Ending an era, Disney’s going to drop the "Buena Vista" name used for Buena Vista Distribution and Buena Vista Home Entertainment, in an attempt to strengthen the Disney name. From Bloomberg: Before Buena Vista, Disney’s pictures were distributed by Columbia Pictures, United Artists and RKO Radio Pictures. Named for the Burbank, California, street where the… Read More »Dropping Buena Vista
The City of Anaheim’s Council has voted against Disney and other supporters of maintaining the Anaheim Resort District zoning, siding with a housing developer. The Los Angeles Times coverage is here, and the Orange County Register‘s coverage is here, with reader comments (some may be rude) below the article. From the Times: About 150 resort… Read More »Anaheim Vote Goes Against Disney
Just five episodes left in this season of LOST. They tried a new time slot and a new way of bunching the episodes. All in all, I’d give the new bunched episode season a thumbs up and the new later time slot a thumbs down. I almost always have to time shift my viewing of… Read More »LOST heads toward season finale
Remember that rumor of a theme park going up in rural Missouri near Branson? Well, it was a fun rumor to think about it. As I stated it was a wild one and it turns out to have been too wild. The News-Leader has posted something of a retraction pointing out County Officials had their… Read More »No Missouri Themepark for Disney!
It’s official, Universal Studios Orlando will replace the long running Back To The Future attraction with on based on the popular Fox animated sit-com, The Simpsons. The ride will use the 80-foot-tall movie screens and motion-simulation vehicles from Back to the Future: The Ride, to give visitors a virtual-reality trip through a cartoon theme park… Read More »The Simpsons to replace Back To The Future at Universal Orlando
Over at LaughingPlace.com there are some additional details on the newly finalized contract for two new Disney Cruise Line ships. Similar to the original Disney Cruise Line ships, the new ships will be modern interpretations of classic ocean liners of the 1930s. Disney Imagineers drew their inspiration from the original trans-Atlantic ships that featured a… Read More »Disney finalizes contracts for two new cruise ships
Mercury News reports that Steve Jobs has been found to be in the clear when it comes to criminal charges related to the backdated options he received as CEO. Backdating isn’t always illegal, but steps must be followed, including disclosure rules. In Apple’s case, the company has admitted the grant to Jobs, approved in December… Read More »Steve Jobs avoids criminal charges in backdated options probe
Ryan Gosling, a Mouseketeer from the 90s era re-incarnation of the Mickey Mouse Club (you know, the one with Britney and Justin), is staring in a suspense thriller ‘Fracture’. Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel film critic, interviewed Gosling and asked him of his days spent in Orlando. "We learned a certain work ethic that served us… Read More »Ryan Gosling, a Mouseketeer life