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Ivan the western lowland gorilla was rescued from poachers in Africa and raised by humans in Tacoma, Washington. He spent 27 years “in solitary confinement, in a cage in a circus-themed shopping mall, ...

From 1967 to 1994, Ivan, a 500-pound gorilla, was on display in a concrete cell in a shopping mall in Tacoma. He was gawked at by shoppers and never saw sunlight or got a breath of fresh air. Ivan was ...

The One and Only Ivan opens with the subtitle “Inspired by a true story.” Then, a gorilla immediately begins talking. Ten seconds in, and the movie is jerking us around already. Stick with it, though, ...

Disney+ has another hit on its hands in the form of The One and Only Ivan, the story of a gorilla who lives in captivity in a mall starring Bryan Cranston and the voices of Sam Rockwell, Angelina ...

SEATTLE — A Northwest icon makes his Disney debut today: Ivan the gorilla. The new movie The One And Only Ivan was inspired by his life, and the menagerie of CGI animals are voiced by an all-star ...

The City of Lakewood celebrates 25 years Saturday, Sept. 25, with food and entertainment at Colonial Plaza, including the debut of an Ivan the Gorilla exhibit. The party was originally slated for Sept ...

Ivan, a silverback gorilla who lived for 27 years in a Tacoma, Wash., shopping mall, chews on his finger at the Atlanta Zoo in 1996. The story was the inspiration for Katherine Applegate's book The ...

Ivan the Gorilla was brought from Africa to a Tacoma, Washington mall to attract shoppers. Eventually, after public outcry, Ivan was moved to a Zoo in Atlanta. From the Congo to America, and from a ...

Katherine Applegate's The One and Only Ivan was inspired by a real-life gorilla who lived in a mall in Tacoma, Wash. The author says humans have... The school year is drawing to a close, but NPR's ...