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The Walt Disney Company, commonly known as Disney (/ˈdɪzni/), is an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate headquartered at the Walt Disney Studios complex in Burbank, California. Disney was originally founded on October 16, 1923, by brothers Walt and Roy O. Disney as the Disney Brothers Studio; it also operated under the names the Walt Disney Studio and Walt Disney Productions before changing its name to the Walt Disney Company in 1986. Early on, the company established itself as a leader in the animation industry, with the creation of the widely popular character Mickey Mouse, who is the company's mascot, and the start of animated films.

After becoming a major success by the early 1940s, the company started to diversify into live-action films, television, and theme parks in the 1950s. Following Walt's death in 1966, the company's profits began to decline, especially in the animation division. Once Disney's shareholders voted in Michael Eisner as the head of the company in 1984, the studio began to see an overwhelming amount of success during a period called the Disney Renaissance. In 2005, under new CEO Bob Iger, the company started to expand and acquire other corporations. Bob Chapek became the head of Disney in 2020 after Iger's retirement. Iger would be reinstated as CEO after Chapek was ousted in 2022.

Since the 1980s, Disney has created and acquired corporate divisions in order to market more mature content than is typically associated with its flagship family-oriented brands. The company is known for its film studio division Walt Disney Studios, which includes Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Animation Studios, Pixar, Marvel Studios, Lucasfilm, 20th Century Studios, 20th Century Animation, and Searchlight Pictures. Disney's other main business units include divisions in television, broadcasting, streaming media, theme park resorts, consumer products, publishing, and international operations. Through these various segments, Disney owns and operates the ABC broadcast network; cable television networks such as Disney Channel, ESPN, Freeform, FX, and National Geographic; publishing, merchandising, music, and theater divisions; direct-to-consumer streaming services such as Disney+, Star+, ESPN+, Hulu, and Hotstar; and Disney Parks, Experiences and Products, which includes several theme parks, resort hotels, and cruise lines around the world. (Full article...)

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Alice in Wonderland is a 2010 American computer-animated/live action fantasy adventure film directed by Tim Burton, written by Linda Woolverton, and released by Walt Disney Pictures. The film stars Mia Wasikowska, Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Anne Hathaway, Crispin Glover, Michael Sheen, Matt Lucas and Stephen Fry.

The film is inspired by Lewis Carroll's 1865 fantasy novel Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its 1871 sequel Through the Looking-Glass. Wasikowska plays the now nineteen-year-old Alice who, 13 years after her previous visit, returns for the first time as a young woman. She is told that she is the only one who can slay the Jabberwocky, a dragon-like creature controlled by the Red Queen who terrorizes Underland's inhabitants.

The film premiered in London at the Odeon Leicester Square on February 25, 2010, and was released in Australia on March 4, 2010, and the United States and the United Kingdom on March 5, 2010, through IMAX 3D and Disney Digital 3D, as well as in traditional theaters. Despite its short theatrical release window and mixed reviews, the film grossed over $1.02 billion worldwide. At the 83rd Academy Awards, Alice in Wonderland won for Best Art Direction and Best Costume Design. As of October 2011, it is the ninth highest-grossing film of all time.

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The entrance to Disney California Adventure at Anaheim, showing the large letters spelling CALIFORNIA

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These are images of Disneyland, Walt Disney World, Disney Cruise Line, The Walt Disney Company, and Walt Disney in their respective articles.

