The animation studio responsible for bringing us memorable cartoon characters like Fred Flintstone, Scooby-Doo and George Jetson is celebrating its anniversary. The Paley Center for Media hosts Yabba-Dabba-Doo! A 70th Anniversary Salute to Hanna-Barbera, commemorating the long history of the famed animation studio. Included as part of the celebration is a look at a collection of rare artwork and artifacts spanning the studio's 70 years of existence. Through September 6th. more ›

FILM TALK: Director Wayne Wang will discuss his films Princess of Nebraska (2007) and Chinese Box (1997) in between a double-feature screening of the two, beginning at 7:30 pm at the Aero Theatre in Santa Monica. Princess is a new film where Wang examines the young generation of China, following “24 hours in the life of Sasha, a young Chinese woman who is four months pregnant and travels to San Francisco to have an abortion and confront her lover's male friend.” And you may remember Jeremy Irons in Chinese Box as a Brit ex-Pat in love with two women in Hong Kong before the handover to China. more ›