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    By Rick Aristotle Munarriz, The Motley Fool

    | 2:25PM 5/09/2012
    It was another happy quarter for Disney: The family entertainment giant delivered $9.6 billion in revenue, 6% ahead of where it was a year earlier, and beat analysts' targets. But let's check out the real hidden gems in Disney's earnings report.

    By Rick Aristotle Munarriz, The Motley Fool

    | 11:05AM 5/09/2012
    Summer may be when studios put out their biggest movies, but after a horrendous 2011 at the box office, Hollywood is going all out starting in the spring: This rapid-fire slate of potential blockbusters should turn heads this season.

    By Rick Aristotle Munarriz, The Motley Fool

    | 2:10PM 3/21/2012
    John Carter is just the latest disappointment: Is Disney snuffing the creativity out of its Pixar and Marvel purchases?

    By 24/7 Wall St.

    | 3:00PM 11/17/2011
    Sexy, strong, dangerous and immortal, it seems that vampires have acquired another quality: lucrative. As we prepare for Friday's release of Twilight: Breaking Dawn - Part 1, we examine just how much money the vampire biz has contributed to the modern economy.

    By Ron Dicker

    | 2:00PM 10/18/2011
    Why not let a superhero save you from the evil economy? Investing in comic books can be a recession-proof path to steady returns, according to experts at last weekend's New York Comic Con. Just don't let ignorance be your kryptonite.

    By Eamon Murphy

    | 2:30PM 8/24/2011
    It's a question that echoes across the Internet, on blogs and message boards, and in the content of a specialty wiki called Brickipedia: "Why are Legos so expensive?" Our search for an answer starts in Denmark, and ends in the playrooms of countless children around the world.

    By Rich Smith, The Motley Fool

    | 3:30PM 8/15/2011
    For 88 years, Walt Disney (DIS) has been the epitome of good, clean, family fun. Mickey Mouse. Disneyland. Donald Duck. But when Disney purchased Marvel Entertainment for the prince charming sum of $4 billion in 2009, a new cast of characters with entirely different rules moved into the House of...

    By Eamon Murphy

    | 12:30PM 6/21/2011
    In theory, the Broadway musical Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark had a lot going for it, including a popular Marvel superhero and songs by U2 stars Bono and the Edge. But one thing the critically savaged show doesn't have going for it is a monetary investment from Bono.

    By Ron Dicker

    | 11:10AM 5/27/2011
    Cars 2 doesn't open until June 24, but its toy line is already revving up the summer movie-toy season. Sales of Cars 2 merchandise will surpass Disney's entire Toy Story franchise within 12 months, predicted Jim Silver, editor in chief of TimetoPlaymag.com.

    By Danny King

    | 7:15PM 11/16/2010
    Marvel Entertainment plans to unveil a new storyline in February titled "Death of Spider-Man," implying that at least one version of the popular 48-year-old character will be killed off. But don't panic, fans. The new storyline won't affect the more mainstream "Adventures of Spider-Man" storyline.