LOS ANGELES — As a child, Clara Spars, who grew up in Charles M. Schulz’s adopted hometown of Santa Rosa, assumed that every city had life-size “Peanuts” statues dotting its streets. After all, Spars ...

Los Angeles — As a child, Clara Spars, who grew up in Charles M. Schulz's adoptive hometown of Santa Rosa, assumed that every city had life-size "Peanuts" statues dotting its streets. After all, Spars ...

As a child, Clara Spars, who grew up in Charles M. Schulz's adoptive hometown of Santa Rosa, Calif., assumed that every city had life-size "Peanuts" statues dotting its streets. After all, Spars saw ...

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Veteran ice show director and choreographer Karen Kresge has spent much of her life immersed in the holiday spirit. “Christmas always starts in August for me, and has for the last 40 years,” she said, ...

Sony grabbed control of Snoopy, Charlie Brown and the ‘Peanuts’ gang in a new mega-deal that gives the company access to the famous group of characters for its movies, video games and other content.

Charlie Brown and Snoopy will live under the Sony umbrella as Sony Pictures Entertainment and Sony Music Entertainment Japan buy the slice of Peanuts Holding LLC held by Canadian company WildBrain. By ...

It’s got Spider-Man, it’s got Slimer, and now Sony adds another powerful “S” to its slate: Snoopy. Yes, Sony now controls the Peanuts gang in yet another case of Hollywood acquisition mania. This week ...

Snoopy is everywhere these days, whether he’s gracing travel backpacks, woven into cute seasonal accessories, or taking over signature board games. The nostalgic cartoon beagle tends to make an ...

One cannot shop, let alone breathe, without encountering Snoopy. By slapping Snoopy on everything, is the Peanuts brand not rejecting the anticonsumerist message of “A Charlie Brown Christmas,” in ...