Today we know all too much about former Mickey Mouse Club stars like Justin Timberlake, Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, and Ryan Gosling, but the original Mousekeeter turned teen star was Annette ...

Disneyland is gearing up for its 60th anniversary celebrations by auctioning off an estimated $1 million worth of rare and vintage memorabilia from the park's early days. From the first-ever Mickey ...

April 18, 1998: A Disneyland show, called “Festival of Fools,” had its last performance, according to This Day in Disney History. April 19, 1961: Disneyland welcomes Dr. Glenn C. Franklin of San Diego ...

It was time for Annette Funicello to say good-bye on Monday — which, in another place and another time, was known as Fun With Music Day. Throughout the Walt Disney Company, there was sadness, of ...

BURBANK — 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 dedicating the soundstage ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - 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 ...

I grew up with Annette Funicello. She was my favorite older girl on “The Mickey Mouse Club,” a friendly face with a sweet voice. She started on the show in 1955 at age 13, the only cast member ...

Annette Funicello, America’s sweetheart who rocketed to fame as one of TV’s original fresh-faced “Mouseketeers” and later teamed with Frankie Avalon in a series of successful 1960s “Beach Party” ...

LOS ANGELES (CNN) — Annette Funicello, one of the best-known members of the original 1950s “Mickey Mouse Club” and a star of numerous 1960s “beach party” films, died Monday at a California hospital, ...