Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In the ever-changing landscape of American pop culture, only a precious few manage to grow up in front of an audience and remain ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Despite all that star power, the film ultimately ended up being a box office flop. But that didn't stop Disney Studios from making ...

She was Walt Diney’s most popular cast member of The Mickey Mouse Club and starred, often opposite Frankie Avalon, in a wildly successful series of beach party movies for American International in the ...

Annette Funicello, America's girl next door who captured the innocence of the 1950s and 1960s as a Disney Mouseketeer and the star of beach party movies, died on Monday at age 70, the Walt Disney Co.

According to Disney, Funicello died at Mercy Southwest Hospital from complications due to multiple sclerosis, a disease she was diagnosed with in the late 1980s. Born Oct. 22, 1942, Funicello and her ...

Tue, 25 Jun 2013 15:46:23 GMT — The stage at Walt Disney Studios where "The Mickey Mouse Club" was filmed is now officially the Annette Funicello Stage. Disney chief Bob Iger led a ceremony Monday ...

NEW YORK She was the first crush for a generation of boys, the perfect playmate for a generation of girls. Annette Funicello, who became a child star as a cute-as-a-button Mouseketeer on “The Mickey ...

Annette Funicello and Margaret Thatcher in the same day? Wow. It's true. Mickey Mouse Club star Annette Funicello died Monday at age 70, according to media reports. The L.A. Times says the actress, ...

Like Miley Cyrus and others who would follow, Funicello used her TV fame as a springboard into music and the movies. On the pop charts, Funicello had a top 10 hit in the G-rated celebration of size, ...