The walls are full of art — a painting from Cuba and a fabric wall hanging from Uzbekistan. But it doesn’t end there. Things get really interesting — and maybe a little surprising — when ...

As the journalist Peter Benjaminson details in “The Life and Times of Betty Boop: The 100-Year History of an Animated Icon,” the Fleischer Studios creations were mostly adult-oriented surreal ...

Jasmine Amy Rogers as Betty Boop is Broadway's newest star Jasmine Amy Rogers is starring in her first Broadway musical. Eight years ago, NPR talked with her when she was still in high school.

Poor Betty was a victim of the Hays Code, or the Motion Picture Production Code, which in 1934 banned profanity and curtailed violence and sexual content in movies — even animated movies.

It's "boop-oop-a-doop" for a musical that needs a good spritz of Pooph from David Foster, making his Broadway debut.

The family of legendary animator Max Fleischer doesn't hold a valid copyright or trademark for cartoon character Betty Boop, which he created, a federal appeals court has ruled.

Following on the high heels of the 2023 hit film “Barbie,” “ Boop! The Musical” likewise aims to remake and rebrand another dated pop character for contemporary times and audiences. Unlike ...

Glenda Scott’s Betty Boop collection can bowl you over because of the sheer quantity and range of memorabilia. And because that collection includes a Betty Boop bowling ball.

‘What do I do now?’ the late Betty Woodman – who passed away last year – wondered, at 75, when her 2006 retrospective at the Metropolitan Museum of Art had closed. Quietly and consistently influential ...

After 90 years, Betty Boop is still a hot commodity for this collector The south Fargo home of Jan Jorgensen and Cindy Phillips stands out — it includes one of the largest collections in the ...