William Shakespeare and Mark Twain may never have needed emoticons, but textual smiley faces have grinned, smirked, and grimaced their way into today's e-mail and instant-message conversations. The ...

Sensing a not-so-sunny shift in energy among Los Angeles friends last year, filmmaker and artist Matt Smiley — known for his mood-boosting happy-face art seen on Instagram, aptly reflecting his last ...

Emoticons have been around a lot longer than one might think. In a March 30, 1881 item in Puck which included typographical representations of joy, melancholy, indifference, and astonishment, it was ...

TOPEKA (KSNT) – Stargazers who turn their eyes skyward — and use a little bit of imagination — will have a chance to spot a rare “smiley face” in space later this month. Brenda Culbertson, a solar ...

Justin Bieber's brand Drew House, Alexander Wang's fall 2019 show and Miley Cyrus' Happy Hippie Foundation are all among the brands to embrace smiley faces in fashion. By Brooke Mazurek, Billboard As ...