Today marks the 31st birthday of the first Pixar animated short, Luxo Jr. The silent two-minute film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film, and its August 17, 1986 release ...

Walt Disney famously said, “I only hope that we never lose sight of one thing — that it was all started by a mouse.” For the Pixar artists, it was all started by a lamp. Twenty-five years ago (Aug. 17 ...

Almost as iconic as Pixar’s cast of animated movie characters is Luxo Jr., the little lamp that starred in Pixar’s first animated short, and now shines a light to open every one of their films. And ...

The LEGO Group and Pixar have collaborated to unveil the first-ever brick built LEGO Ideas Luxo Jr Collectible Display model which will be available from the June 1, 2025. Synonymous with classic ...

Sometimes when I think about money, and not having enough of it, I daydream what it would be like to win the lottery. Then I snap out of it, because as a white, upper-middle-class able-bodied ...

Pixar is responsible for dozens of memorable characters, but its original creation remains one of its most iconic. Debuting in a short film from 1986, Luxo Jr. lives on as the lamp shown before every ...