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Screenplay Resurfacing About Ovitz vs. Eisner

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Anne Thompson at Daily Variety reports on a script of interest to those of us who are into Disney history… There’s a hot script making the rounds of the Hollywood studios. According to the cover page, "Two Blind Mice" is "based on the true story of Michael Eisner & Mike Ovitz and their time at… Read More »Screenplay Resurfacing About Ovitz vs. Eisner

The Rush to Online Video Partnerships

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Mike Shields at Media Week reports that NBC has entered a deal with Vmix Media, Vmix.com, which is compared to YouTube. Just as Viacom escalates its conflict with YouTube by saddling the Google-owned video site with a billion-dollar lawsuit, NBC has inked a partnership with VMIX Media, a broadband technology company that also operates the… Read More »The Rush to Online Video Partnerships

“American Inventor” set to return, audition, bore viewers to death

I’m sorry if I’m totally harshing on your reality tv buzz, but the first season of ABCs "American Inventor" was horrible. Flirting between mean, boring, and petty, the show’s judges laid waste to all the pretender inventors, especially the over confident ones. Seeing the cocky ones get canned provided the only good moments of the… Read More »“American Inventor” set to return, audition, bore viewers to death

Disney Cruise Line Sweepstakes!

My friends over at LaughingPlace.com have become hooked on the Disney Cruise experience. From their stories and photos, I can’t say I blame them. If you can’t afford a cruise of your own, but want to dream about a trip anyway, AOL is having a Disney Cruise Line sweepstakes. One lucky family of four will… Read More »Disney Cruise Line Sweepstakes!

Taste the Magic with Disneyland Paris branded Wine

To celebrate ananniversary of a theme park in France you would expect there to be wine and champagne a plenty. Anticipating the need, Disneyland Paris has revealed a 15th Anniversary Wine.  There will be a Merlot and a Sauvignon Blanc. I’ll opt for the latter, thanks. Disneyland Paris is the only ‘Magic Kingdom’ branded Disney… Read More »Taste the Magic with Disneyland Paris branded Wine

From Cinema to DVD Lickety Split

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Claudia Eller of the Los Angeles Times reports the wait time between a release of a movie in the cinemas and its release on DVD is shrinking. The average time between the premiere of a movie at the multiplex and its appearance on DVD shrank an additional 10 days last year, further unnerving theater owners… Read More »From Cinema to DVD Lickety Split

Disney uses fan sites for ‘research’

The local news station ‘Local 6’ recently ran an interesting piece on how close an eye Disney keeps on its online fan community. It focuses largely on Disney podcaster Ricky Brigante of ‘Inside The Magic‘, but has clips from LaughingPlace.com and WDWMagic.com as well. Good stuff. We in the online community have known this for… Read More »Disney uses fan sites for ‘research’

ABCs Life on Mars slow to lift off

Last year I started watching this show on BBC America that had such good reviews, they made it all they way across the pond. Life on Mars (wikipedia) follows a two-season arc of a present day detective who is thrown back in time, to the 70s to be exact, and thrown into a world of… Read More »ABCs Life on Mars slow to lift off