We just lost a legendary animator today 😔 Some animators bring characters to life. Loyd Price helped shape entire worlds that generations grew up loving. 🕊️ Aardman animations has announced the passing of Loyd Price, a gifted animator, mentor and longtime creative force who dedicated more than 30 years to the studio. Over the decades, Price rose to become Aardman’s Head of Animation, helping guide both the performances audiences saw on screen and the generations of animators who followed him. His career stretched across some of stop-motion animation’s most beloved films, including: - Chicken Run — Supervising animator - Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit — Supervising animator - The Nightmare Before Christmas — Animator - Wallace & Gromit: A Close Shave — Animator - Wallace & Gromit’s Cracking Contraptions — Co-director and writer - Shaun the Sheep Movie — Animation supervisor - A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon — Animation supervisor - The Pirates! Band of Misfits — Animation supervisor - Early Man — Animation supervisor - Wallace & Gromit: A Matter of Loaf and Death — Animator - Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget — Animation supervisor On The Curse of the Were-Rabbit alone, Price led a team of 30 animators, helping bring Wallace, Gromit and an entire cast of characters to life frame by painstaking frame. His work as supervising animator also helped shape Chicken Run, while his career connected Aardman’s classic shorts to its modern feature-film era. Stop-motion is built one tiny movement at a time. Loyd Price spent decades making those movements feel alive, and teaching others how to do the same. The characters will keep moving. His influence will keep moving with them. Rest in paradise, Loyd Price. 🤍

Beauty and the Beast and Anastasia Legend Angela Lansbury Passed Away Four Years Ago Today at 96 📺🕊️ Remembering a true legend ❤️ Angela Lansbury became one of television’s most beloved mystery icons as Jessica Fletcher in Murder, She Wrote, bringing intelligence, warmth, wit, and quiet determination to the amateur detective across the long-running series. But Jessica Fletcher was only one chapter of an extraordinary career. Lansbury moved effortlessly between film, television, Broadway, and animation, becoming Mrs. Potts in Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, Miss Eglantine Price in Bedknobs and Broomsticks, and the chilling Eleanor Shaw Iselin in The Manchurian Candidate. Some of her memorable roles include: • Jessica Fletcher — Murder, She Wrote • Mrs. Potts — Beauty and the Beast / The Enchanted Christmas • Miss Eglantine Price — Bedknobs and Broomsticks • Dowager Empress Marie — Anastasia • Mommy Fortuna — The Last Unicorn • Eleanor Shaw Iselin — The Manchurian Candidate • Mrs. Lovett — Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street • Miss Jane Marple — The Mirror Crack’d • Salome Otterbourne — Death on the Nile • Nancy Oliver — Gaslight • Sibyl Vane — The Picture of Dorian Gray • Great Aunt Adelaide — Nanny McPhee • Mayor McGerkle — The Grinch • Balloon Lady — Mary Poppins Returns Jessica Fletcher became the character most closely associated with Lansbury on television, but her remarkable versatility allowed her to remain equally at home in a Broadway musical, a Hollywood drama, or behind the voice of an animated character. Four years after her passing at 96, Angela Lansbury remains an enduring screen and stage legend whose warmth, elegance, and unforgettable performances continue to reach generations of fans. 🎭🕊️