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Cannon is best known for directing graphically groundbreaking shorts like 'Gerald McBoing Boing,' but his incredible work as an animator on the Warner Bros. and MGM films is sometimes overlooked.

Taylor Rooks sent social media into a complete meltdown with a risqué outfit.

From its earliest honorees to the present, the Academy Award for Best Animated Short doubles as a kind of history of the ever-changing medium. We ranked them all — from animation’s golden age to the arrival of Pixar and beyond.

In February 1994, ‘Ace Ventura: Pet Detective’ arrived to U.S. theaters, catapulting its star to global fame. After tiring of retirement, he’ll return this year to act in ‘Sonic 3′

The new film is a marvel of slapstick comedy, taking inspiration from everything from Bugs and Daffy to “Donkey Kong” and “Frogger.”

SRHFew movies in cinema history have delivered as many goofy gags—and in such a wide, virtuosic variety—as Hundreds of Beavers, a marvel of slapstick invention that in terms of pure unbridled creativity puts most big-screen comedies to shame. The brainchild of director Mike Cheslik and star Ryland Brickson Cole Tews (both of whom wrote its script), this madcap indie is an overstuffed live-action homage to the golden age of animation that’s bursting with ingenuity and persona...

A shaggy roadtrip comedy set against the backdrop of late 1990s right-wing family values politics fails to come together.

A shaggy roadtrip comedy set against the backdrop of late 1990s right-wing family values politics fails to come together.

On this date in 1929, Popeye, the spinach-eating sailor, made his debut in E.C. Segar's newspaper comic strip "Thimble Theatre."Five other cartoon character debuts:1) Mickey Mouse: 1928. Iconic rodent appeared in 3 cartoon shorts by Ub Iwerks-Walt Disney, most famously "Steamboat Willie." 2) Betty B

A look at how Disney Animation alum John Musker’s hand-drawn short “I’m Hip” pokes fun at L.A.’s anxious denizens, from studio execs to poseurs.