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They're cute, they whistle while they work, and Snow White can always depend on them in a pinch. The Seven Dwarfs are among Walt Disney's most lovable characters. So why are they making some residents of a California neighborhood grumpy? When Disney unveiled a new corporate headquarters in Burbank last week, onlookers were startled to see that its facade features 19-ft. statues of Dopey, Sneezy & Co. posing as if they were holding up the roof. The building is "an overbearing presence on surrounding neighborhoods," declared Michael Scandiffio, a board member of a Burbank homeowners group. But some...
...Earth, and Madonna will shimmy for the rain forest. Tennesseans will ring bells across their state; Oregonians will bang drums. Elephants will crush aluminum cans at Washington's National Zoo in a jungle version of recycling. Manhattan will display the world's largest energy-efficient light bulb. And the Walt Disney Co. will distribute a video about water pollution, starring the Little Mermaid...
...REISSUE PINOCCHIO? The Walt Disney studio is developing a feature film to be called The Passion of Richard Nixon. John Malkovich has been approached about the title role, and production is scheduled for later this year. Producer David Permut (Dragnet) describes the project as a "story about a man desperately trying to overcompensate in everything...
...daring trapeze artists. The head of Irvin Feld and Kenneth Feld Productions, based in suburban Washington, he is the world's leading producer of live entertainment. Feld not only commands three traveling units of the Greatest Show on Earth, but he is also the creator of five touring Walt Disney's World on Ice spectacles and has just completed work on the new $20 million Siegfried & Roy magic show, which opened Feb. 1 in Las Vegas...
...sending 24.5 million visitors between them. Next were the Japanese, with 3 million tourists. But the Japanese spent more on their trips than any other group, a total of $6 billion, compared with $4.8 billion for the second-place Canadians. The No. 1 destination among all visitors to America: Walt Disney World in Orlando...