Proctors Collaborative revealed its 2026-27 season during the festive annual Season Announcement Bash, launching a landmark year as the organization celebrates the 100th anniversary season of Proctors ...

Yasin Dukes, 18, of Atlanta, said he has been coming to Black Bike Week since he was 5 years old. He said Daytona Beach is ...

One of the most unusual of the creative treasures to enter the public domain this month is King of Jazz. The plotless, experimental 1930 musical film shot in early Technicolor centers on influential ...

Fans of the iconic Betty Boop character have taken to social media to share their dream celebrity casting for Miss Boop now that Dizzy Dishes, the six-minute cartoon that first featured the Betty Boop ...

ITN Distribution, the company behind the Twisted Child Universe (aka the Poohniverse), is next turning the cartoon classic “Betty Boop” into a slasher with Betty’s Revenge, featuring V/H/S star Hannah ...

While Betty Boop has been freed from copyright jail, Fleischer Studios isn’t going to let the iconic character sing on stage again without a fight. But, Fleischer Studios is warning producers not to ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Betty Boop and “Blondie” are joining Mickey Mouse and Winnie the Pooh in the public domain. The first appearances of the classic cartoon and comic characters are among the pieces of ...

If you’ve ever wanted to use Betty Boop in a creative project but assumed copyright law made that impossible, that assumption is officially outdated. On Thursday, January 1, 2026, Duke Law’s Center ...

CLEVELAND — Last week, I could have been sued for butchering the classic American song "Georgia on my Mind" on broadcast television, but no lawyers can stop me now, because as of this week, this ...

LOS ANGELES — Betty Boop and “Blondie” are joining Mickey Mouse and Winnie the Pooh in the public domain. The first appearances of the classic cartoon and comic characters are among the pieces of ...

For lovers of books, movies, characters, and more, Jan. 1 annually marks more than just a new year; it's also the start of new copyrighted items entering the public domain, making classic works ...