A few years ago Comcast launched an ill fated attempt to take over The Walt Disney Company. Fortunately that fell through and the mouse was safe from outside influences. Well, it’s taken them a few years, but they have a new target with aims to… Read More »Comcast one step closer to buying NBC Universal
Napa Rose Chef Honored with Antonin Carême Medal
Napa Rose Executive Chef Andrew Sutton, a 26-year culinary veteran, was honored as one of four recipients of the Antonin Carême Medal presented by The Chefs Association of the Pacific Coast, Inc. in San Francisco on November 16.
Sutton accepted the medal for his lifetime of achievements including his involvement in creating an award-winning menu, featuring hand-selected ingredients from throughout California’s diverse regions for Napa Rose, the five-star restaurant he helped launched when he joined the Disneyland Resort nine years ago.
“This medal means so much to me,” Sutton said. “It is truly humbling to be recognized for outstanding and lasting contributions. For me, what it’s really about are the people I work with and the guests we serve.”
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The new documentary “Christmas With Walt Disney” gets a good review from Variety: The slender length and initially limited exposure of “Christmas With Walt Disney” belie the rather wonderful archival materials encased in this charming compilation of Yuletide-related materials from throughout the founder’s lifespan as… Read More »Christmas With Walt Disney
File this one under jokes not to make while getting your bag inspected at a Disney themepark. Local Fox 35 news is reporting (no story to link to online, alas) that a man was detained by Orange County sheriffs after telling Disney security at the… Read More »Man detained after joking about bomb at the Magic Kingdom
Paul F Anderson is back and blogging at the grandiose named “Disney History Institute” blog. Anderson was the editor and author of the fabulous “Persistence of Vision” magazine and audio tape series from back in the 1990s. He’s only been going at this for a… Read More »Paul F Anderson is blogging
I’ve just been notified about an upcoming very special event to be held at Disney’s Contemporary Resort. You get to spend an evening with Disney Legend Marty Sklar and Ryman Arts gets to continue its mission of teaching teens essential skills for art and life in a rigorous, nurturing studio environment.
The event is Saturday, December 12th, and tickets are limited. I truly think any Disney fanatic would find Marty’s presentation to be a once-in-a-lifetime experience.
Full details below the jump:
If you’re one of the five million people who have seen this already, you may want to enjoy it one more time. But if you haven’t watched it yet, now’s your chance. Ladies and Gentlemen: The Muppets doing Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody.
I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving. If you’re out for Black Friday right now, I wish you luck. Myself, I’m taking it easy. So it was perfect serendipity when this video landed in my inbox today. It’s a video of two guys, Julien Neel… Read More »Terrific Fandub of “That’s What Friends Are For” from Jungle Book