Capatilizing on the popularity of primetime game shows, ABC is introducing the latest contender, National Bingo Night, on May 18th. The show is being hosted by friend of The Disney Blog, Ed Sanders– he of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition fame. The show promises to be high-energy and is being billed as a truly interactive experience,… Read More »BINGO!
The Anaheim city council is scheduled to vote this Tuesday on an affordable housing plan that is opposed by Disneyland and other tourism dependent businesses in the Anaheim Resort district. This article in the Orange County Register makes it sound like Disney et al might be in for a tough time on Tuesday. This matter… Read More »Another Anaheim Resort District Rezoning Vote
File this one under wild rumor, really wild. But the News-Leader of Springfield, MO is reporting that a theme park development company has asked county officials to consider road improvements leading to a 1000 acre parcel that is the site of a future theme park outside of Joplin, MO (about an hour west of Springfield,… Read More »Bigtime Rumor: Disney to build in Branson, MO
Megan Davies reports that radio behemoth Clear Channel, also a competitor to Disney in television broadcasting, is selling its television group. U.S. broadcaster Clear Channel Communications Inc. said on Friday it will sell its television group to private equity firm Providence Equity Partners Inc. for about $1.2 billion. The sale comes as Clear Channel’s shareholders… Read More »Disney Competitor Clear Channel Exits Television
Two pieces of movie news in today’s Los Angeles Times caught my attention. Lorenza Muñoz explores the coming competition for the biggest 3-D movie in 2009 between News Corp’s 20th Century Fox and Dreamworks Animation for Memorial Day weekend, the traditional start of the summer movie season in the U.S. DreamWorks’ "Monsters vs. Aliens" will… Read More »Movie News: 3-D and a New Studio
Spotted on the Los Angeles Times website… Disney is opening its May 19 premiere of "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End," the third installment in the theme-park-ride-based franchise, to the public. The event will serve as a fundraiser for the Make-A-Wish Foundation of America and Make-A-Wish International. Individual tickets, at $1,500 each, are available… Read More »You Too Can Be at the Pirates III Premiere
"National Treasure: Book Of Secrets" (imdb) the Nick Cage led sequel will be filming some crucial scenes for the movie at Mount Rushmore. Only problem is the filming dates conflict with a high school prom that normally has that time at the national monument reserved. So what does Disney do? They offer to pick up… Read More »National Treasure evicts Prom from National Monument
E!Online’s Mark Malkin is reporting that Disney has chosen the voice for the lead character of Maddy in their upcoming animated feature "The Frog Princess" (wikipedia). Anika Noni Rose (wikipedia) will voice the part of Maddy, the title character and the first black princess to be featured in a Disney Animated film. Rose, 34, recently… Read More »Anika Noni Rose joins “The Frog Princess”