Annette Funicello

She was more than just one of the original Mouseketeers. From the time the Mickey Mouse Club debuted in 1955, with her as one of 24 perky club kids, the...

Disney: Hand-Drawn Cartoons Coming to TV This Summer

Check out the new old-style animated Disney short 'Croissant de Triomphe'

Milestones

DIED John Atta Mills, 68, President of Ghana, who was called a "calming, stabilizing influence." Mills' death came five months before he was to finish his first...

Adidas Withdraws ‘Shackle’ Sneakers

Mickey Mouse, panda bears and themes “inspired by…my childhood” are what fashion designer Jeremy Scott describes as the inspiration behind his sneaker...

Disney Nixes Junk-Food Ads Aimed at Kids. Can Good Health Be Good Business?

Usually, rejecting ads for anything—tobacco, liquor, candy—is framed as the business giving something up, for altruistic or p.r. reasons. Here, Disney is...

All Hail Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, King of E3 2012

Walt Disney's first major animated star is a star all over again at Disney Interactive's E3 booth.

Disney Pulls Joy Division-Inspired Mickey Mouse Shirt

On Monday, a Mickey Mouse T-shirt on sale at the Disney Store started an uproar in the music community. Here’s how it was described in the Disney Store’s online...

With an Eye on the U.S. Economy, Obama Will Make it Easier For Brazilian, Chinese Tourists to Get Visas

If I were a restaurant owner, I might cut back a bit on Coca-Cola and stock some Guaraná. That’s the favorite soft drink in Brazil – whose tourists, propelled by...

How Honda’s ASIMO Became the Running, Drink-Serving, Autonomous Robot It Is Today

People tend to think of ASIMO as a Honda mascot; a cute, harmless looking mechanical man that appears in car commercials and even has its own show at the...

Mickey Mouse

Mickey Mouse turns 80 years old today, and there's not a gray hair on him. Sure, he's a little rounder, a little squatter, and he's been wearing the same clothes...