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Pixar is one of the most successful production companies of all time, mostly because it has managed to create a ton of amazing kids' films. These movies have captured the hearts and minds of mass audiences, transporting them into fictional worlds that feel so brilliantly surreal. As such, without Pixar, it could be argued that the film industry would be stuck in a very stagnant state.

Another great aspect of Pixar's success was its fictional bloopers. Normally, as part of a DVD extra, the studio would create a few extra scenes that would showcase the characters messing up their lines or getting caught up in some silly hijinks. While they aren't used in modern films, these bloopers helped Pixar stand out from the crowd in a very competitive era.

Hopper Struggles to Intimidate the Princess A Bug's Life

Fans of A Bug's Life will remember just how terrifying Hopper can be,...

On October 16, 2023, Disney celebrated 100 years of magic, from movies, television shows, theme parks, and an improbable corporate identity that has become beloved all on its own. Disney's most significant impact is the cinematic canon that defined the company, and as is to be expected from such an iconic company, it has gone through a lot of changes in its century-long history.

Disney has had eight distinct eras that shaped the company and altered the course of its vaunted animation. Each generation has had highs and lows some more than others but each has had its clear place in the Disney timeline. Despite facing various hardships, Disney has continued to delight fans of all ages with its timeless takes on classic fairy tales and original stories that resonate just as deeply. Every Disney fan has their favorite film and era, but some rank better than others in performance and quality.

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At the end of season two of The Gilded Age, a battle between two opera houses — the Metropolitan Opera and the Academy of Music — comes to a head, with Bertha (Carrie Coon) emerging victorious at last, gazing out over the star-studded premiere she facilitated. In order to re-create the opening of the Met and capture Bertha’s triumph, cinematographer Manuel Billeter used visual effects and on-location shooting at the Academy of Music in Philadelphia.

“This opera house, as we see it, doesn’t really exist,” explains Billeter. The front of the house, with the columns, was captured in Philly: “Bob Shaw, our production designer, felt it had the scope and the majesty to really convey this enterprise,” he elaborates.

But the Academy of Music does not have boxes, key to this episode’s story. The photography department was able to get a sweeping pan of Bertha standing at the balcony looking down,...

Nothing stays the same forever — not even on a show from Julian Fellowes, the creator best known for the comforting (and occasionally chaotic) vibes of “Downton Abbey.”

Fellowes’ latest HBO drama, “The Gilded Age,” returns soon for its second season — another installment full of lavish costumes, clashes of new and old ideology, and Carrie Coon waging psychological warfare on an impervious Christine Baranski. That’s right, Bertha Russell (Coon) and Agnes Van Rhijn (Baranski) are still at it in Season 2, the former while she pushes New York toward the urban, modern, and industrial; the latter by gatekeeping from her tea room and insisting that her niece Marian (Louisa Jacobson) focus on getting married — and ostensibly feeling less enthused when Agnes’ sister Ada (Cynthia Nixon) appears to be finding love. The trailer uses words like “fighter,” “battle,” and “war,” leaving no ambiguity as to what exactly is going on between these...

Matthew Weiner was a novice showrunner when the “Mad Men” pilot was being shot with the legendary New York production designer Bob Shaw. When AMC picked up the pilot and production moved to Los Angeles, Weiner panicked: How was another production designer going to retroactively re-establish the 1961 Madison Avenue advertising world, which Shaw had crafted from real locations, in Los Angeles on a basic cable budget? Shaw gave Weiner a name: Dan Bishop. “[It was] the first time I saw everybody in the office,” recalled Weiner upon visiting Bishop’s fully dressed Sterling Cooper set. “I can’t explain it, to have this world brought to life and it exceeds your imagination.” Weiner knows how rare it is to have something exist perfectly on the screen of your imagination and for somehow it to become richer, more dynamic and meaningful in reality, but on “Mad Men,” it was an experience that became common.

Saturday night at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles, the Art Directors Guild handed out their annual awards to the best in TV and cinematic production design. Big winners of the night were "Gravity," for fantasy feature film, and "Her," for contemporary feature film. "Great Gatsby" also picked up the prize for production design in a period film. These three are surefire Oscar frontrunners. Full list of winners below. The standout moment of the evening was Martin Scorsese's acceptance of the Cinematic Imagery Award in tandem with his Oscar-nominated "Wolf of Wall Street." "How do you separate cinema from production design? You can't," the director said as he humbly accepted his trophy. Per the teleprompter, Scorsese and "Wolf" production designer Bob Shaw will be working on a TV pilot soon. Excellence in Production Design for Short Format, Live-Action Series: "Battlestar Galactica: Blood and Chrome" Excellence in Production Design for...

One of the bright spots in last season's Showtime comedy series "Green Room with Paul Provenza" was the legendary comic Jonathan Winters, appearing with the younger comics, still fast and strong. His new CD from Uproar, "Final Approach," is dedicated as such: .This CD is for people that have an unusual sense of humor.. Winters is a mentor and muse for so many. Robin Williams, Bill Cosby, and Richard Lewis but a few. Winters. brand of comedy was built on many odd characters over the years, and the new album - comprised of 12 tracks - brings an interview (by Bob Shaw) of Winters as one of the characters that inhabit his head (100-year-old man, .French Director",...