Author: Mr. Daps
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Toon Disney orders more “Yin Yang Yo!”
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) – "Yin Yang Yo!" — the highest-rated animated series on Toon Disney's "Jetix" programming block — has been picked up for a second season. The network has ordered 26 half-hour episodes for its comedy/action/adventure programming block. In its second season, "Yin Yang Yo!" will expand the entire world of the series:…
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Disney to unveil website revamp
The stakes could scarcely be bigger for Walt Disney Co. as it unveils a revamped flagship website today. Reversing the company's past Internet stumbles is a top priority for Disney Chief Executive Robert Iger, whose reputation as a new-media leader in an old-media business could be tarnished if the site fails to attract more viewers.Disney.com…
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Disney World events for early 2007
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. – Disney World events for the first half of 2007 range from themed children's parties to annual events showcasing flowers and sports. The Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival unfolds over two glorious months of spring, from April 5 to June 3, with topiaries, flower beds, water gardens and many other…
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Walt Disney Parks and Resorts to Debut New Attractions and Entertainment in 2007
BURBANK, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–After a momentous 2006, Walt Disney Parks and Resorts is poised to unveil a full slate of exciting new attractions and entertainment in the coming year, highlighted by the continued rollout around the world of its groundbreaking Where Dreams Come True initiative. "As proud as we are of all that we accomplished in…
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Moonves, Iger to Push CBS, Disney Content at Electronics Show
CBS Corp. and Walt Disney Co. will use next week's Consumer Electronics Show to expand efforts to get more of their movies and television shows onto the Web and mobile devices. Disney Chief Executive Officer Robert Iger will announce an overhaul of the company's Web site at the Las Vegas event, which kicks off Jan.…
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Disney settles ‘Indiana Jones’ ride suit
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 5 (UPI) — The Walt Disney Co. settled a suit with heirs of a Spanish woman who had a brain hemorrhage after riding Disneyland's Indiana Jones Adventure in California. Cristina Moreno, 23, of Barcelona was on her honeymoon in June, 2000, when she rode the "thrill ride," the Los Angeles Times reported…
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Disney parks go for Pixar ride
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) – The Walt Disney Co. confirmed Thursday the new attractions that are headed to its theme parks this year and, to no surprise, many are Pixar-themed. "Finding Nemo — the Musical" and the Seas With Nemo & Friends are headed for Walt Disney World Resort outside Orlando. The latter is billed…
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From the Cary Y to Disney Channel
If your TV set has been tuned to the Disney Channel of late, you know what's coming: "Jump In!" The channel's new jump-rope film with "High School Musical" cast member Corbin Bleu premieres Friday at 8 p.m. If you (or a loved one) wind up watching the 90-minute feature, you might catch a glimpse of…
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Father says “Tigger” hit his son at Disney park
ORLANDO, Fla. —A Walt Disney World employee dressed as the character "Tigger" was accused of hitting a child while posing for a photo, a spokeswoman for the theme park said Saturday. Park officials temporarily suspended Michael J. Fedelem while they investigate the accusations, Disney spokeswoman Zoraya Suarez said. "Naturally, physical altercations between cast members and guests…
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County to take title to Disney Hall
After a 20-year odyssey to finance and build downtown's Walt Disney Concert Hall, the bedazzling highlight of Los Angeles' skyline will finally return to county hands this week. At one level, it will be a ministerial act, the signing of a deed that places title to the architecturally distinctive structure under county control. But at…
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New disc may sway consumers torn by DVD wars
NEW YORK: Consumers wary of buying new high-definition DVD players because of a technology war reminiscent of Betamax versus VHS will soon have a new kind of DVD that might make the decision less daunting. Warner Brothers, which helped popularize the DVD more than a decade ago, plans to announce next week a single videodisc…
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EW review: Utterly awful ‘Happily N’Ever After’
