Winnie the Pooh (fictional animal)

Robert Sherman dies at 86; songwriter best known for 'Mary Poppins'

2012-03-07 00:00:00

At the Academy Awards ceremony in 1965, Robert and Richard Sherman already had accepted their Oscar for best score for "Mary Poppins" when they returned to the stage to pick up another statuette for best song, "Chim Chim Cher-ee." Having already...

Florence-Marie Cooper dies at 69; U.S. District judge

2010-01-16 00:00:00

U.S. District Judge Florence-Marie Cooper, a former legal secretary who rose to the federal judiciary and held accountable some of the nation's most powerful officials and institutions, died early Friday after suffering a stroke. She was 69. Cooper's...

The Morning Fix: Kate flies solo! YouTube and WMG make deal. NBC likes women. Chernin likes DiCaprio

2009-09-29 16:32:51

Alice, Beatrix and Harry: Valuable children's literature collection up for auction

2009-11-24 16:33:31

'Through the Looking-Glass' owned by the 'real' Alice hits the auction block

2009-11-27 16:33:18

Warner Bros. alleges 'scheme' in suit against copyright litigator Marc Toberoff

2010-05-14 21:33:22

iPad's book-like touches may appeal to traditional readers

2010-04-12 00:00:00

When Apple's iPad debuted on April 3, it was greeted in some quarters of the tech world by a chorus of critiques. With no phone, no camera and no multitasking, how could it be revolutionary? And yet, when it comes to the iPad's e-reader, revolutionary...

Tim Burton revisits his old L.A. haunts

2006-10-26 00:00:00

TIM BURTON knows the dark side. He's not evil, exactly, but his films often take grotesque elements and twist them into something more endearing than repulsive. Take the Pumpkin King in "The Nightmare Before Christmas" who scares good boys and girls with...

Lawyer to Celebrities Is Subject of Inquiry

2006-02-07 00:00:00

His name is nowhere in Monday's 60-page indictment of celebrity gumshoe and alleged wiretapper Anthony Pellicano. But the shadow of 76-year-old lawyer Bertram Fields, who for years employed Pellicano as an investigator, looms over the case. Listed...

Requiem: 2007 passings of note

2007-12-29 00:00:00

Among the major notables who passed from the scene this year, three of the most famous -- two masters of cinema and a genius of football -- died on the same day: July 30. Two others -- a historic Russian leader and a U.S. chronicler of war -- left us...

Walt Disney World monorail voice has changed

2012-06-28 11:13:00

That voice you've been hearing on the monorails at Walt Disney World has changed. Disney recently made the subtle change to a new narrator aboard the monorail system, shifting from Orlando-area veteran voice actor Joe Hursh. Hursh's voice has been heard...

Omarr's daily astrological forecast

2012-11-03 01:15:10

BIRTHDAY GUY: Voice actor Jim Cummings was born in Youngstown, Ohio, on this date in 1952. This birthday guy has been the voice of Winnie the Pooh and Tigger, and currently voices Hondo Ohnaka on "Star Wars: The Clone Wars" and Pineapple on "The High...

The beloved ride was at both Disneyland and Walt Disney World until 1998 when Disney shut down Mr. Toad at the Magic Kingdom in favor of a Winnie the Pooh ride. Disneyland keeps Mr. Toad running while it also has a version of the Pooh ride.

2012-09-14 11:01:00

(Left to right) Rabbit, Winnie the Pooh, Eeyore and Tigger pose for photos as Winnie the Pooh receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in front of the El Capitan Theatre on April 11, 2006, in Los Angeles . See more stars on the Hollywood Star Walk, the Los Angeles Times' virtual tour of the

2010-02-23 21:00:12

Another creative character pumpkin -- Winnie the Pooh -- at Downtown Disney's Happy Haunting.

2009-09-02 17:48:23