LOS ANGELES, Nov. 5 (UPI) -- U.S. entertainment giant Walt Disney Co. is adapting its iconic character Mickey Mouse to keep him relevant for modern audiences, a project developer said. Mickey Mouse started out as a bit of a rascal, who ...Read More
The American International Toy Fair, the industry's main trade show, kicks off Sunday in New York on Sunday. Here are some noteworthy toys to watch for. ZHU ZHU PETS. Last year's runaway hit from Cepia LLC is back, and they're not ...Read More
Walt Disney Co., its bottom line dragged down by restructuring costs, reported a modest drop in its fiscal first-quarter profit.
The Burbank entertainment giant reported net income of $844 million, or 44 cents a share, for the quarter ended Jan. 2, ...Read More
HONG KONG/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - A consortium led by Walt Disney Co is in advanced talks to buy into China's largest in-bus digital media and advertising company, a deal that could offer the U.S. entertainment giant a new platform to promote ...Read More
Finishing up her four-night run in at Radio City Music Hall, Lady GaGa was back out greeting fans outside of Rockefeller Center in New York City on Sunday evening (January 24). The 'Poker Face' singer kindly took time to sign a ...Read More
Simon Cowell became British TV's first billion dollar man yesterday – after signing a joint deal with global entertainment giant Sony. He is now on course to rake in £500million in the next two years, thanks to sales of the X ...Read More
The man who trashed NBC in the NY Times for the whole Jay Leno/Conan O'Brien fiasco actually helped hatch the whole thing in the first place ... according to an email obtained by TMZ. Former TV exec Fred Silverman was quoted ...Read More
NEW YORK - Shareholders of Marvel Entertainment Inc., home of Spider-Man and the Hulk, approved on Thursday the company's acquisition by The Walt Disney Co., as expected. Marvel said the $4.3 billion acquisition would bring Spider-Man, Iron Man and 5,000 other ...Read More
When she arrived in the country last week, a Sydney newspaper ran a front-page story complaining that Spears would not be singing live during 15 two-hour concerts on her tour. The issue set online comment boards alight with indignation, and ...Read More
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Comcast Corp. has denied news reports that it was hammering out a deal to buy entertainment giant NBC Universal from its parent General Electric. Reports first started surfacing late Wednesday that the two companies were in talks. ...Read More
WASHINGTON -- Mickey Mouse could not bring down ACORN, but a prostitute and her pimp may. After sporadic controversy in recent years over the national community organizing group's political activities, a firestorm has erupted with hidden camera videos showing workers dishing ...Read More
* Expansion to feature princess "fantasy worlds" * Star Tours rides to be upgraded with 3D effects ANAHEIM, Calif., Sept 12 (Reuters) - Mickey Mouse's houseand his Toon Town world will make way next year for a vastlylarger Fantasyland, in the biggest-ever ...Read More
NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Walt Disney Co on Monday agreed to buy Marvel Entertainment Inc for $4 billion in the year's biggest media deal, banking on Marvel's pantheon of superheroes to broaden its lineup of movie franchises that appeal ...Read More
Walt Disney Co. is betting $4 billion that Iron Man and his fellow superheroes can help it beat the malaise gripping the entertainment industry. Disney agreed Monday to buy Marvel Entertainment Inc., adding a legion of superheroes to a durable family ...Read More
In a move as massive and dramatic as anything that could have been imagined by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby or even Walt himself, Disney agreed to purchase Marvel Entertainment on Monday (August 31) in a deal worth $4 billion. As our ...Read More
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The Walt Disney Co. said Monday it is buying Marvel Entertainment Inc. for $4 billion in cash and stock, bringing characters like Iron Man and Spider-Man into the family of Mickey Mouse and WALL-E. Under the deal, ...Read More
LOS ANGELES - Virginia Davis, who appeared in Walt Disney's pioneering "Alice'' films, died Saturday at her home in Corona, Calif., from natural causes. She was 90. Ms. Davis was hired by Disney in 1923 when he was a struggling filmmaker ...Read More
Virginia Davis, 90, who appeared in Walt Disney's pioneering "Alice" films, has died. The Walt Disney Co. said Davis passed away at her home Saturday in Corona, Calif., from natural causes. At 4, Davis was hired by Disney in 1923 when he ...Read More
ORLANDO, Fla. -- A 60-year-old man has been convicted of groping a woman in a Minnie Mouse costume at Walt Disney World. John William Moyer, of Cressona, Pa., maintains his innocence in the June incident. He was convicted Tuesday of misdemeanor battery ...Read More
Wayne Allwine, a Walt Disney Studios voice-over artist who was the voice of Mickey Mouse for more than three decades, has died. He was 62. Allwine, an Emmy Award-winning former sound effects editor and foley artist, died of complications of diabetes ...Read More
