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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...
North Korea’s Twitter Account Hacked Amid Tension
Hackers apparently broke into at least two of North Korea's government-run online sites Thursday, as tensions rose on the Korean Peninsula.
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...
Fine Jewelry: Girl with a Pearl
VITAL STATISTICS: NAME VICTOIRE DE CASTELLANE CURRENT JOB DESIGNER, DIOR JEWELRY FIRST JOB ASSISTANT IN THE STUDIO AT CHANEL INSIDE TRACK WORKED FOR KARL...
Disney's Great Leap into China
Main Street U.S.A at the new Hong Kong Disneyland looks exactly like the one most Americans remember from their childhood, but it won't taste the same. The...
Tech Watch
Computers have come a long way from the dull beige box. The new Disney Dream Desk PC for kids is bright blue with yellow accents; the speakers are Mickey Mouse...
Technology: In A New PC, Mickey Meets The Mouse
Computers have come a long way from the dull beige box. The new Disney Dream Desk PC for kids is bright blue with yellow accents; the speakers are Mickey Mouse...
Walkabout: Mickey Mouse Messiah
Friday, Feb. 23, 2001 | Hong Kong, it is true, is not wonderland. The harbor is choked with all manner of overpowering poisons and exotic effluents. Rudeness is...
Smells a Little Fishy
Mickey mouse, Donald duck, Goofy—these venerable Disney characters stand for family, fun and now, maybe, dead fish. At least they do for Lai Ah-shui and 200...
People: Apr. 23, 2001
COSTNER DOES CUBA, DANCES WITH DICTATORS While KEVIN COSTNER's Cuban-missile-crisis thriller Thirteen Days may not have been box-office plutonium, the film has...
The China Drive
As Washington prepares to vote on trade, GM finds profits in the Middle Kingdom By TERRY MCCARTHY Shanghai The Mickey Mouse jingle is sounding again at station...
