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With Star Wars and Princesses, Disney Now Has Six of the Top 10 Licensing Franchises
VarietyAs studios produce more summer tenptoles based on established brands, they're looking to take a larger piece of the $49.3 billion in retail sales of film and TV character merchandise in the U.S. and Canada last year. Last year, Disney dominated the...Tags: Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., General Mills Incorporated, Business, Cartoon Network (tv network), Harley-Davidson Inc.
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Campaign politics injected into pension debate
Democratic governor candidate Bill Daley injected campaign politics into the simmering policy debate on public pension reform, chastising Gov. Pat Quinn for a lack of leadership and potential candidate Attorney General Lisa Madigan for remaining mum on...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Executive Branch, Richard M. Daley, Bill Daley, Lisa Madigan
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When life gives you lemons: Bailee Madison and Rob Cabrera to make juice for childhood cancer
Young At Art Museum, animator and educator Rob Cabrera and actress Bailee Madison will team up June 22 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. to host "Alex's Lemonade Stand and 'Monica' Screening," in support of fighting childhood cancer. The event will be held at...Tags: Artists, Arts, Museums, Entertainment, Arts and Culture
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6/13/2013-Turkey Trot
What's the problem in Turkey? I'll start the discussion with one word, one name, actually. Erdogan. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan suffers from the same malady all powerful people have. We can clearly see it in President Obama in his second term....
Tags: Russia, Turkey, Separation of Church and State, Iran, Politics
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Cartoonist's message has meaning
I get a kick out of the Leader’s political cartoonist, Bert Ring. Not only does Ring have a wicked sense of humor, his artistic skills are top-notch. Ring’s caricatures of Burbank City Council members are hilarious (and accurate). The...Tags: Easter, Entertainment, Symbols and Symbolism
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READER SUBMITTED: Cartoon Master's Efforts Raise Funds For Hartford's Children
HartfordBob Englehart's 'Cartoons for Camp' Event Helps Drive Awareness and Support for Hartford's Camp Courant 119th season. The Hartford Courant's legendary editorial cartoonist Bob Englehart spent an evening with visitors at the Center for Global and Urban...Tags: Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut), Trinity College, Entertainment, Farmington (Hartford, Connecticut)
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They're creepy and they're kooky
It's all very familiar. The finger-snapping opening theme. A black-clad Morticia snipping the heads off flowers. Uncle Fester making a lightbulb glow by putting it in his mouth. Daughter Wednesday torturing her brother Pugsley on a rack. Anyone familiar...
Tags: Television, The Addams Family (musical), Broadway Theater, Entertainment Events, Bethlehem (Northampton, Pennsylvania)
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You're a good man, Charles Schulz
No comic strip was more in touch with American pop culture in the 20th century than "Peanuts," drawn and written by the late, towering and much-revered cartoonist Charles Schulz. That his daily strip, so filled with unflinching sarcasm and childish wiles,...
Tags: Culture, eBay Inc., Nirvana (music group), Artists, Cultural Development
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Voice of the People, Jun. 03
Chicago Police Department brass quietly continue to shun their department's first fallen hero. CPD officials refuse to follow century-old protocol in honoring the ultimate sacrifice of Constable James Quinn, who was killed in the discharge of his duty...Tags: Chicago Mayor, Richard M. Daley, Entertainment, Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Teachers Union
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OKIE ��� Inspirational characters: Artist aspires to make it as an animator
Muskogee Phoenix, Okla.Aspiring artist and cartoonist Mike Reed has drawn inspiration from all sorts of characters. First it was Sonic the Hedgehog, the spike-haired hero of Sega video games, comics and cartoons. Then came the ever-cheerful SpongeBob SquarePants. Now it's...Tags: Floyd Mayweather, Jr., Sega Corporation, High School Sports, Bunny (music group), Wrestling
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Art of the slam dunk: Miami Heat-themed works go on display
This month couldn't be better-timed for collage artist Erika King. While the Miami Heat boys are busy sharp-shooting in the NBA playoffs, her commemorative photo-collages of LeBron, Wade, Bosh and other ballers are on display at Miami Beach's Williams...
Tags: National Basketball Association, Boston Celtics, The Boston Globe, Basketball, Entertainment
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Review: "A Curious Man" by Neal Thompson
In 1933, Robert Ripley crash-landed into Chicago, opening his first "Odditorium" exhibition at the World's Fair. At the showing, writes Neal Thompson in “A Curious Man,” a fascinating and fun biography of the "Believe It or Not!" creator,...Tags: Culture, Manhattan (New York City), Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., The New York Times, Franklin Delano Roosevelt
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