Toy Story

What can a man like Pixar genius John Lasseter, whose movies have made billions, teach us regular folks about the troubles of workaday life? Turns out, Lasseter has shared one rite of passage that too many of us have been through recently: He was fired -- from his dream job.

Toy Story 3 and Adam Sandler's Grown Ups beat out Tom Cruise's Knight and Day in the box office this weekend.

The Walt Disney Company (DIS) recently announced that it will be doing the unthinkable. It's tinkering with Mickey. The most obvious step in the iconic mouse's makeover will be an upcoming video game. Titled "Epic Mickey," it presents a vision of Mickey that can be naughty or nice, cunning or...