A couple of Intellectual Property blogs have chimed in on the recent action by Disney to shut down a student production of "Sister Act" in Galway, Ireland. Cearta.ie posts about how some of Ireland’s fair use laws differ from those in the United states. Apparently there is no ‘Fair Use’ for parody in Ireland. So… Read More »Student Production of “Sister Act” fall-out
I’ll be honest. I’ve never read the books, nor do I have a child who is old enough to enjoy the film, so I’ve not been very interested in seeing Disney’s "Bridge to Terabithia". Roger Moore, film critic at the Orlando Sentinel, has written a couple of pieces that might just make me change my… Read More »Bridge to Terabithia
I must be old, but apparently all the hip kids are doing video mashups these days. Here’s a great one that mixes the "I’ve Got A Jar Of Dirt" song and Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man’s Curse. Check out those funky moves from Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow. P3: At World’s End opens… Read More »Jack Sparrow’s: I’ve Got A Jar of Dirt – Remix Music Video
News just hit the Orlando Sentinel that Tigger, or rather the Disney Worker playing the character Tigger, won’t face charges in the video-taped incident where it appeared that Tigger hit a 14-year old boy. No word from Disney is any personnel issues remain, but I’ll post if I hear anything. The District Attorney did the… Read More »Tigger won’t face charges for hitting boy
Yesterday the Walt Disney Company released a statement on the death of Disney Legend Peter Ellenshaw. I’ve included it in full below the cut. The LA Times, Variety, the Hollywood Reporter, and the AP have printed obituaries.
There have also been a number of nice tributes for Ellenshaw across the net. Jim Hill has a nice story about the kind of man Ellenshaw was. Michael Sporn, CartoonBrew, RocketHound, and Brian Sibley have also written on Ellenshaw’s life and talent.
Big props to Charles Gibson and the crew at ABC World News Tonight for taking over #1 in the Neilsen ratings this week. Gibson has always seemed like the natural successor to Peter Jennings to me. I think ABC News can capitalize on their extensive online presence. I’ve subscribed to a few of their Podcasts… Read More »ABC News now #1 rated nightly news
The second of three parts to my latest Kenversation(TM) column is up at LaughingPlace.com. The first part is here. In this part of the column, I talk about the big recent changes and trends in cinema, home viewing of feature films, DVDs, cable television, telecom, broadcast television networks, radio, and record companies – all of… Read More »Shameless Plug – Part Deux
I’m totally with Cartoonbrew on this one. When I first heard that Disney had announced that they’re producing “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice” as a live-action feature starring Nicholas Cage as the Sorcerer, I thought I had perhaps slept through to April 1st. But no, The Hollywood Reporter has the details. [The Screenplay] takes its inspiration from… Read More »Nicholas Cage to star in Live Action “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice”… that’s not a typo.