Insight into LOST
LOST producers Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse are featured in a revealing interview with WGA magazine Written By. If you want some insight into how each show comes together, you’ll find plenty of detail there.
Magic Kingdom Cinderella Castle being denuded
All the ornate fillagree that has been added to Cinderella Castle at Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom is coming down. On Sunday I snapped a few photos of the castle partially undone. The decorations were up for the 50th Anniversary Celebration of Disney’s themeparks. That ends this month. Alas, some of the decorations have done… Read More »Magic Kingdom Cinderella Castle being denuded
Lots on Disney’s Corporate Rival Viacom
Lots of coverage in the news about the Viacom situation. Remember that both Michael Eisner and Jeffrey Katzenberg came to Disney by way of Paramount, and there has been speculation that Katzenberg may yet play a major role in the Viacom situation, on top of the recent acquisition of Dreamworks. Like I said before, nothing… Read More »Lots on Disney’s Corporate Rival Viacom
Always the Bridesmaid, Never the…er, 5 Times the Bride or Keeping Up With the Davey Joneses
Change, as they say, is constant, or in this case Constance. In order to keep Disneyland’s Haunted Mansion fresh and technologically up to date, it, like its famous neighbor around the corner, has had a bit of a facelift. No, they haven’t gone “Pirartes” and inserted animatronic Eddie Murphys throughout the ride. Instead they have… Read More »Always the Bridesmaid, Never the…er, 5 Times the Bride or Keeping Up With the Davey Joneses
High School Musical to have professional stage premier
Playbill News: Disney’s High School Musical, inspired by the mega-hit TV movie seen on The Disney Channel, will have its professional premiere Jan. 13-21, 2007, at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta. See Theatre of The Stars for more info. (Link)
Another Tale of Tugger
Cartoon Brew makes a good point about one aspect of the Tugger saga that the news isn’t covering. The Christian aspect of the story comes out in the article’s comments section as well as in this post from the blog of SENTINEL film critic Roger Moore. I find it odd that the SENTINEL decided not… Read More »Another Tale of Tugger
Visiting Disney World during Ernesto
Brandon sends us this trip report from his visit to Walt Disney World on the very days Ernesto was passing over the area. Brandon’s from the pacific northwest, so rain isn’t a big deal to him, even lots of it. But tropical storm Ernesto gave him pause… not enough to keep him from having fun,… Read More »Visiting Disney World during Ernesto
Change at Disney’s Corporate Competition
You may be wondering why I’m pointing out that Sumner Redstone fired Viacom CEO Tom Freston. Frustrated by Viacom’s lagging stock price and impatient with its progress on the digital entertainment front, the 83-year-old Redstone ousted Chief Executive Tom Freston, 60, and replaced him with his longtime advisors Philippe P. Dauman and Thomas E. Dooley.… Read More »Change at Disney’s Corporate Competition