Chris Gilford and Valeria Walsh Valdes, who created Nickelodeon’s Dora the Explorer, revealed the animated kids persona was originally intended to be a different character.

Edward Lear, author of “The Owl and the Pussy-cat” and “A Book of Nonsense,” felt such a kinship with parrots that he wished ...

Nearly two months after Disney launched Urupocha-chan—a tiny plushy that’s modeled after characters like Minnie Mouse and Stitch—in Japan and China, they’re now available to buy in the U.S.

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