Image 1Walt Disney introduces each of the seven dwarfs in a scene from the original 1937 Snow White theatrical trailer. (from Walt Disney)
Image 2Theatrical poster for Trolley Troubles (1927) (from Walt Disney)
Image 3Disney drawing Goofy for a group of girls in Argentina, 1941 (from Walt Disney)
Image 4The Walt Disney World Monorail System provides free transport across the resort.
Image 5Adventureland
(themed for a 1950s view of adventure, capitalizing on the post-war Tiki craze) (from Disneyland)
Image 6New Orleans Square
(the Haunted Mansion and Fantasmic! viewing area in 2010) (from Disneyland)
Image 7Disneyland aerial view, 1963, which includes the new Melody Land Theater at the top of the photo (from Disneyland)
Image 8Fantasyland
(Peter Pan's Flight and the Matterhorn Bobsleds) (from Disneyland)
Image 9Disney in 1935 in Place de la Concorde, Paris (from Walt Disney)
Image 10An aerial view of Disneyland in 2004 (from Disneyland)
Image 11Main Street, U.S.A.
(2010) (from Disneyland)
Image 12Monorail Red travels over the Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage in Tomorrowland. (from Disneyland)
Image 13An aerial shot of Walt Disney World in 1982 (from Walt Disney World)
Image 14Grave of Walt Disney at Forest Lawn, Glendale (from Walt Disney)
Image 15Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge
(Star Wars: Millennium Falcon – Smugglers Run in 2019) (from Disneyland)
Image 16The Chinese Theatre at Disney's Hollywood Studios (from Walt Disney World)
Image 17Spaceship Earth at Epcot (from Walt Disney World)
Image 18Walt (center) showing the plans of Disneyland to officials from Orange County in December 1954 (from The Walt Disney Company)
Image 19One of four arches welcoming guests to the resort (from Walt Disney World)
Image 20Frontierland
(Big Thunder Mountain Railroad in 2008) (from Disneyland)
Image 21Paddlefish restaurant at Disney Springs (from Walt Disney World)
Image 22Tomorrowland
(Space Mountain in 2010) (from Disneyland)
Image 23Cinderella Castle at Magic Kingdom (from Walt Disney World)
Image 24Tree of Life at Disney's Animal Kingdom (from Walt Disney World)
Image 251968 U.S. postage stamp (from Walt Disney)
Image 26Walt Disney (left) with his brother Roy O. Disney (right) and then Governor of Florida W. Haydon Burns (center) on November 15, 1965, publicly announcing the creation of Disney World (from Walt Disney World)
Image 27Main Street at Disneyland, as seen from a horseless carriage (from Disneyland)
Image 28Walt Disney (center) showing Orange County officials plans for Disneyland's layout, December 1954 (from Disneyland)
Image 29Disney's childhood home
Image 30Critter Country
(Splash Mountain in 2010) (from Disneyland)
Image 31Disney Security Vehicle, picture taken July 2, 2009 in front of Epcot (from Walt Disney World)
Image 32Aerial shot of Disney's Typhoon Lagoon water park (from Walt Disney World)
Image 33Map of the resort as of May 2015 (from Walt Disney World)
Image 34A Disney Cruise Line bus which takes guest to and from the terminal from Orlando International Airport; as well as around Walt Disney World. (from Disney Cruise Line)
Image 35Disney shows the plans of Disneyland to officials from Orange County in December 1954. (from Walt Disney)
Image 36Walt Disney's business envelope featured a self-portrait, c. 1921. (from Walt Disney)
Image 37View of Disney Springs (from Walt Disney World)
Image 38The 2018 version of The Walt Disney World logo. (from Walt Disney World)
Image 39Disney in 1954 (from Walt Disney)
Image 40Entrance to Disney's Blizzard Beach waterpark (from Walt Disney World)
Image 41Mickey's Toontown
(2010) (from Disneyland)
Image 42Disneyland Railroad Engine 2 (from Disneyland)
Image 43Disney family at Schiphol Airport (1951) (from Walt Disney)
Image 44Roy O. Disney inspecting design plans on-site in Florida (from Walt Disney World)
Image 45Disneyland fireworks from Sleeping Beauty Castle (from Disneyland)
Image 46Magic Kingdom, the world's most visited theme park (from Walt Disney World)
Image 47Roy O. Disney finished the building of Walt Disney World. (from Walt Disney)
Image 48The original logo of Walt Disney World from 1971 to the mid 1990s; this logo is still used as an alternate logo, mainly for retro-themed merchandise. (from Walt Disney World)
Image 49Fantasmic! finale on July 4, 2010 (from Disneyland)
Image 50Wedding Pavilion at the Seven Seas Lagoon (from Walt Disney World)
Image 51Alice and characters from her movie host "Disneyland Musical Chairs" at Coca-Cola Refreshment Corner, accompanied by a ragtime pianist. (from Disneyland)

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Hilary Erhard Duff (born September 28, 1987) is an American actress, singer-songwriter, entrepreneur, and author. Born and raised in Houston, Texas, Duff appeared in local theatre plays and television commercials before coming to prominence in the title role of the Disney Channel television series Lizzie McGuire. Established as a teen idol, Duff reprised that role in the The Lizzie McGuire Movie and subsequently ventured into motion pictures, appearing in a string of successful films that include Agent Cody Banks, Cheaper by the Dozen, A Cinderella Story and Cheaper by the Dozen 2. Most recently, she has performed in a legion of television dramas and independent films. Duff expanded her repertoire to include pop music and has released three RIAA-certified platinum albums including Metamorphosis (2002), her debut studio album which was certified triple platinum, Hilary Duff (2004) and Most Wanted (2005), which were both certified platinum. Her most recent studio album Dignity (2007) was certified gold and spawned her highest charting US single to date "With Love". Followed by Best of Hilary Duff (2008), a compilation of her greatest hits, Duff has since sold thirteen million records worldwide. Branching into the fashion industry, Duff has launched her own clothing lines Stuff by Hilary Duff and Femme for DKNY Jeans in addition to being signed with IMG Models and releasing two exclusive perfume collections with Elizabeth Arden. Her other business ventures include writing a series of young adult novel, including Elixir (2010) and Devoted (2011), while working as an executive producer for According to Greta and as a producer for Material Girls and Beauty & the Briefcase.

