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...made a comeback in TV movies. DIED. WARD KIMBALL, 88, the Disney animator who first drew Jiminy Cricket; in Arcadia, California. Kimball began his Disney career in 1934 and was part of the team that designed a more expressive Mickey Mouse. He also worked on Pinocchio, Fantasia and Mary Poppins. DIED. JOACHIM EGON FUERST ZU FUERSTENBERG, 79, a member of one of Germany's oldest noble families; in southwestern Germany. Fuerstenberg helped manage family businesses, including a brewery founded in 1470. Known for his passion for art and rare books, he sold a portion of his collection...
...Like Pinocchio's when he lies, big Brother's nose grows ever longer - the better, seemingly, to sniff out terrorism and other serious crimes across Europe. In response to pleas by law- enforcement agencies and - particularly since Sept. 11 - the U.S. government, European legislatures have approved greater snooping powers. As the trend continues, however, there is growing concern among civil libertarians, politicians and others about the degree to which such laws are necessary, practical or consistent with fundamental human-rights guarantees. Alarm bells began to sound in late May when the European Parliament amended the E.U.'s telecommunications framework legislation...
...first volume includes Astro Boy's origin as a Pinocchio-like, mechanical substitute for a scientist's dead son. Cared for mostly by his teacher, Mr. Mustachio, the perpetually darling, slightly androgynous little robot boy uses his powers of flight, super strength and rear-mounted machine guns to fight evil robots. The longest of the three self-contained stories, "The Hot Dog Corps," involves a queen whose robot spaceship pilots shoot down any rocket headed for the moon. Filled with the mischievous mayhem that boys love, but told with wit and imagination, the stories always have an underlying theme...
...MARKETING CAMPAIGN Love the Spielberg movie or hate it, this stealth campaign for the robo-Pinocchio story was popcorn entertainment itself. A network of websites spun a complex murder mystery, never mentioning the movie's plot or its main characters, but hardwiring curious surfers into AI's fictional future world...
...animated feature—instantly became a staple in children’s entertainment, and over the next 50 years Disney used the Snow White formula to crank out 26 more movies. If Snow White was the Classical period of animation, then everything from 1940’s Pinocchio to 1988’s Oliver and Company were its long Middle Ages. Lots of good things were made, but nothing...