Two decades after YouTube launched , a handful of music videos have achieved something once unimaginable: view counts in the billions, far beyond what television audiences ever reached. Based on ...

When it came to animated movies in 2025, the key takeaway was that franchise films were safe bets, while animated originals – at least theatrically – were potential minefields. This can be summed up ...

2025 came to a close with animation as globally dominant as ever. Ne Zha 2 topped the worldwide box office with $2.21 billion, followed by Walt Disney Animation’s Zootopia 2, which came out hot in ...

The animation industry has always been labor-intensive, blending artistry, innovation, and technology to bring stories to life. Now, a new technological shift, generative AI (genAI), is sparking ...

When it comes to animated superhero TV, DC Comics has spent decades building a legacy that rivals its big-screen efforts. From the gritty streets of Gotham to the farthest corners of the multiverse, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Veronica Villafañe is an expert in the Hispanic media industry. “Despacito,” the catchy, record-setting g lobal phenomenon, has ...

Lucas Kloberdanz-Dyck is a writer for Collider. He grew up creating lists, stories, and worlds, which led to his love of anime and video games. He attended Sheridan College where he earned an Honours ...

Spider-Man has been swinging through comic book pages since 1962, with his massive popularity leading to a staggering amount of monthly solo books, various team books and guest star appearances. In ...

When a friend of Luis Fonsi's passed him a film script, the global pop star agreed to look at it as a courtesy. “I wasn’t looking (to act). I wasn’t auditioning. It wasn’t something that was next on ...

The Animation Guild is back at the table with the studios this week, hoping to seal the deal on a new contract by Friday. Last month, the union said it was still “far apart” from the studios on ...

As industry workers face layoffs, outsourcing and the specter of artificial intelligence, leaders of the union painted this year's bargaining cycle as a "do or die" moment. By Katie Kilkenny Labor & ...