Hints and tips:
...Mickey Mouse first appeared in Steamboat Willie (1928), and on January 1 the US’s draconian 95-year copyright period comes to an end....
...Was the world crying out for a bawdy comedy set in a Swiss alpine hotel starring Mickey Rourke, John Cleese and Fanny Ardant? No? but it’s directed by Roman Polanski....
...He took the mickey out of the involuntary capoeira needed for me to exit my hammock tent. And generally we just messed around like 12 year olds, rather than the 112 years our ages aggregated....
...“Disney started with creating Mickey Mouse, and from there, you have the amusement park, the shows, the movies, the merch, the toys and all these different things....
...But he later became a consigliere of Heinz’s CEO William Johnson despite initially humiliating the US food group’s boss....
...Every Vow You Breakby Peter Swanson, Faber £12.99/William Morrow $27.99 If you’re looking for the suspense techniques of Alfred Hitchcock translated to the page, Swanson’s your man....
...“We’re wading through all that,” explains Ari Emanuel, whose group Endeavor owns the William Morris talent agency. “We’re all going to get to the right number....
...“We realise business transformations are hard but I want to emphasise we are on track to deliver on our Restock Kroger commitments,” said chief executive William McMullen, during a call with analysts....
...William Power, analyst at Baird, noted that Netflix had quickly returned to form after its last significant subscriber shortfall two years ago....
...US clothing retailer J Crew on Monday said that chief executive Mickey Drexler will be stepping aside....
...Mickey Drexler, J Crew’s long-time chief executive, is stepping down as the maker of preppy knits and oxford shirts struggles to stay relevant with modern shoppers....
...“It has become a very important test of how we view our heritage as a nation,” said William Gray Muir, chairman of the Royal High School Preservation Trust, which wants the largely unused site to be converted...
...Mercer had written the words in just 10 minutes while he was waiting for publisher Mickey Goldsen, who was late for their meeting....
...propaganda piece Battleship Potemkin (1925), and the romantic comedy Lime Kiln Club Field Day (1913), the earliest surviving feature film with a black cast, led by African-American Broadway comedian Bert Williams...
...“The great revelation of this place is that William Hogarth looks exactly like [tough-guy actor] Ross Kemp.”...
...But Ms Lampard said a number were “taking the mickey”, and cited one bookmaker which sent a cheque for 1p....
...Among the most important interventions was one by William Dudley, the New York Fed chief who is often closely aligned with Ms Yellen....
...There is Mercury, there is also Mickey Mouse....
...Aime Williams is a reporter on FT Money. aime.williams@ft.com; Twitter: @Aime_Williams...
...He ruthlessly took the mickey out of all sorts, not least his rival playwrights, and yet was also commissioned to write some two dozen masques to be presented at the various courts of James I and his wife...
...Middle-of-the-roaders like John Williams of the San Francisco Fed acknowledges rate hikes should proceed. I certainly agree with him that the chances of a March rate rise are now above 50 per cent....
...(Where was Kenneth Williams when we needed him?) Maria Alexandrova was the heroine, unfazed by technical or emotional challenges, brilliant at all times....
...Tom, the authorial stand-in, portrayed sensitively by Mickey Theis, frets about losing his musician sister to a young violinist....
...At one end are a pair of life-sized statues, marvellously carved out of single pieces of wood, depicting Babe Ruth and Ted Williams in action....
...Apple’s annual report also revealed that Mickey Drexler, chief executive of fashion retailer J Crew and former Gap boss, is stepping down from the company’s board after 15 years....
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