. Wednesday morning, the 25-year-old filmmaker from Deinze, a small municipality in East Flanders, sat in the lobby of the JW Marriott in Los Angeles, jet-lagged but...

Tags: Entertainment, Belgium, Animation (Movie Genre), Awards and Prizes, Students

Exclusive: Disney Animation announces first Marvel movie, ‘Big Hero 6′

Disney unveils plan for first animated Marvel film

The studio behind the animated fantasies "Bambi," "Dumbo" and '"The Lion King" has a new kind of hero tale on the way — a Marvel Comics one. Walt Disney Animation Studios on Thursday announced plans to release "Big Hero 6," an action-comedy inspired...

Tags: Tangled (movie), Music, Tarzan (movie), Toy Story (movie), The Croods (movie)

Disney trots out 'Monsters University,' Johnny Depp in Las Vegas

LAS VEGAS -- The cavalcade of A-list stars continued to descend upon Caesars Palace here Wednesday, as Johnny Depp turned up to wow movie theater owners at CinemaCon, days after Brad Pitt put in a surprise appearance. Depp's arrival to tout Disney's...

Tags: Gore Verbinski, The Lone Ranger (movie), Armie Hammer, Tom Hanks, John Goodman

Producers Guild inaugural Digital VIP awards find opulent setting

Tags: Entertainment, SpaceX, History (tv network), Movies, Marvel Entertainment, Inc.

Oscars: Pes aims for a long shelf life with 'Fresh Guacamole' buzz

Steven Spielberg was inspired by Abraham Lincoln and the Emancipation Proclamation. Ben Affleck was provoked by a Middle Eastern hostage tale. Adam Pesapane wanted to transform a hand grenade into an avocado. All three directors will walk the red carpet...

Tags: Awards and Prizes, Chris Wedge, Taylor Hackford, Ice Age: Continental Drift (movie), Steven Spielberg

Disney unveils plans to revive its video game business

Long stuck in low gear, Walt Disney Co.’s video game division is aiming for infinity. The entertainment conglomerate on Tuesday unveiled plans for a high-stakes initiative called Disney Infinity that could determine the success or failure of its...

Tags: Investments, Tourism and Leisure, Media Industry, Gardens and Parks, Toy Industry

Reality TV is dangerous work! 'Texas Chainsaw' massacres 'Hobbit.'

After the coffee. Before getting over the Redskins' loss to Seattle. The Skinny: Nice to have new episodes of "The Good Wife" back on CBS. It helped me salvage a depressing Sunday of football. Monday's headlines include a look at the dangers of...

Tags: Media Industry, Comcast Corporation, Television, Promised Land (movie), Texas Chainsaw 3D (movie)

Mark Andrews is up to the task for 'Brave'

EMERYVILLE, Calif. — It takes a fearless sort of man to wear a skirt to the office — even when the office is a den of art school grads, the boss is an avuncular guy with a Hawaiian shirt fetish and the skirt is a stylish plaid number...

Tags: Entertainment, Reese Witherspoon, Movies, The Incredibles (movie), Billy Connolly

‘Wreck-It Ralph’: Disney animators zip around in video game realms

How Disney's imagineers transformed Carland into Cars Land

Los Angeles Times staff writer

The idea for a themed land at Disney California Adventure celebrating California's car culture had been kicking around at Walt Disney Imagineering for years. The working premise focused on the classic cars, tourist attractions, auto-centric restaurants,...

Tags: Entertainment, Tourism and Leisure, Trips and Vacations, Music, Cadillac