David Foster, the composer of such hit songs as “I Will Always Love You” and “The Power of Love,” chose a cartoon character born in the Great Depression. You might remember Betty Boop if you’re really ...

Jasmine Amy Rogers plays Betty Boop, and she embodies a jazz-age look and style that can be seen in period stars from Clara ...

Then Hasbro won the Disney Princess business away from Mattel, just as Elsa from the film Frozen dethroned Barbie as the most popular girl’s toy. The estimated revenue loss to Mattel from Elsa ...

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Leave it to Greta Gerwig to craft a Barbie movie that references everything from the history of Mattel to Stanley Kubrick films, Disney Channel originals and Michelangelo. From the in-jokes to the ...

If that sounds a little like "Barbie ... Disney, but the Fleischer stuff was so much cooler, I think. Much more adult." And that — as it turned out — was the problem. The Betty Boop cartoons ...