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Ken Pellman

I was a Disneyland Cast Member for 15 years. Currently a freelance writer.

Wall-E Plot Rumors

Warning: Spoilers ahead! Don’t read this post if you want to see Pixar’s WALL-E spoiler free. As we all know now, the above picture is from Pixar’s 2008 animated feature Wall-E. I know nothing of the film other than what the above picture reveals. When looking at the background of the image, the Martian landscape… Read More »Wall-E Plot Rumors

Disney Superbowl Commercial

Update: World Champion NY Giants’ Eli Manning scheduled to be at Disneyland today (2-4-08) after being featured in Disney’s famous "I’m Going To Disneyland" Commercial for Superbowl XLII. So another year another Superbowl. The big question everyone wants to know is will Disney be doing it’s ‘You just won the Superbowl, What are you going… Read More »Disney Superbowl Commercial

20 Oscar Nominations for Disney

Walt Disney Studios, Pixar, and their sister studio Miramax have netted 20 nominations for this years Academy Awards. Miramax’s ‘The Queen’ was nominated for Best Motion Picture and ‘Cars’ was nominated for best animated feature. Disney is also competing against itself in the Animated Short film category.  LaughingPlace.com has the complete list. Nice to see… Read More »20 Oscar Nominations for Disney

New Restaurant to open at Walt Disney World

A new italian bistro style restaurant is set to open this spring at the Swan & Dolphin hotels located near EPCOT and Disney-MGM Studios. The Il Mulino New York will provide 220 more seats of desperately needed sit down dining for the area. I just don’t know why it had to be Italian. There are… Read More »New Restaurant to open at Walt Disney World

Disney Web Celebs on Forbes

Forbes Online has put up their list of the top 25 web celebs. There are two Disney related people in the list. The first is Amanda Congdon who is the ABC News videoblogger and web correspondent. Forbes has an web video interview with Congdon (beware of auto-play and ads) which seems appropriate given her specialty.… Read More »Disney Web Celebs on Forbes

More on Paul Pressler

MingerNet finds an interesting little anecdote about Paul Pressler’s management style. This may have worked back in the 80s and 90s, but today it’s non-functioning. During top managers’ final reviews of the products for an upcoming season, Mr. Pressler — a former Walt Disney Co. executive who often acknowledged that understanding fashion was not his… Read More »More on Paul Pressler

‘Cars’ wins another award, Oscars Next

Congratulations to Darla K. Anderson Producer of the hit animated feature ‘Cars’ from Disney/Pixar. She just won the Producers Guild’s Animated Feature award. Her competition was Flushed Away, Happy Feet, Ice Age: The Meltdown, and Monster House for the prize. Guess ‘Cars is a lock for the Oscars too then.