Now, after almost 100 years and more than half a dozen real live, roaring lions, MGM is replacing its iconic mascot for a near-identical computer-generated duplicate. Leo the lion is dead ...

For almost a century, MGM has used more than half a dozen of real-life lions to portray its famous roaring lion mascot logo that appears before the start of each of its films. Now, nearly 100 ...

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 ...

The lion's roar is familiar to many through its inclusion in the MGM opening sequence. This roar segment consists only of the middle portion of the roar, omitting the first and last portions ...

Apparently, the lions love going to the habitat. The occasional challenge is getting them to leave the MGM. When they return from a shift, there’s roaring back and forth across the ranch for up ...

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 ...

“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 ...

Leo took over as MGM’s onscreen representative (while Louis B. Mayer ran the shop in Culver City, Calif.). Played by several real lions over the years (though he’s currently roaring for Amazon ...

Leo the lion, the MGM mascot who roared in the credits of countless ... so he didn't actually roar. Instead, he moved his head from side to side within the well-known logo, a loop of film framing ...

After almost 100 years, MGM’s iconic roaring lion mascot has been replaced by an all-CGI version. More than half a dozen real live lions have been used over the years to portray the mascot ...