Whit Honea is the author of The Parents' Phrase Book. He lives in the L.A. area with his wife and two boys. You can find his writings and other works all over the Internets. Now available on Twitter.
The Disney Blog has the honor of being today’s Featured Typepad Blog. The Disney Blog is completely unofficial and not affiliated with The Disney Company in any way. I’m just a fan who is blogging about something he loves. Just like nearly everybody else on Typepad and I’m happy to be here. When I started… Read More »Welcome Typepad readers!
You may recall the Pirates Of The Caribbean promotion Disney launched on the popular MySpace social networking site. Well it seems that some sexually suggestive or down-right naughty pictures were sneaking through to the promotion page via user profiles. Not exactly Disney’s image (even if its Pirates). So in an effort to keep advertisers like… Read More »MySpace cleans up for Disney Ad Campaign
A Malaysian construction company is in the market for a themepark and is talking to Disney about the possibilities. They’re also talking to three other themepark companies and Disney has already denied any plans to build in Malaysia. So take this news lightly. Interestingly the company is also talking to Oriental Land Company. OLC owns… Read More »Malaysia Disney Park prospecting
Action star Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson is headed to surgery for a ruptured Achilles Tendon. This is putting a stop to the production on Disney’s The Game Plan (imdb). A comedy in which Johnson was starring as an NFL Quarterback who discovers he has a daughter. Johnson’s quote is perfect: "I approached this role trying… Read More »Chip off The ol’ Rock
Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, and Winnie-The-Pooh have all held the crown in the past. But this year Disney is place its money on a little Pixie and her friends to sell the most merchandise. Tinker Bell will anchor the new Disney Fairies licensing line that Disney hopes will target the 5-9 year old market. On… Read More »Fairy Power
In a not-so-shocking bit of news, the free television episodes of hit ABC television shows have drawn more than 11 million viewers in their first quarter of operation. Anne Sweeney, a Disney TV Executive, said they’ll debut a revamped version of the program in the fall with even more shows and features.
BoxOfficeMojo has a Pixar Movie Showdown comparing the last five films from Pixar. Cars suffered a 44% drop off this weekend in the box office, but still claimed the number one spot. The only competition this weekend is the Adam Sandler flick, Click. So Cars should continue to receive the family movie bucks for one… Read More »Pixar Movie Showdown!
Cinematical and Comingsoon.net are both reporting that Johnny Depp is quoted as saying that if the scripts were good, he would be happy to continue playing his Captain Jack Sparrow character in additional Pirates of the Caribbean sequels beyond 2 and 3, which are already filmed (for the most part with #3). Raise your hand… Read More »Johnny Depp wants more Captain Jack Sparrow