Category: Disney
-
Bringing the Buddies Home Just Got Easier!
In celebration of TOMORROW’S release of SPOOKY BUDDIES on Blu-ray & DVD, we present you with this discount offer from Disney Movie Rewards and a sneak peek at the bonus material! Valid now through September 25, 2011, the coupon located below is good for $5 off the Blu-ray + DVD Combo Pack! *Disney Movie Rewards membership…
-
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ON STRANGER TIDES “Talk Like a Pirate Day” Lexicon and New Clip!
Are ye speaking pirate today? In celebration of “Talk Like a Pirate Day” today, please find attached a PIRATE-SPEAK lexicon courtesy of PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ON STRANGER TIDES on Blu-ray and DVD. Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides will set sail on DVD, stunning high definition Blu-ray™, eye popping Blu-ray 3D™ (a first for…
-
3D ‘Lion King’ reigns at top of movie box office
Reuters via Yahoo! India News LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – “The Lion King” is back on top of the movie jungle seventeen years after the film first hit theaters. A 3D version of the 1994 Walt Disney Co animated classic reclaimed the box office throne with a strong $29.3 million in domestic ticket sales over the…
-
TWDC EXECUTIVES TO DISCUSS FISCAL FULL YEAR AND FOURTH QUARTER 2011 FINANCIAL RESULTS VIA WEBCAST
BURBANK, Calif., September 14, 2011 – The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) will discuss fiscal full year and fourth quarter 2011 financial results via a live audio Webcast beginning at 5:00 p.m. EST / 2:00 p.m. PST on Thursday, November 10, 2011. Results will be released at approximately 4:15 p.m. EST / 1:15 p.m. PST.…
-
JAY RASULO, SENIOR EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY, TO SPEAK AT THE GOLDMAN SACHS 20TH ANNUAL COMMUNACOPIA CONFERENCE
BURBANK, Calif., September 15, 2011 – Jay Rasulo, senior executive vice president and chief financial officer, The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS), will participate in a question-and-answer session at the Goldman Sachs 20th Annual Communacopia Conference on Wednesday, September 21, 2011 at 1:15 p.m. EDT / 10:15 a.m. PDT. To listen to a live Webcast…
-
Day 3: Scrapbook Fun, DUMBO Magic!
DAPs Magic Disney News – PRESS RELEASE Disney’s September 20th release of DUMBO as a 2-Disc Blu-ray Hi-Def & DVD Combo Pack is right around the corner, and in celebration of the release, we present an interactive activity that will highlight just how special your little ones are! Just as Dumbo’s unique ears made him special, create this scrapbook with your kids that celebrates what makes…
-
Day 2: Celebrating DUMBO and the 70th Anniversary!
DAPs Magic Disney News – PRESS RELEASE Good Morning and Happy Wednesday!!! Join us all this week as we celebrate DUMBO and the release of the 70th Anniversary Edition of the original film. In anticipation of Disney’s September 20th release of DUMBO as a 2-Disc Blu-ray Hi-Def & DVD Combo Pack in celebration of the…
-
Lion King 3D Concept Art
DAPs Magic Disney News – PRESS RELEASE Rarely Seen Concept Art is now available from The Lion King! Don’t forget you get a free pair of limited edition Simba-sized 3D glasses only at Real D theaters when you watch the Lion King 3D this Friday, September 16th! Trailer/Clips featuring your favorite songs can be found…
-
Celebrating DUMBO All Week Long – Day 1 Fun Recipes!
