Author: Mr. Daps

With a record 30,000 entries for this weekend’s Walt Disney World Marathon and Half Marathon, the 13-year-old race has joined the ranks of Boston, New York, Chicago and Marine Corps in marathon stature. Despite the addition of three marathons in South Florida — the Jan. 29 ING Miami Marathon, Feb. 19 A1A Marathon and Dec.…

The recent addition of ABC, ESPN and other Disney-owned properties to Apple’s iTunes medi service is just the latest move in the studio’s aggressive push to increase digital delivery of it valuable content Disney’s willingness to make its content available the way consumers want it — particularly via Apple’s iPod — bodes well for the…

ynopsis:The following text is from the DVD cover: “This extraordinary volume of rare Disney magic showcases some fascinating characters never before seen together. From Walt’s earliest work in the 1920s to some of his most sophisticated shorts of the 1950s and ’60s, he captured the imaginations of millions plus two Academy Award

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – NBC’s bid to regain a Thursday night ratings foothold with a new two-hour comedy bloc got off to a less-than-dashing start in competition against ABC’s robust return of summer hit “Dancing with the Stars.” The two-hour launch of ABC’s second-edition celebrity dance contest averaged 17.3 million viewers and ranked as the…

ENGLEWOOD, Colo., Jan. 6 /PRNewswire/ — The world television premiere of the trailer for Walt Disney Pictures’ upcoming animated adventure “The Wild” will escape onto Starz screens this January 9. Starz Entertainment Group (SEG) partners once again with Walt Disney Pictures to bring the 1:40 teaser trailer to their flagship channel.“The Wild” is an irreverent…

WASHINGTON – United Airlines won court approval Friday to pay $150 million to settle billions of dollars in claims from aircraft leasers, including Walt Disney Co United, a unit of UAL Corp., has said the settlement provides a “tremendous” boost to the airline’s bid to exit Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings early next year. A bankruptcy…

Tim Allen transforms from family dad to family dog and back again in this fresh update of the Disney comedy classic, “The Shaggy Dog”. It all begins when a workaholic Deputy D.A. Dave Douglas (Tim Allen) takes on a case involving an animal laboratory – one that will take him away yet again from his…

Rating: G Starring:Tom Hanks as Sheriff Woody (voice) Tim Allen as Buzz Lightyear/Buzz Lightyear II (voice) Joan Cusack as Jessie, the Yodeling Cowgirl (voice) Kelsey Grammer as Stinky Pete the Prospector (voice) Don Rickles as Mr. Potato Head (voice) Jim Varney as Slinky Dog (voice) Wallace Shawn as Rex the Green Dinosaur (voice) John Ratzenberger…

CAPE TOWN, Jan 6 (Reuters) – The fleet of the Volvo Ocean Race all entered the perilous Southern Ocean on Friday, with ABN AMRO One skippered by New Zealander Mike Sanderson still holding a slender lead.Sailing downwind and riding on the face of big swell the entrants have picked up the pace in the last…

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) – John Travolta and Tim Allen are in negotiations to star in the Disney comedy “Wild Hogs,” playing middle-aged biker wannabes who hit the open road in search of adventure only to encounter the Hell’s Angels. Both Travolta and Allen got their breaks in television, through “Welcome Back, Kotter” and “Home…

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) – The two scribes who wrote the Disney cartoon hit “Chicken Little” are reteaming with the studio for the live-action family comedy “The Missing Link.” Disney paid mid-six figures for Ron Friedman and Steve Bencich’s pitch, which is described as a monkey spy adventure in the vein of “The Bourne Identity.”…

It must be true that things come in threes, because Tiki collectibles should certainly be included in the ranks of the Un-Cute, right alongside Trolls and Cabbage Patch dolls. And like Trolls and Cabbage Patch dolls, Tiki items generate passionate interest in collectors willing to pay top dollar to satisfy their acquisitive instincts. So, what…

Pixar shares rose the most in almost two months amid speculation the computer-animation film studio may be purchased, possibly by distribution partner Walt Disney Co., Jefferies & Co. analyst Robert Routh said. Pixar added $4.20, or 7.8 percent, to close at $58.16 on the Nasdaq Stock Market, the biggest one-day percentage gain since Nov. 9.…

Pixar Animation Studios shares soared to a record high Wednesday amid speculation that the company behind “Finding Nemo” and “The Incredibles” is on the verge of a new deal with

NEW YORK (AP) — Shares of Pixar Animation Studios traded lower Thursday after an analyst said the film company’s hot stock has run its course and is now priced to perfection. The Emeryville, Calif., creator of “Toy Story” and “Finding Nemo”, whose stock ended 2005 up 25 percent, shed $1.90, or 3.3 percent, to trade…

At this time last year, I wrote a piece about Disney (NYSE: DIS – News) and its marketing plans for its theme parks, centered around the 50th anniversary of Disneyland. Not long after that article was published, I submitted a follow-up, musing that the company’s stock was finally once again above my personal cost basis.…

At this time last year, I wrote a piece about Disney (NYSE: DIS – News) and its marketing plans for its theme parks, centered around the 50th anniversary of Disneyland. Not long after that article was published, I submitted a follow-up, musing that the company’s stock was finally once again above my personal cost basis.…

NEW YORK, Jan. 5 /PRNewswire/ — “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire,” hosted by Emmy Award-winner Meredith Vieira, is taking the show on the road during the month of January. The syndicated game show will tape twenty episodes at the “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire — PLAY IT!” attraction in the Disney-MGM Studios at…

NEW YORK – The Walt Disney Co.’s varied entertainment operations are expected to post profit gains in 2006, which should help the company’s shares overcome negative market sentiment toward media stocks. Several years of under performance and an uncertain macroeconomic outlook have driven “excessive bearishness” toward the media group, Merrill Lynch analyst Jessica Reif Cohen…

LOS ANGELES – A strong New Year’s weekend led by “The Chronicles of Narnia” and “King Kong” still left Hollywood with the holiday blues over a weak year in which movie attendance fell to its lowest in eight years. “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe” finished at No. 1 over…

CHICAGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Jan. 4, 2006–Charles Carlson, editor of the DRIP Investor, highlights a pair of stocks to watch this year. Read about Walt Disney (NYSE:DIS – News) and Harris (NYSE:HRS – News). Click here for the full story exclusively on Zacks.com: http://at.zacks.com/?id=84 Highlights from the December 28 Featured Expert column by Charles Carlson include: Disney (Walt)…

BURBANK, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Jan. 4, 2006–Walt Disney Records celebrates the return of the teen musical by releasing the soundtrack to Disney Channel Original Movie, “High School Musical,” on January 10, 2006. The “High School Musical” soundtrack features all-new music performed in the movie, plus a bonus track by B5, one of today’s hottest teen R&B music…

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – The Walt Disney Co. is adding content from its ESPN channel and ABC sports to the shows it already sells on Apple Computer Inc.’s market-leading iTunes online music and video store. Walt Disney said on Tuesday that the content will include condensed versions of all four U.S. Bowl Championship Series college…

BURBANK, CA–(MARKET WIRE)–Jan 4, 2006 — – TVN Entertainment today announced that it has signed a VOD Services Agreement with ESPN/ABC-Disney Media Networks, which includes providing distribution and advanced asset management services for certain VOD packages offered by the stable of Cable and Broadcast Networks. The agreement also takes advantage of TVNow, TVN’s Rapid Turnaround…