Ok, we are almost through the summer season of film, and I, for one, feel like I am trying to resuscitate an almost dead corpse. Sure, there were hits, good films,

Toy Story's Woody and Buzz Lightyear are the best animated movie characters of all time, according to a new online poll.

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Snow White, Dorothy Gale, the HAL 9000 computer, Charles Chaplin's Little Tramp and Marlon Brando's Godfather share top billing

Bambi...Cinderella...Tinkerbell -- all fictional characters from Disney films, and also some popular pooch names,

The classic tearjerker movie. Many of us watch them with a diet coke in one hand and a box of Kleenex in the other. Whether it's a sappy Lifetime movie or an old classic romance, we enjoy watching them even though they make us weep like little babies. Some won't admit to tearing up, while others put the blame on "allergies" or use other excuses.

Entertainment highlights during the week of Aug. 12-18: 1939: ''The Wizard of Oz'' premiered in Hollywood.

LOS ANGELES (AP) - In Shrek the Third, Cameron Diaz's ogre bride shares tea time with the fairy-tale world's fairest princesses - Snow White, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty and Rapunzel.

Hip-hop star Pharrell Williams is obsessed with animation and regularly watches cartoons and Disney movies because they are "life-altering." Williams, who has produced hits for Britney Spears, Nelly, Justin Timberlake and Snoop Dogg, has to have his favorite cartoon flicks nearby for inspiration.