Jasmine Amy Rogers always knew that someday she would be a cartoon character. Her mother told her and her brother as much when they were children. But the actress always thought it would be as a voice ...

Following on the high heels of the 2023 hit film "Barbie," "Boop! The Musical" likewise aims to remake and rebrand another dated pop character for contemporary times and audiences. Unlike Barbie, who ...

NEW YORK — In 1917, a man named Max Fleischer invented the rotoscope, a combination of projector and glass drawing board that allowed animators to trace over live-action film, one frame at a time.

CHICAGO - A Tony-Award winner from Michigan has helped bring a cartoon icon to life. You could be among the first people in the world to see a new Broadway-bound musical comedy about Betty Boop. It’s ...

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Corrections and Clarifications: An earlier version of this story had the incorrect title of the new cartoon. Betty Boop, the flirty cartoon character who first batted her eyelashes onscreen in 1930, ...

A short item promoting PBS’ Black History Month programming suggested the Betty Boop cartoon character was based on a Black performer of the Jazz Age. That’s not entirely true. Quicker action to ...

Betty Boop, the iconic scat-singing cartoon flapper with a giant head and tiny dress, made her debut on Aug. 9, 1930, in the animated short “Dizzy Dishes.” Like many other characters at the time, she ...

Following on the high heels of the 2023 hit film “Barbie,” “Boop! The Musical” likewise aims to remake and rebrand another dated pop character for contemporary times and audiences. Unlike Barbie, who ...