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John Hench dead at 95
{{link http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/7885747.htm ContraCostaTimes.com}} reports that John Hench, “a longtime Disney artist and the official portrait painter of Mickey Mouse”, has died at 95. Hench began at Disney in 1939 as… |
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Curious George update
…well-known monkey as “the company’s Mickey Mouse,” as it will appear on everything from water bottles to the studio’s letterhead. The budget for Curious George is somewhere near $40 million,… |
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OSCARS SPECIAL: The 76th Annual Academy Awards – "It’s a wrap!"
…scenery in true Clouseau style! Unlike previous years, there were no animated characters inserted into the live program to present the animation awards (guess that CG Mickey really scared ’em… |
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Home On The Range – Jerry Beck's view
…“The Disney studio has come a long way from its Kansas City roots, Mickey Mouse beginnings and Snow White heights”, he says, adding that Range “is a better note to… |
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A Front Row Seat in Philadelphia
…year. New Mickey Mouse and Winnie the Pooh series’ are coming soon to Playhouse Disney She also reported that according to a survey of people attending Finding Nemo in theatres:… |
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Stills from The Chronological Donald
…have stills of animation from On the Front Lines and on Saturday stills from Mickey Mouse in Living Color – Volume 2 will be available. Each DVD, along with Tomorrow… |
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Stills from On the Front Lines
…will have stills of animation from Mickey Mouse in Living Color – Volume 2. All four DVDs from Wave 3 will be available May 18, 2004. from All Together from… |
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Two New Series Coming to NickToons
…LEADER DOG episode is three minutes, while each TORTELLINI WESTERN runs two minutes. Schwarz continued, “THE SIMPSONS, SOUTH PARK and even MICKEY MOUSE all started out as shorts. We hope… |
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Cartoon characters reveal inner strengths
…one’s favorite cartoon entertainer may hold the key to one’s most ideal quality. Cartoon characters featured in the article include Mickey Mouse, Tweety, Bullwinkle, Snoopy, Homer Simpson, and Bugs Bunny…. |
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The Animated Games of E3
…a Jedi-cloaked Mickey Mouse as they continue their adventure into other worlds and battle the forces of an evil mummy-wrapped ruler. Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories – SQUARE ENIX –… |
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Announcing the Walt's People book series
…Hand, Bill Tytla, Ken Anderson, Jack Hannah, John Hench, Marc Davis, Milt Kahl, Harper Goff and Joyce Carlson and discusses among many other subjects the Disney Studio before Mickey Mouse,… |
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The Chronological Donald – full review
While it seems the Mickey Mouse In Color 2, On The Front Lines and TomorrowLand sets in the new wave of Walt Disney Treasures deluxe DVD tins are the most… |
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Laughing Place signs off on the two remaining Treasures
…http://www.laughingplace.com/News-ID280210.asp The Chronological Donald}}. Thumbs up for both titles, which along with Mickey Mouse In Living Color Part II and Disney On The Front Lines, are of course out now…. |
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Disney postage stamps arrive
The Orange County Register has a brief article showing the Disney postage stamps featuring Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and Goofy, Bambi and Thumper, Mufasa and Simba from The Lion King,… |
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Introducing Disney's FastPlay and EasyFind Menus
…to their favorite set up options and bonus features. These innovative new technologies will first be available on the animated The Three Musketeers, starring Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and Goofy,… |
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More Disney fruits and vegetables
Back in January, we reported on Mickey Mouse-shaped vegetables. Now there’s word of Simba from The Lion King being made out of fruit. Check it out at Yahoo! News UK…. |
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Disney characters to appear on Brown shoes
…& Co. The agreement with Disney Consumer Products will see the launch of shoes featuring Mickey and Minnie Mouse, Winnie the Pooh, Bambi, Lady and the Tramp, Power Rangers- SPD,… |
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Rock the Vote: Cartoon candidates vie for office
…did citizens in a recent Bulloch County, Georgia, election. The Big Cartoon DataBase reports that animated characters Spongebob, Goofy, Snoopy, the Three Stooges, and Mickey Mouse all received votes as… |
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Three Musketeers "a fun return to the screen for the classic characters"
DVD Toons takes an in-depth look at Disney’s new Mickey Mouse movie, {{link http://www.dvdtoons.com/reviews/327 The Three Musketeers}}, also starring Donald and Goofy. “For a medium that is supposedly running out… |
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Donovan Cook on The Three Musketeers
Well, now that the new Mickey Mouse feature, The Three Musketeers, is actually on shelves in stores ({{link http://www.dvdtoons.com/reviews/327 review here}}), there’s no one better placed than director {{link http://filmforce.ign.com/articles/539/539804p1.html?fromint=1… |
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Announcing Walt's People
…Tytla, Ken Anderson, Jack Hannah, John Hench, Marc Davis, Milt Kahl, Harper Goff and Joyce Carlson. They discuss, among many other subjects, the Disney Studio before Mickey Mouse, the challenges… |
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Forbes announces top-earning fictional characters
…companies, and toymakers such as Mattel and Hasbro cashed in, as well. Mickey Mouse tops the list, earning $5.8 billion this year; the remaining 9 include Winnie the Pooh, Spongebob… |
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Classic \\Popeye\\, rare Charley Bowers shorts added to the National Film Registry
…\\Tin Toy\\ and Warner Brothers’ \\One Froggy Evening\\. Of \\Popeye\\, the NFR release says: “Wildly popular during the 1930s, Popeye’s impact was matched only by Mickey Mouse, his chief rival… |
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Classic Cartoon Favorites starring Donald Duck menu screens
…from Disney’s Classic Cartoon Favorites starring Donald Duck, available tomorrow on DVD. This DVD is part 2 of a 4-part series also featuring Mickey Mouse, Goofy, and Chip and Dale…. |
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Max Fleischer’s Superman: 1941 – 1942
…with Fleischer’s Betty Boop had seen some cracks open up between the two entities, though while the Popeye series ran its course during the 1930s – and even outsold Mickey… |
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Disney unveils Hollywood Studios logo
Blue Sky Disney showcases the new logo for Disney’s Hollywood Studios, currently known as Disney-MGM Studios, at Walt Disney World. The artwork prominently features Mickey Mouse operating a clapboard…. |
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Gulliver’s Travels
…star – Popeye The Sailor – was just as popular as Disney’s Mickey Mouse in his heyday, and ordered the Fleischers to enter the feature film market. Paramount had been… |
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Recommended books; Potter beats Bond; plus that Tron sequel!
…art exhibitions that pointed to the many influences the Disney artists drew upon in their formative years and beyond, stretching from Ub Iwerks’ original pencil drawings of Mickey Mouse to… |
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The Ghost Busters: The Complete Live-Action Series
…in commercials and The New Mickey Mouse Club among others. Though not really an actor (and he’d be the first to acknowledge that), Burns is without doubt one of the… |
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The Complete Adventures Of The Little King
…the soundtracks hold up amazing well too. Anyone who has caught an early Mickey Mouse short – to call on a more mass distributed product as an example – will… |
