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Entertainment & Sports

Aug. 23, 2002

Winnie the Pooh Lawsuit Takes Cloning Page From Austin Powers

Column by Garry Abrams - Has Austin Powers' nemesis Dr. Evil been performing cloning experiments on Winnie the Pooh? That's the question raised by a Mini-Me shareholder lawsuit filed last week against the Walt Disney Co. The class action resembles the cute but hairless and wicked dwarf clone of the Austin Powers flicks because it demonstrates that a single lawsuit against Disney has achieved the difficult feat of reproducing itself in a smaller but still pesky package.

        By Garry Abrams
        
        Has Austin Powers' nemesis Dr. Evil been performing cloning experiments on Winnie the Pooh?
        That's the question raised by a Mini-Me shareholder lawsuit filed last week against the Walt Disney Co. The class action resembles the cute but hairless ...

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