Two blockbuster animated franchises went head-to-head at the box office this past weekend. One of them benefited from buzz — and it wasn't "Lightyear." In just three days, Universal and Illumination's ...

Family franchise has instantly made studio a major player in lucrative animation game. They’ve broken out as such big stars — make that important spokes-characters — for the company that the Minions ...

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McDonald's Corp is standing by its latest Happy Meal toy, denying that its Minions are the foul-mouthed playthings that some of its fast-food customers say they are. In videos posted online, some ...

NEW YORK — McDonald’s swears up and down that the little yellow “Minions” Happy Meal toy is speaking only nonsense words and not something a little more adult. Experts say the company may be right, ...

The Minions went bananas at the box office this weekend. Illumination’s “Minions: The Rise of Gru” — the latest animated film in the Despicable Me franchise — made an estimated $125 million ...

BetaDwarf has raised $6.6 million in funding to make more “friendshipping games” that go beyond the bonds formed in its previous hit titles such Forced and Minion Masters. Makers Fund led the funding, ...

Hugh Grant picked unusual names — "Danger" and "Blue" — for his two younger daughters. When naming his youngest daughter, his son suggested "Kevin," a Minion from "Despicable Me." Grant is not alone ...

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