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... that the Los Angeles Times criticized Disney for contracting their interactive storybooks to independent studios, deeming their series "a mere imitation" of Broderbund's Living Books format?
... that although Pixie Davies has been performing in films since 2012, her breakout role came in Disney's Mary Poppins Returns in 2018?
... that, for the Space 220 Restaurant, Disney reached out to NASA engineers to understand what a space elevator might look like?
... that Encanto's Mirabel is the first Disney heroine to wear glasses?
... that before Foster City was built on Brewer Island, unsuccessful proposals included a hog farm, two military air bases, two civilian airports, and an entertainment complex larger than Disneyland?
... that astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson called out Disney for an inaccurate Frozen II poster?

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Gee Mr Spirit! There's a lot more to mathematics than two times two. — Donald Duck, Donald in Mathmagic Land, 1955

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...that the Phineas and Ferb episode "Are You My Mummy?" originally aired as part of "Phineas and Ferb-urary," a special event which showed episodes of the series every night in February 2008 on Disney Channel?

...that Tomorrow's Pioneers is a television program for children produced by Hamas?

...that Mikey Blumberg's singing was voiced by Robert Goulet, who has starred in Rose-Marie and released more than 15 albums.
...that the structure of the Epcot's Mexico pavilion was designed by architect and structural engineer Arturo Dulzaides in 1984.
... that in 1989, a black-and-white drawing from Walt Disney's "Orphan's Benefit" (USA 1934), depicting Donald Duck being punched by an orphan, raised $280,000 at Christie's London, England.

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Topics

The Walt Disney Company

Company
officials

Key	Founders Walt Disney Roy O. Disney Bob Iger (CEO) Christine McCarthy (CFO)
Board of directors	Susan Arnold (Chair) Mary Barra Safra Catz Amy L. Chang Francis deSouza Carolyn Everson Michael Froman Bob Iger Maria Elena Lagomasino Calvin R. McDonald Mark Parker Derica W. Rice

Parks,
Experiences
and Products

Parks and resorts	Disneyland Resort Disneyland Paris Hong Kong Disneyland Resort (43%) Shanghai Disney Resort (43%) Disney Attractions Japan Walt Disney World Imagineering (Muppets Studio)
Experiences	Adventures by Disney National Geographic Expeditions Disney Cruise Line Disney Vacation Club
Consumer Products	Disney Store Disney Publishing Disney English NG Media Disney Online Games & Interactive Experiences

Media and
Entertainment
Distribution

Streaming	Disney Digital Network Disney Streaming Disney+ Star ESPN+ Hulu (67%) Star+
Distribution	Theatrical Distribution Disney–ABC Domestic Television Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment Disney Music Group Walt Disney Records Hollywood Records
Other	ABC TV Stations Localish Disney XD (management) Disney Advertising Sales Movies Anywhere

Content groups

Studios

Disney General
Entertainment
(Walt Disney TV)

Disney Branded Television	Disney Channel Disney Junior Disney XD (operations) Production Disney Television Animation It's a Laugh Productions
ABC Entertainment Group	ABC ABC News ABC Audio ABC News Radio Lincoln Square Productions ABC News Live ABC Daytime
Entertainment	Disney Television Studios 20th Television 20th Television Animation Searchlight Television ABC Signature ABC Family Worldwide Freeform BVS Entertainment Hulu Originals Onyx Collective FX Networks FX FXX FXM FX on Hulu FX Entertainment FX Productions
Other units	BabyTV (US distribution) A&E Networks (50%)

Sports
(ESPN Inc.; 80%)

International

Disney Branded Television
Fox Networks Group
ESPN International
Asia-Pacific
EMEA
- France
- Italy
- CIS
India
- Disney Star
  - Disney+ Hotstar
  - Star Studios
Latin America
- Argentina
  - Patagonik Film Group (33.3%)
- Brazil
  - Rede Telecine (12.5%)

Other assets

Buena Vista
D23
Disney Institute
Disney Programs
- Disney College Program
- Disney International Programs
Disney University
Marvel Entertainment
National Geographic Partners (73%)
- National Geographic
- National Geographic Wild
Reedy Creek Energy

Former/defunct
units and
predecessors

Baby Einstein
Blue Network
Blue Sky Studios
American Broadcasting-Paramount Theatres→American Broadcasting Companies
Caravan Pictures
Capital Cities/ABC
CBS/Fox Video
Cinergi Pictures
DIC Entertainment
- Les Studios Tex
Disney Store
Endemol Shine Group
Fox 2000 Pictures
Fox Sports Networks
FoxNext
GMTV
Hollywood Pictures
Metromedia
Miramax
- Books
- Dimension Films
- Talk
MTM Enterprises
- Cannell Entertainment
- Four Star Television
Radio Disney
Saban Entertainment
- SIP Animation
  - Créativité et Développement
Toon Disney
Touchstone Pictures
Touchstone Television (folded into 20th Television)
TeleColombia
Tata Play

See also: Walt Disney Studios (Burbank); Grand Central Creative Campus; Retlaw Enterprises; Acquisition of 21st Century Fox

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