The MGM Grand's corporate symbol won't be stalking the premises in the flesh after Jan. 31, when the hotel plans to close the lion habitat it opened in 1999 for $9 million. A free attraction can't ...

That’s how the Lion Habitat at the MGM Grand caught me the first time. Unlike a zoo, where lions seem captive behind bars, the soundproof glass walls and floors of the habitat allow us to see ...

It's one of the most iconic images in cinema: a lion, framed by a golden circle of film stock, triumphantly roaring just before the opening credits roll. Now, after almost 100 years and more than ...

“The Lion’s Roar Video Magazine” (available for rental or free with purchase of specially marked MGM/UA Home Videos) is narrated by American Movie Classics host Peter Jones and includes ...

Legendary studio MGM has announced it's emergence from bankruptcy. Gary Barber and Roger Birnbaum of Spyglass Entertainment will act as the new co-chairmen and CEOs of the company and they will ...

After all, we had nothing to lose.' MGM did not need to strap Leo the Lion to a table in order to get him to roar for their famous logo. In fact, what the company actually did was far more ...

and each one was used in multiple iterations of the MGM logo. The very first lion didn’t roar, while some lions would be replaced after the first roar by characters such as Tom, from Tom And ...

every MGM movie. Of course, I’m talking about Leo the Lion. Originally Goldwyn’s logo, Leo took over as MGM’s onscreen representative (while Louis B. Mayer ran the shop in Culver City ...

Slats, born at the Dublin Zoo, was MGM's first lion. He had previously appeared in the logo of the Goldwyn Pictures Corporation, where designer Howard Dietz chose the lion as a mascot as a tribute ...

Wikimedia Commons Leo the Lion has been the most regular star of MGM Pictures since it was founded on this day in 1924, and his roar is probably the sound most commonly associated with the studio.