(Entertainment Weekly) — "Happily N'Ever After" is to Pixar what color-by-numbers is to traditional Disney animation. The press notes boast that the total production time was only 15 months, "unheard of for a first-class computer animated movie." Maybe there's a reason why that's unheard-of. This thrown-together, dumpy-looking misfire finds Cinderella's wicked stepma (Sigourney Weaver) taking…
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Disney on Ice Contest
Disney on Ice Contest January 1 – 12, 2007 Enter to win tickets to Disney on Ice, Mickey and Minnie's Magical Journey. Disney on Ice at HSBC Arena, January 24 thru 28th Enter to win a family 4-pack of tickets! Send a postcard to Disney on Ice Contest, 2077 Elmwood Avenue, Buffalo, NY 14207. …
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Drexel Heritage introduces the Walt Disney Collection
Animator Walt Disney changed the way we were entertained, and he may now change the way we furnish our homes. Drexel Heritage designers were given access to the Disney archives, where furniture from the icon’s office resides today. Drexel Heritage and Disney Home designers expanded these office selections to include lighting, rugs and bedding. While…
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Electronics show to see push from CBS, Disney
Hollywood looks to offset sales declines by turning to Internet CBS Corp. and Walt Disney Co. will use next week's Consumer Electronics Show to expand efforts to get more of their movies and television shows onto the Web and mobile devices. Disney Chief Executive Robert Iger will announce an overhaul of the company's Web site…
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‘High School Musical’ CD Top-Seller In 2006
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The soundtrack album for the hit Disney Channel musical "High School Musical" was the top-selling CD in 2006, according to figures released by Neisen Soundscan. The album, featuring songs by the stars of the film, sold more than 3.7 million copies, while the hit country music trio Rascal Flatts' "Me and…
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NYC, Trump, Disney reward “Subway Superman”
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A New Yorker dubbed "Subway Superman" received the city's highest civic award on Thursday after pinning down a stricken stranger on subway tracks just enough to allow an oncoming train to run over the top of them. Wesley Autrey, 50, jumped onto the subway tracks at a station in Manhattan's Harlem…
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Students say YES to Disney World
Principal calls journey to Florida the ultimate educational field trip. Sure they'll miss school while riding roller coasters and eating lunch with astronauts at the Kennedy Space Center, but the Philip F. Lauer Middle School trip to Walt Disney World next week is all about learning — and maybe a little fun. Thirty students, four…
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Euro Disney EGM to vote on 100-for-one share consolidation plan
At 11.04 am, Euro Disney shares were unchanged at 0.08 eur, giving the operator of the Disneyland Paris resort a market valuation of just 312 mln eur. In its latest financial year, to September 2006, the company's net loss expanded to 73.1 mln eur from 43.7 mln, but sales grew 4.5 pct. The bottom line…
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Disney Weekend Marathon
Runners from all over the world are at Walt Disney World for the resort's marathon weekend. A record-breaking 32,000 participants are expected at the biggest on-property event of the year. Those runners rank the Marathon as one of the top-10 marathons in the world. Because of the race routes, a number of property-wide road closures…
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CBS, Disney to Push Movies, TV at Electronics Show (Update1)
Jan. 5 (Bloomberg) — CBS Corp. and Walt Disney Co. will use next week's Consumer Electronics Show to expand efforts to get more of their movies and television shows onto the Web and mobile devices. Disney Chief Executive Officer Robert Iger will announce an overhaul of the company's Web site at the Las Vegas event,…
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Disney parks go for Pixar ride
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) – The Walt Disney Co. confirmed Thursday the new attractions that are headed to its theme parks this year and, to no surprise, many are Pixar-themed. "Finding Nemo — the Musical" and the Seas With Nemo & Friends are headed for Walt Disney World Resort outside Orlando. The latter is billed…
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Disney’s Monsters, Inc. attraction to get more fine-tuning
A comedy club show based on the popular Monsters, Inc. movie apparently isn't quite ready for the big time. Walt Disney World has confirmed that the opening of its next big attraction — The Monsters, Inc. The Laugh Floor Comedy Club show — will be delayed a few months so that Walt Disney Imagineering can…