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In a new installment of The Animation that Changed Me, a series in which leading artists discuss one work of animation that deeply influenced them, we’re taking a trip into the British countryside of yesteryear. Our guest is stop-motion filmmaker Nick Park, whose works of plasticine-puppet animation at Aardman have earned him global renown. Park is the creator of Wallace & Gromit, Creature Comforts, and Shaun the Sheep; he also co-directed Chicken Run, the highest-grossing stop-motion film of all time, and directed the feature Early Man. His work has earned him countless honors, includi...

In a dark twist of fate, he never got to ride it anyway -- at least, not alive. Lincoln's only journey aboard The United States came after his assassination. In the spring of 1865, the rail car -- crudely stripped of its freshly fixed furnishings, and now fitted with a portrait of the president at the front of the engine -- wound its way through some 180 cities between Washington D.C. and Springfield, Illinois in a somber kind of reverse inauguration trip. Lincoln's presidential legacy was bookended by rail travel. And between his inauguration and death, he'd signed legislation initiating the...

Pete Docter Sets Animated Feature Category Record With 'Soul' Nomination Everett Docter earned his fourth animated feature category nom as a director for the jazz-infused movie, while 'Wolfwalkers' helmer Tomm Moore collected his third nom. Soul director Pete Docter earned his fourth nomination for best animated feature, a record for the category, which was first awarded in 2002. He won the category twice, for Up (2009) and Inside Out (2015), and was additionally nominated for 2001's Monsters, Inc. in the category's debut year. Docter has nine Oscar nominations in total, also having earn...

Pete Docter Sets Animated Feature Category Record With ‘Soul’ Nomination Carolyn Giardina Soul Soul director Pete Docter earned his fourth nomination for best animated feature, a record for the category, which was first awarded in 2002. He won the category twice, for Up (2009) and Inside Out (2015), and was additionally nominated for 2001’s Monsters, Inc. in the category’s debut year. Docter has nine Oscar nominations in total, also having earned screenplay noms for  Toy Story, Wall-E, Up and Inside Out. He was nominated in the animated short category for Mike...

Only Fools and Horses Christmas Special - Credit: BBC Like turkey and tinsel, advent calendars and carols, cracking TV programmes are a tradition for most of us during the festive season. With your selection box and port at the ready, here is a countdown of 10 of our best-loved Christmas TV moments, from jaw-dropping revelations to cuddly cartoon characters, vicars to a Royle baby. 1. Dirty Den and Angie’s divorce (EastEnders, 1986): The Granddaddy of them all and the benchmark for anyone striving for a truly miserable Christmas, 30.2 million people tuned in to watch Den Watts hand Angie ...