The characters, which have been around since the 1950s and hit new heights of popularity with a cartoon in America in the 1980s, are returning to the small screen with a new animated series on ...

It’a only be early November, but the Christmas season is already in full swing for many. Those who are already getting ...

GERMANY The late cartoonist Pierre Culliford - best known by his pen name, "Peyo" - first introduced the tiny blue figures in a comic strip in October 1958. He called them Schtroumpf; they became ...

Smurfblossom (Ellie Kemper), Smurfette (Demi Lovato), Brainy (Dany Pudi), Clumsy (Jack McBrayer), Hefty (Joe Manganiello), Smurflily (Ariel Winter) and Smurfstorm (Michelle Rodriguez) in "Smurfs: The ...

In the first few minutes of the animated film “Smurfs: The Lost Village,” I couldn’t help but wonder whether this was going to be a terribly long version of the 1980s TV cartoon series. Fortunately, ...