A pioneer of film animation, cartoonist Max Fleischer (1883-1972) created cartoon characters Betty Boop and Popeye. He is also remembered for his more than 20 motion picture production inventions, par...
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Today is Thursday, Aug. 9, the 221st day of 2007. There are 144 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On Aug. 9, 1945, three days after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan, the Unit...
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Selected home-video releases:"300"This year's first $200 million hit was a marriage of ancient history and modern Hollywood bloodshed, filtered through the visual wizardry of computer-generated ani...
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Christopher Nolan's Batman Begins, from a screenplay by Mr. Nolan and David S. Goyer, based on a story by Mr. Goyer and the Batman characters created by Bob Kane and published by DC Comics, plays o...
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Max Fleischer
Today in history - Aug. 9
