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.

Marilyn Monroe sang, “I wanna be loved by you—boop-boop-ee-doop” a la “Betty Boop” in “Some Like it Hot.” And now Betty Boop will be serving it hot in San Francisco with the bow of the first Betty ...

The iconic cartoon character known as Betty Boop just got boop-oop-a-doop Funko Popped! It’s about time. Want more like this? Get the latest drops, ratings, reviews, and more with the ComicBook Gear ...

The Betty Boop Musical" to Chicago this fall for a pre-Broadway tryout. The tuner, which runs Nov. 19 through Dec. 31 at Chicago's CIBC Theatre, is based on the animated Jazz Era flapper - known for ...

Betty Boop, international animation icon and leading lady, together with Animal Logic Entertainment and Simon Cowell’s Syco Entertainment today announced their plan to develop and produce Betty Boop’s ...

Sure Betty Boop knows how to "boop-oop-a-doop," but will she be able to sing and dance on stage?Theatergoers will have to wait until the 2010-2011 season to find out when "Betty Boop," a new musical ...

Book after book promises to reveal the real Marilyn Monroe. But even in today’s TMZ-driven, every-friggin’-detail-trotted-out celeb cycle, the tragic star remains an enigma. And that won’t change with ...

Unlike the silver voiced tenor of the airwaves Morton Downey, whose career was enhanced in the 1930s by the arrival of the radio, Helen Kane made it really big because of a spur-of-the-moment ...

On Aug. 9, 1930 — 95 years ago Saturday — the cartoon character of Betty Boop made her debut with the release of the Fleischer Studios animated short “Dizzy Dishes.” Except this wasn’t quite the Betty ...