From the ‘it must be april fools’ department — Roy Disney has bought the Harlem Globetrotters. Roy Disney’s Shamrock Holdings has purchased 80 percent of the Harlem Globetrotters from the team’s CEO, Mannie Jackson. Mr. Jackson will remain the team’s chairman and CEO as well as retaining 20 percent of the team. (via LP Latest)… Read More »Are you kidding me?
It’s one of my favorite times of year at Disney World — The EPCOT Food and Wine festival. The Osceola News Gazette has collected some interesting factoids to whet your appetite as you prepare to eat and drink your way around the world. • There are more than 300 national and international wines at the… Read More »Epcot Food & Wine Festival Starts This Weekend
The Front Porch discussion board for residents of Celebration, FL was hacked and destroyed. So much for the technological city of the future.
Disney is making some behind the scenes documentaries available on the web for fans of the upcoming release, Narnia: The Lion The Witch & The Wardrobe. The latest to be released is Chapter 5 – Visual Effects. Behind the Magic of Narnia – Chapter 1 – WETA (300 MOV, 1500 MOV, Windows Media)Behind the Magic… Read More »Narnia: Behind the Scenes Videos
It’s the popular kids vs. the unpopular kids in this hilarious sneak peak of Disney’s Chicken Little. (At first blush: it’s a little more cartoony that a Pixar film (Pixar films are usually set in the human world and have to pay homage to the rules of gravity, unintended consequences, and the like. Although that… Read More »Dodgeball: Chicken Little Style
The story of how Disney used Mary Blair’s amazing talents as an animation artist and imagineer and then abandoned her when she needed them most is one that needs to be told. Unfortunately I have not yet found all the details assembled in one place. But I hope the story is told one day soon.… Read More »The Art of Mary Blair inspires
TV producer Steven Bochco, the man behind such shows as "NYPD Blue" and "Hill Street Blues," has cut a three-year production deal with Disney’s Touchstone Television. Bochco’s recent productions have not been steller successes by any stretch of the imagination, "Over There", "Philly", and "Blind Justice" either had short runs or are doing poorly. Let’s… Read More »Bochco and Disney Hunker down together
Five days left in the most creative, profitable, and controversial rule of outgoing CEO Michael Eisner over the Walt Disney Company. It looks like he’ll be going out with a quiet ‘exit stage left‘, which is anti-climatic after the tectonic battles that have been fought over the direction of the company these last dozen years… Read More »Five Days Left