The Los Angeles Times’ Claudia Eller takes a look at Disney’s Miramax post-Weinstein brothers. In the 18 months since [Daniel] Battsek took charge, the 48-year-old Brit has firmly established himself as the new face of Miramax Film Corp. while shoring up the company’s stature in the cutthroat specialty film world. He’s also kept Miramax in… Read More »How is Miramax Doing?
I took this short clip last weekend while on the Kilimanjaro Safari attraction at Disney’s Animal Kingdom. Meant, to throw it up sooner, but it’s never too late for cute baby elephants.
Chris at Angry Tiki blog discovered one of the rare R2-D2 Star Wars Astromech themed USPS Mailboxes just across the street from where he works. Where’s that you may wonder… try outside the World of Disney store at Downtown Disney, Lake Buena Vista, FL. Chris and his friends took photos of themselves with the Mailbox,… Read More »R2-D2 Mailbox at Downtown Disney
ArsTechnica takes a look at Disney’s revamped Disney.com. When you serve more than one billion pages a month, redesigning your web properties is a Big Deal. Disney recently completed a year-long revamp of its site at the direction of Bob Iger, the company’s CEO. Eric Freeman, the company’s VP of Technology, said that getting the… Read More »New Disney.com examined
Didier at Disney History Blog has just posted two wonderful stories of Walt Disney. One when Walt was still very early in his career, the other when he was nearing the end of it. The first is the story of Walt and the Wallabies. Didier posted a picture of Walt posing with a plush Mickey… Read More »Two Great Walt Stories
It’s not a very big secret that after Animal Kingdom Lodge’s Disney Vacation Club (DVC) offerings sell out the next location to open will be a multi-story offering at the Contemporary. The proximity of that location to Magic Kingdom is going to make it a premium buy for anyone looking to enjoy a little of… Read More »DVC at the Contemporary
The Internet is full of speculation and theories on the Pirates franchise and whether or not it will continue after the third installment. It’s no secret that Johnny Depp has stated his interest in keeping the character of Jack Sparrow alive as long as the storyline remains strong. Apparently he’s having as much fun as… Read More »Pirates IV Rumor: Fuel on the Fire
TMZ’s Claude Brodesser-Akner writes that he’d sure like to see Song of the South released in a format where families can discuss it at home. He also hopes that it avoids what he calls the Jemina treatment. Certainly, the rottenest thing that could happen to Remus would be to get the Aunt Jemima treatment in… Read More »Song of the South, another plea for release