An exemplary perpetuator of the festival atmosphere, Santa Barbara excels at throwing a great party — from the rowdy decadence of Old Spanish Days to the star-studded red carpets of the Film Festival.

When we attended the early press day for Elemental in March, we saw several scenes from the film. One of the scenes they showed us was the air ball scene with Wade and Ember seeking out Wade's boss, ...

LOS ANGELES -- Fire. Water. Earth. Air. In science, we call them the four elements. Disney-Pixar calls them characters in a new animated film called "Elemental." "Elemental" takes us into the world of ...

The seeds of the idea for Elemental came to Peter Sohn many years ago, in a middle school science class, looking at the periodic table. "All I saw were apartment buildings," he says. "These blocks and ...