Nevertheless, the tale of Walt Disney’s “frozen head” persisted, specifically resurfacing in two biographies released years after his death: Leonard Mosely’s 1986 Disney’s World and Marc ...

Walt Disney World may be conjuring up a whole new kingdom — its first new park since Animal Kingdom opened in 1998.

In Neal Gabler’s biography “Walt Disney: The Triumph of the American Imagination,” we learn that while Walt was sometimes opinionated, especially when it came to his anti-communism beliefs, ...

Neal Gabler has written what many are calling the definitive Disney biography in his new book, "Walt Disney: The Triumph of the American Imagination." To read an excerpt, click here.

This week PBS’s “American Experience” devotes four hours to a biography of Walt Disney (9 p.m. Monday and Tuesday) and there are some pretty great things about this production from director ...

His daughter, Diane, also wrote in a 1972 biography about her father, "There is absolutely no truth to the rumor that my father, Walt Disney, wished to be frozen." MYTH: He created Mickey Mouse by ...

Walt Disney World was given tax breaks and was extended other privileges nearly 50 years ago because lawmakers then believed it would create jobs, attract tourists, and produce sales tax revenue ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. The first feature film to be released by Walt Disney animation was, ...

In 1937, Walt Disney was desperate to find a way to make “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,”the first feature-length animated movie ever made, actually feel like a feature-length movie. He’d ...

In truth, it was an agonizing process. As recounted in Neal Gabler’s 2006 biography, “Walt Disney: The Triumph of the American Imagination,” the 12-foot tall apparatus “required at least ...