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What little girl wasn’t in love with these happy, kind and furry characters? Before hitting the Saturday-morning cartoon circuit, The Care Bears started off as characters found on greeting cards.

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Mickey, a homegrown food-packaging company, is famous for facing down Disney in Paraguay’s Supreme Court. As the family ...

Tributes to Arte and ZDF reflect the growing importance of public broadcasters in the European animation sector.

As time went on and animated series weren’t regulated to Saturday mornings, they began to feel snarkier, darker, more mature, ...

The person I am not finishes work early, but hangs around the office for an additional hour just to “see if anyone needs anything.” A book I feel obligated to read to be part of the cultural c ...

Airlines collaborate with theme parks to launch cartoon-themed aircraft liveries, featuring characters like Mickey Mouse, ...

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Once you notice how many cartoon characters have four fingers, it‘s hard to ignore. The artistic choice originated with Disney and other early animation studios in the 1920s, and since then it ...

Francis Kurkdjian had a runaway hit with Baccarat Rouge 540. Now, at Parfums Christian Dior, he’s trying to make his mark on ...

One is a colossus spanning theme parks, merchandise and movies, with 150 Academy Awards, 225,000 employees and annual revenue ...