Larry Wood, a Hot Wheels toy designer for 50 years, is being inducted into the Automotive Hall of Fame in Detroit on July 20.

The new president, Joseph Aoun, is a favorite of America, France, and Saudi Arabia. He even gets a cautious endorsement from Israel amid skepticism about Lebanon’s future. There have been at least ...

Britain’s first animated feature was a long way from Disney. It was an adaptation of George Orwell made at the height of the Cold War and part funded – in secret – by the CIA. Seventy years on, ...