Skip to content

Celebration moves one step closer to becoming a real city

Like Pinnochio, Celebration, FL, the town that Disney built, has never really been a real town. It is an planned community run by an managment company and local board, but is just a part of unincorporated Osceola County. Now, the community of Celebration appears to have found it’s Blue Fairy and the process of granting… Read More »Celebration moves one step closer to becoming a real city

Neal Gabler Editorial

Neal Gabler, author of the most recent biography of Walt Disney, has an editorial in the Los Angeles Times on the 40th Anniversary of Walt’s death and how he continues to be viewed in our culture. To a surprising degree, however, he has managed to survive in the national consciousness, and not just as a… Read More »Neal Gabler Editorial

PSA campaign to feature Disneys/Pixar’s “CARS” Characters

The Advertising Council, in partnership with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and Buena Vista Worldwide Home Entertainment, announced today the launch of new public service advertisements (PSAs) designed to encourage all Americans to wear seat belts. The PSAs, part of the Ad Council’s longstanding seat belt education campaign with NHTSA, prominently feature characters… Read More »PSA campaign to feature Disneys/Pixar’s “CARS” Characters

New High School Musical The Concert Tour Shows Added

The huge demand for tickets for Disney’s High School Musical The Concert Tour has been answered with the release of more tickets to fill that need. It’s unclear if these are new shows, or just sales of additional seats that previously had not been available to purchase at previously scheduled shows. It also looks like an additional date in Los Angeles has been added for 1/29/2007.

See AEGLive for ticket and show information

A full list of the remaining tour dates is below the cut. (via LP)

Read More »New High School Musical The Concert Tour Shows Added

How to Be An Animated Short

2719 Hyperion continues to show why it should be on every Disney fan’s daily blogroll. This week there is an indepth look at one of the ‘lost’ Goofy shorts – How To Be A Detective. Due to violent and adult content this film was banished from regular viewing. But now it appears on a Disney… Read More »How to Be An Animated Short

Accolades for Disney Co and Iger

Bob Iger and the Walt Disney Company win another end of the year award, This time as SeekingAlpha’s Top Media Company. What makes this twice as impressive is that it came on the heels of a major management change at the top. We’re not saying that Michael Eisner could not have delivered similar results, we’re… Read More »Accolades for Disney Co and Iger