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Just beyond the ''Monster Mouth'' entrance, a black-lighted, goblin-festooned carousel turns hypnotically to dorky horror-movie music.

Most animal lovers would be happy to have a dog, or even a cat as their constant and loyal companion, but naturalist Casey Anderson has taken that a step further and adopted an 58-stone grizzly bear called Brutus, who he has raised since birth.

Spier Films is now actively canvassing for projects seeking production finance. It is looking for material that has been developed by experienced producers that it will co-produce, but will also accept submissions from writers who do not have producers.

Director Tim Burton has become a household name thanks to his highly stylized and hugely popular movies such as "Batman" and "Beetlejuice." While fans may say his films are works of art, few would expect to see Burton's imagery displayed alongside Monet's "Water Lilies" and Van Gogh's "Starry Night." However, from now until April, the Museum of ...

Museum of Modern Art, 11 W. 53rd St., Manhattan. 212-708-9400 or moma.org. Schedule: Through April 26.

The Museum of Modern Art will be hosting a Tim Burton Retrospective from November 22, 2009 through April 26, 2010.

Loading ... Pre-ordering for the standard and deluxe editions of The Art of Tim Burton" book is now available over at Steeles Publishing .

AnnaSophia has tea in downtown Littleton. BAR : TRES JOLIE TEA & CHAMPAGNE LOUNGE Tres Jolie Tea & Champagne Lounge, at 2399 W. Main St.

HAMILTON TOWNSHIP You won't need a Golden Ticket to have an opportunity to enjoy this show.

Johnny Depp has joined an elite group. For just the third time ever, there is a two-time winner of People magazinea s a oeSexiest Man Alivea award.

"Pale, frail-looking, sad-eyed man with hair that [expresses] more than last night's pillow struggle." Details: Tim Burton November 18 through April 26 MOMA What will five months of feting by MOMA do to Tim Burton 's perversely blockbusting outsider art? Probably nothing.

For every Coraline or The Iron Giant , there's a rash of beloved children's stories that lost their charm en route to the big screen.

FACTORY BOUND: Among the more than 60 Clarke students who are involved in the upcoming musical, Willy Wonka, are, front row, Joe Lampe; second row, Alex Stickels, Mitch Lampe and Stacie Kjellsen; third row, Kimberly Eddy, Walker Adams, Trevor Pitts and Dustin May; back row, Lance Henrichs, Mackenzie Thomas and Laura Swartz.

Little Britain star David Walliams, whose children's book is on the shortlist for the Roald Dahl prize, describes how he fell under the influence of the late author Quentin Blake's illustrations for David Walliams's 'Mr Stink' in pictures: Quentin Blake's illustrations for Mr Stink Before I started writing my first children's novel, The Boy in the ...

This new trailer for Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland , presented by SpikeTV , doesn't deserve as much hype as it's getting because it's basically a remix or rehash of the original teaser trailer first put out in July.

A lifelong Johnny Depp fan has launched an internet campaign to get the Hollywood movie star to turn on Portishead's Christmas lights.

As "Where the Wild Things Are" illustrates, translating children's books to the big screen is a tricky business: Adults, children and the book's author all usually want different things from the movie.

When Toby Tenma dies, his scientist father builds a robot version of him. Would-be revolutionary robots call him "Astro Boy." AP Slideshow more photos TODAY Hilary Swank takes on title role in - Amelia' Oct.

Lovely dollops of wit and warmth float through the big-screen version of "Astro Boy," the latest Japanese TV cartoon to make it to the big screen.

A significant slice of Hollywood will head to Australia next year when a retrospective of famed film noir director Tim Burton's work will be shown in Melbourne.