‘Toy Story’ voted greatest animated movie

October 16th, 2009 LONDON - American computer-animated film 'Toy Story' has topped a poll of the greatest animated films of all time. "Toy Story was loved by both the older and younger generations and will be viewed for many years to come," the Mirror quoted Pollsters onepollcashback.com as saying.

October 11th, 2009 NEW YORK - US cinema goers got some humour therapy to send Couples Retreat to the top of the box office over the weekend. The comedy about a group of unwilling couples forced into therapy on a tropical island stars Vince Vaughn, Jason Bateman, Kristin Davis and Kristen Bell.

October 10th, 2009 LONDON - Steven Spielberg's 1982 classic E.T has been voted the greatest alien film ever. The movie starring a young Drew Barrymore was voted as the favorite in a poll of 7,675 film fans conducted by phone recycling website PhonePiggyBank.com.

October 6th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The sequel to animated movie Bal Ganesh, about the heroic tales of Lord Ganesh as a child, will hit screens Oct 23. The movie is produced by Shemaroo Entertainment in association with Astute Media Vision and will be released with 200 prints including digital, across India, said a press release.

October 5th, 2009 NEW YORK - "Zombieland", the horror comedy with Woody Harrelson (of Cheers fame) and Jesse Eisenberg, debuted as the top favourite of weekend cinema crowds in North America. According to studio estimates, it took in $25 million with backing from critics, who liked the story of two unevenly matched men who make their mark in a world of zombies.

September 10th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Known for his experiments, Bollywood star Aamir Khan will now be seen in an animated avatar for the first time in a television commercial for Coca Cola. Conceptualized by adman-turned-lyricist Prasoon Joshi along with Ashish Chakravarty, the ad has been shot by Abhijit Choudhary for the Coca-Cola Open Happiness communication initiative.

September 3rd, 2009 LONDON - Gotham city's Dark Knight, 'Batman' has vanquished his comic book rivals 'Spider-man' and 'Superman' to be named the greatest superhero of all time in a new poll. Mirror.co.uk reports, the Caped Crusader, who has been fighting crime in comics, on TV and in numerous film adaptations since 1939, beat Peter Parker's arachnid alter-ego to second place in the survey by SFX.co.uk.

September 1st, 2009 LONDON - English rock band Oasis might be going through a rough patch, but its popularity is reaching new heights - one of their early singles has been named the greatest song of all time in a new poll. The rock band's 1994 track 'Live Forever' has topped the greatest songs of all time list, with three of their songs figuring in the top four.

August 31st, 2009 LONDON - Hollywood legend Sir Sean Connery's Irish-American accent in 1987 film "The Untouchables" has been voted the worst of all time in a poll by a US ticket agency. The former James Bond star played a cop in the hit movie and won an Oscar for his turn despite failing to lose his native Scottish dialect, reports contactmusic.com.

August 5th, 2009 LONDON - The lip lock between actresses Sarah Michelle Gellar and Selma Blair in the movie "Cruel Intentions" was voted the best lesbian kiss of all time in a poll conducted by a movie website. Thesun.co.uk reports that the kiss from the movie released in 1999 beat the one between Neve Campbell and Denise Richards in "Wild Things" from 1998.

August 5th, 2009 LONDON - 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' star Sarah Michelle Gellar's snog with American actress Selma Blair has been voted the hottest lesbian kiss ever to be on film. According to a poll by a movie website, Gellar, 32, and Blair, 37, made the top spot for the kiss they shared in 1999 movie 'Cruel Intentions', reports the Sun.

June 9th, 2009 LONDON - Homer Simpson's "Doh!" from America's longest running animated series "The Simpsons" has been voted the best catchphrase on children's TV. Following suit on the second spot in an online poll was pre-historic cartoon hero, Fred Flintstone's cry of "Yabba Dabba Doo!" while third in the poll of 7,431 TV fans was "Exterminate!" from "Doctor Who".

June 9th, 2009 LONDON - A scene from Hollywood actress Julia Roberts' classic film Pretty Woman has been voted Britain's favourite movie moment of all time. The 1990 picture won Roberts a Golden Globe award and an Oscar nomination and now a sequence from the movie has seen off competition from other films to top the survey by the Turner Classic Movies Channel, reports contactmusic.com.

May 24th, 2009 LONDON - The original "Star Wars" film has topped a new online poll carried out by Moviefone to find the best science fiction movie of all time. The 1977 George Lucas movie, starring Harrison Ford as Han Solo, Carrie Fisher as Princess Leia and Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker, was closely followed by the franchise's second film, "Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back" in the poll, reports thefemalefirst.co.uk.

May 3rd, 2009 Superstar Rajnikanth would now be seen in a new avtar of an animated character. The film is been made by his daughter Soundarya Rajnikanth under the banner of Soundarya’s Ocher Studios and the budget of the animated flick is said to be as huge as 60 crore rupees.