Winnie the Pooh | Winnie the Pooh
Dec.01.2012
When the heirs to A. A. Milne's Winnie the Pooh and Steinbeck's works went to court in 2009, they wanted to vacate publishing rights and regain control of the works and money generated. Milne's heirs failed to win against Disney studios and the Supreme Court refused to hear Steinbeck's heirs case....
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Oct.26.2012
“A room without books is like a body without a soul.” –Marcus Tullius Cicero
Recently, I was trying to organize my little boy’s books, which were so tightly crammed onto the shelves that grabbing one became a dangerous game of dominoes. After pulling each one out, I sat surrounded by the...
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Mar.06.2012
One of the brothers hired by Walt Disney to write some of the most memorable tunes in Hollywood history has died. Robert B. Sherman was best known for providing songs in the world of movies and film animation, including The Parent Trap, Mary Poppins, The...
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Apr.16.2010
The first book I ever loved was The World of Pooh by A. A. Milne. I still have my copy, maybe the only archeological proof that I ever was a small boy. I think I received it in 1958, when I was four. It was definitely on a snowy Christmas morning in rural upstate New York, in the middle of those...
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Feb.22.2010
Anaheim — The complimentary breakfast at the motel was the usual fair—cheap donuts, “o” shaped cereal, weak coffee. It didn’t matter—we were two blocks from the happiest place on earth: the Anaheim Convention Center. Also, we were really close to Disneyland, which was where my daughter Laura and I...
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