The Daily Variety has been profiling some of Hollywood’s oldest legends. One of those is Ruthie (or Ruthy) Thompson, who worked for Walt Disney for most of her life. Ruthie is actually a friend of the family and, although she’s 97, the spark of life is as strong as ever in her. As a child… Read More »Disney Legend Ruthie Thompson profiled in Daily Variety
Disney’s fairy-tale comedy "Enchanted" collected $50.1 million for what Disney executives point out was the second-highest, five-day Thanksgiving weekend box-office tally. Not too shabby. But it gets better. Disney has proven themselves the masters of the 5-day Thanksgiving weekend openings owning the top five box office totals with Toy Story 2 in first place followed… Read More »Enchanted’s Thanksgiving Feast (now with leftovers)
Somewhere in the ivy covered halls of The Walt Disney Company’s Burbank Headquarters is a person whose job it is to continue to add up the dollars that The Lion King animated film and all the various products and properties that have derived from that great film continues to bring in since its debut in… Read More »The Lion King roars on…
Hope everyone had a great time and devoured some great food these last few days. At The Disney Blog world headquarters here we’ve still got turkey leftovers enough to imagineer a dozen Turkey Sandwiches, yum! Last night we got out of the house to experience the holiday festival at Epcot. With the Candlelight Processional drawing… Read More »Weekend Roundup
Michael at The Disney Enquirer has another look at recently registered Disney domain names. This is a great way to prognosticate about future attractions for the Mouse House. For instance, based on this latest batch of domain names it looks like California Adventure will get to name their Toy Story attraction Toy Story Midway Mania.… Read More »Latest Disney Domains analyzed
Variety reports that Disney’s Enchanted has already earned nearly $15 million at the Box office. That puts the film on the fast track to the number one spot for the holiday weekend. The film Honor Hunter at Blue Sky Disney contributed his $8.50 admission to that total and urges you to get out this weekend… Read More »Enchanted’s Thanksgiving Feast
As a Disney fan I’m thankful for many things. The strong and growing community of Disney fans who run websites, write blogs, participate in discussion boards and generally revel in our mutual appreciation of Disney magic. I’m thankful for Walt Disney, Lillian, Roy and the rest of the Disney family who made it possible for… Read More »Turkey Day
It’s Thanksgiving and the smells of the holiday are wafting through the house—turkey, dressing, pumpkin pie and unfiltered cigarettes. Huhh? Whoops! Unfiltered Cigarettes–that was our murder weapon in Pushing Daisies last night! Well, kinda. It was more like a scratch-n-sniff book of unfiltered cigarettes. Confused yet? Let’s start from the beginning… Young Ned. Still grieving… Read More »Wake Up and Smell the Daisies (Pushing Daisies: The Smell of Success)