T ’S kids were recorded singing various national anthems, but “it was a cacophony—a mess.” Solution? He and brother Robert (who also wrote the songs for Mary Poppins) crafted the catchy ditty that debuted 50 years ago April 22. “We kept it simple,” says Sherman. “The message was, ‘Let’s learn to live together.’ ” For photos of the ride both then and now, go to parade.com/smallworld. James Maslow pairs up with Peta Murgatroyd on DWTS. Q: Do the men on Dancing With the Stars wear as much spray tan as the ladies?—Kelly E., Detroit A: “Some of the men do like a spray tan, especially if they’re performing a Latin dance with an open shirt,” says makeup artist Zena Shteysel. “Occasionally we even accentuate their abs using makeup.” The show goes through 20 to 30 gallons of tanning spray in a season, and our own season 18 blogger, Big Time Rush’s James Maslow, 23, admits he’s a bronzer: “I’ll take what I can get!” Read his dishy blog at parade.com/dwts. Walt Disney shows off ﬁgures for the “It’s a Small World” ride in 1964. Q: How was Disney’s “It’s a Small World” created? —Melinda R., Los Angeles A: Keen to develop new technologies for attractions, Walt Disney teamed with UNICEF to create a ride saluting children of all nations for New York City’s 1964 World’s Fair. Initially, he couldn’t ﬁnd the right music to pipe into the water-ﬁlled rooms, where mechanical dolls dance as audiences pass by in boats. Songwriter Richard M. Sherman, 85, recalls that Q: How did Jamie Bell meet Evan Rachel Wood? —Nicole A., Norfolk, Va. A: The 28-year-old star of AMC’s Revolutionary War drama Turn (Sundays) met Wood, 26, on a Green Day video shoot in 2005. They Do you have a question for Walter Scott? Post it at facebook .com/parademag. Is there a speed record for solving the Rubik’s Cube? –Robert G., Redmond, Wash. A: It’s said to have 43 quintillion combinations, but the 3-D puzzle, invented in 1974 by Erno Rubik, can always be solved in 20 or fewer twists. Current champ among humans: Mats Valk of the Netherlands, clocked at 5.55 seconds in 2013. (A robot did it two seconds faster last month.) But that’s using a cube 3 squares by 3. For a chance to win a diabolical 5x5 cube from New Jersey’s Liberty Science Center, where a 40th-anniversary exhibit opens April 26, go to parade.com/rubik. Married, with child: Jamie Bell and Evan Rachel Wood dated, split, then reunited, marrying in 2012. With a son born last July, they’re domestic now. “We’re not good tabloid fodder,” says Bell. “And I like that.” WALTER SCOTT ASKS... LINDA RONSTADT The Grammy-winning icon, 67, has a new CD, Duets, a compilation of previously recorded favorite tracks. Last year you revealed that Parkinson’s has left you unable to sing. It’s a movement disorder, and singing is a series of delicate, highly complex movements in your vocal cords. It’s hard to brush my teeth, so you can imagine how hard it would be to sing. Do you miss it? I miss singing tremendously. It was something I could do since I was 2. You sang “Moonlight in Vermont” with Frank Sinatra in 1993. His voice was in decline and I did a lot of improvising. But I was astounded at how much story he could still deliver and how much color was there. As Rosemary Clooney used to say, “Darling, he’s still dangerous.” SUNDAY FREEBIE Enter for a chance to win the album Linda Ronstadt Duets on CD, signed by Ronstadt, at facebook.com/parademag. 2 | APRIL 20, 2014 © PARADE Publications 2014. All rights reserved SUNDAY FREEBIE: NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. TO ENTER, GO TO FACEBOOK.COM/PARADEMAG. STARTS 5:00 P.M. ET, 4/18/14, AND ENDS 4:59 P.M. ET, 4/25/14. OPEN TO LEGAL RESIDENTS OF THE 50 UNITED STATES (D.C.) 13 YEARS AND OLDER, EXCEPT EMPLOYEES OF SPONSOR, THEIR IMMEDIATE FAMILIES, AND THOSE LIVING IN THE SAME HOUSEHOLD. ODDS OF WINNING DEPEND ON THE NUMBER OF ENTRIES RECEIVED. VOID OUTSIDE THE 50 UNITED STATES (D.C.) AND WHERE PROHIBITED. A.R.V. OF THE 10 PRIZES: $11.98 EACH. SPONSOR: PARADE MEDIA GROUP. THIS PROMOTION IS IN NO WAY SPONSORED, ENDORSED OR ADMINISTERED BY, OR ASSOCIATED WITH, FACEBOOK. PHOTOS, CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: ADAM TAYLOR/ABC; DISNEY PARKS; NEAL PRESTON/CORBIS; JEFF VESPA/GETTY IMAGES FOR LACMA; ISTOCKPHOTO T WA L COT ER S