DAPs Magic Disney News – PRESS RELEASE Join us all this week as we celebrate DUMBO and the release of the 70th Anniversary Edition of the original film. In anticipation of Disney’s September 20th release of DUMBO as a 2-Disc Blu-ray Hi-Def & DVD Combo Pack in celebration of the 70th Anniversary, we present fun…
-
Disney Princess: Fairy Tale Songs Set for Sept. 20 Release
DAPs Magic Disney News – PR Newswire ALBUM INCLUDES CLASSICS FROM DISNEY ANIMATED FILMS AND OFFICIAL NEW DISNEY PRINCESS SONG, “THE GLOW” DIGITAL SINGLE SET FOR RELEASE ON SEPT. 13 BURBANK, Calif., Sept. 12, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — They’re among the crown jewels of the Disney songbook: classics sung by princesses and princesses-to-be, from Cinderella to the Little Mermaid.…
-
NEWSIES the Musical Rehearsals Continue for Upcoming Performances
Newsies will be dancing on to the stage this weekend! As opening night draws nearer and nearer, a video of rehearsals has been released by Disney On Broadway. Newsies is a musical about the 1899 labor strike organized by a group of young “newsies.” It is a stage adaptation of the 1992 film of the…
-
Character Descriptions for Disney’s The Muppets
DAPs Magic Disney News – PRESS RELEASE CHARACTER DESCRIPTIONS GARY (Jason Segel) is loyal to his brother Walter—the two do everything together. “Gary is fromSmalltown,USA,” says Jason Segel (TV’s “How I Met Your Mother,” “Forgetting Sarah Marshall”), a longtime Muppet fan who created the role with himself in mind. “He’s very naïve, sweet and innocent,…
-
Winnie the Pooh on Blu-Ray & DVD October 25, 2011
DAPs Magic Disney News – PRESS RELEASE ALL THE BELOVED CHARACTERS FROM THE HUNDRED ACRE WOOD ARE BACK! DELIGHTFUL ALL-NEW MOVIE COMES HOME TO BLU-RAY™, DVD AND MOVIE DOWNLOAD OCTOBER 25th Includes an Exclusive Short, Sing-Along Option and Hours More of Exciting Bonus Features! Inspired by the beloved stories from A.A. Milne’s books…
-
10 THINGS YOU NEVER KNEW ABOUT THE LION KING
DAPs Magic Disney News – PRESS RELEASE With The Lion King 3D about to be released for the first time in theaters on September 16th and on Disney Blu-ray™ Hi-Def and Blu-ray 3D ™ October 4th, we step back in time to uncover some fun facts and top secrets about the animated blockbuster…SECRET NUMBER ONE……
-
CEOs Like Disney’s Bob Iger, Merrill Lynch’s Stan O’Neal and Pepsi’s Indra Nooyi Launched Big Stock Sales Programs After Their Companies Announced Stock Repurchase Plans, Financial Week Reports
Analysis of 50 largest buybacks finds post-announcement sales by executives dwarfed sales over prior 12 months NEW YORK, Sept. 10 /PRNewswire/ — If actions speak louder than words, some big-company CEOs are telling their shareholders-and the world-that their companies' stock buybacks aren't worth very much. Or they're worth taking advantage of. That's because, according to…
-
Restored Jungle Screens
Disney screened a newly restored and digitally enhanced version of The Jungle Book on Sept. 6 in Hollywood, preceded by a panel with the cast and crew of the last movie Walt Disney worked on himself. The screening fell on the 40th anniversary of the animated classic's premiere and took place at the El Capitan…
-
5-year-old cancer patient travels to Disney today
Five-year-old Michael Canary will fly to Florida to visit Disney World and the Atlantic Ocean today through the local Wish Upon A Star organization. Canary, who has three tumors on his brain stem, will leave from the Evansville Regional Airport at 9:45 a.m. with his mother and three sisters. He will spend a week at…
-
Endeavour Astronauts Visit Disney World
Disney World patrons were treated to a little extra magic on Monday when astronauts from the space shuttle Endeavor paid a visit. The entire Endeavor crew came to talk to area high school students and some lucky fourth- and fifth-graders about their experience in space. Space shuttle Endeavour returned toKennedy Space Center safely on Aug.…
-
Disney to test toys independently
LOS ANGELES – Following the recall of millions of toys by Mattel Inc., The Walt Disney Co. said Monday it will independently test toys featuring its characters. The media and entertainment conglomerate said it will hire companies to randomly buy Disney-branded toys off store shelves and test for lead paint and other safety issues such…
-
ABC taps Vermont family, will build new house for them
ATHENS, Vt. —A family that needed a break is getting one — courtesy of ABC-TV's "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition." Sara and Louis Vitale, whose 2-year-old son suffers from severe birth defects, will have a house built for them so they can move out of the deteriorating former hunting cabin they now call home. The construction will…
-
ABC Orders Game Show from BermanBraun
ABC ordered 10 episodes of game show Duel from BermanBraun, the production company’s first series pickup.The hour-long show is from producers French TV, who also landed a run for the show in England via ITV. Gail Berman and former ABC exec Lloyd Braun will produce, along with French TV’s David Rosconval and Francis Vacher. The…
-
Monster, Meet Mermaid
THE Broadway-bound productions of Disney’s “Little Mermaid” and “The NewMel Brooks Musical Young Frankenstein” (yes, that is its official full name) both had their out-of-town openings on the same night, Aug. 23, roughly 1,300 miles apart. In many ways the out-of-town experiences for these two shows — the biggest high-stakes gambles of the fall season,…