Got a spare $700 million? I know two brothers you could make very happy. After laying off the last of the staff from Miramax, Disney has now announced that they’re putting the studios’ assets up for sale. Most likely suitor is Summit, which has produced… Read More »Disney now selling Miramax Studios
Update: word is that the Express line at the MK had trouble tonight too with one train being pushed back to the barn. Monorails are known to be prone to brake fires. They’re usually small ones that are easily put out, sometimes just by the… Read More »Monorail Coral Smoke Incident Yesterday
Federal consumer safety regulators have announced a recall of 55,000 “The Princess and The Frog” children’s pendants sold at Walmart stores. Two models are being recalled due to high levels of the toxic metal cadmium. In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, importer… Read More »Disney recalls The Princess and The Frog Jewelry
When Eisner added the Weinstein brother’s Miramax studio to its quiver there were a lot of people wondering if that arrow would shoot straight. But it was fashionable in Hollywood at the time to have a boutique label that could go and win a couple… Read More »Miramax Studio closed by Disney
Okay, this has taken a while, but they’re finally rebranding the Wide World of Sports park at Walt Disney World. Here’s photographic proof of them added the E in ESPN to the new sign for WWOS. The 220-acre sports complex at Walt Disney World in… Read More »Wide World Of Sports gets new name
I don’t know if you’re a football soccer fan, but you may have heard of the World Cup. In 2010 it ends in South Africa with the winning country able to claim king of the world status for the next four years. Sometimes I feel… Read More »Football World Cup to get extra coverage from ESPN & ABC
President Obama mentioned the high speed rail project that will run from Tampa to the Orlando International Airport in the State Of The Union tonight. The project will get about 50% of the funding it needs from the federal stimulus package, with the rest, it’s… Read More »Florida’s High Speed Rail to stop at Disney World
Disney is calling it quits for Ugly Betty after its fourth season on ABC. A pretty respectable run for a show that was basically a retread of a soap opera from Mexico. I never really got into the show, I was not the target market,… Read More »Ugly Betty put up on the shelf