• ‘One Day At a Time’ plans animated quarantine special

    ‘One Day At a Time’ plans animated quarantine special

    Pop TV’s “One Day At a Time” is getting animated. The reimagining of Norman Lear’s classic will produce an animated special to air this spring. Like all other live-action Hollywood production, filming on the current fourth season of “One Day At a Time” was suspended in mid-March amid a growing coronavirus pandemic. Shortly after that, …
  • Andy Richter’s playing a different ‘toon on web series

    Andy Richter’s playing a different ‘toon on web series

    Andy Richter, one of TV’s most familiar faces, has taken his act online — hosting the “Anidom Beyond Show,” which dives deeply into Fox’s Sunday-night animation lineup. The hourlong series, a co-production between Fox and online platform Caffeine, borrows part of its title from Fox’s “Animation Domination” lineup — “The Simpsons,” “Family Guy,” “Bob’s Burgers,” …
  • The surprising music and design that inspired ‘Trolls World Tour’

    The surprising music and design that inspired ‘Trolls World Tour’

    It’s a jukebox of cute. The new animated film “Trolls World Tour,” out Friday on Amazon and iTunes, sees those lovable singing trolls, Poppy (voiced by Anna Kendrick) and Branch (Justin Timberlake), venture to six music-driven lands — Techno, Funk, Rock, Classical, Country and Pop (their hometown) — to try to stop Queen Barb (Rachel …
  • Animation production still going strong despite coronavirus crisis

    Animation production still going strong despite coronavirus crisis

    As Hollywood production has ground to a halt over the escalating COVID-19 pandemic, there is one area that been able to keep the lights on for the most part — animation. As new episodes of “The Simpsons,” “Bob’s Burgers” and more just this past weekend made it to air, many animated series are still in …
  • Rachel Matthews, star of ‘Frozen 2,’ tests positive for coronavirus

    Rachel Matthews, star of ‘Frozen 2,’ tests positive for coronavirus

    Rachel Matthews, who stars in the second installment of Disney’s acclaimed “Frozen” series, said on Monday that she has tested positive for the coronavirus. The 26-year old actress — who voiced the role of Honeymaren in “Frozen 2″ — revealed in a series of posts on her Instagram story that she has been under quarantine …