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For years now -- both here at the newspaper and when I worked at a video store -- I've heard from many people who wanted to get ahold of a copy of an obscure but much-loved holiday film called The Gathering .

The biggest animated film of the year Up is now available in Blu-ray and DVD. Disney/Pixar continues to go where no other animation studio would dare follow.

Within the first 10 minutes, I was already tearing up at perhaps the best elapsed time sequence in a cartoon that I have ever seen.

Published: Sunday, November 15, 2009 at 1:00 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, November 13, 2009 at 3:14 p.m. Edward Asner was looking for a challenge when he decided to star in the one-man play "FDR," which also allows him to share a story about a man he admires.

The moon is waning. The morning stars are Venus, Mars and Saturn. The evening stars are Mercury, Neptune, Jupiter and Uranus.

When film critics and audiences alike believed no animated film could top the incredibly innovative and heartfelt WALL-E, Pixar Animation Studios upped the stakes - again - with Up, the colorful, slightly more mature tale of misanthropic 78-year-old Carl Fredricksen .

Franklin Delano Roosevelt was someone who has left an impression on acclaimed actor Edward Asner.

This week's new releases, available Tuesday, are rated by Jay Bobbin of Zap2it on a scale of one to four, with H equivalent to a poor rating and *** meaning excellent.

A grand adventure with a cranky old man, a plucky kid, a balloon-propelled house, a giant airship, a goofy dog, a rare bird and robot canine villains in another animated masterpiece from Pixar's Pete Docter .

Casting is now complete for the L.A. Theatre Works production of Kaufman and Hart's Once in a Lifetime .

Who couldn't love Mary Tyler Moore? Winner of 29 Emmy AwardsA including three for Outstanding Comedy Series and three Golden Globe AwardsA , this groundbreaking series consistently ranked among televisiona s top-rated programs during its seven-year run.

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Actor Edward Asner may be approaching 80, but that doesn't mean he plans to stop performing anytime soon.

Edie Falco, Frank Wood, Lauren Ambrose, Mark Ruffalo, Kate Burton, Edward Asner and Roy Dotrice will populate the 2009-2010 season at L.A. Theatre Works.

When you need an old grouch, Edward Asner is your man. Yet the actor best-known as gruff newsman Lou Grant, who expands his resume of grumps as the voice of a curmudgeonly widower in Pixar Animation's Up, wants people to know he can play romance and action, too.

Courtesy of Pixar Animation Now playing Capsule descriptions of movies currently in theaters Opening Friday Every Little Step ***1/2 a ' This documentary about the creation of "A Chorus Line" also follows the intense auditions for the recent Broadway revival.

June 3, 2009 a ' This summer's movie of choice may well be the animated story of a 78-year-old curmudgeon who smells of prunes and a pudgy 8-year-old who inadvertently go, yes, "Up" together in an unlikely craft, a flying house The ride is not inadvertent on the part of balloon salesman Carl Fredricksen .

UP Whether you see UP in 3D for an extra $3 or settle for the standard version, you will be delighted with the story, characters, messages and animation.

MOVIES : Up! is the tenth animated film from Disney/Pixar and their first in both 3-D and traditional 35 mm versions.

A view from "Up" above: Enjoying his window on the world is Carl Fredricksen . Up PG: some peril and action; 1:26 There was no avoiding that initial wince when " Up " was pitched to the public as a journey into 3D animation.