Yahoo! Inc. Chief Executive Officer Terry Semel has said ‘no way’ to running the Disney Company going forward. Semel ran Warner Bros. in the 90s and has been talked about as a likely successor for Michael Eisner. Sherry Lansing, current chair of Viacom’s Paramount Pictures and old buddy of Michael Eisner, has just announced her… Read More »Will the Next CEO please stand up.
As the opening weekend for The Incredibles draws nearer I hope to bring you more and more information on the film. For instance, AnimationTrip.com has a great interview with director Brad Bird. It contains one minor spoiler, but don’t be afraid.
[Ovitz] said he wasn’t allowed to pursue deals that would have expanded Disney’s music or books businesses or attract top creative talent to the company. He [Eisner] even nixed deals to buy a stake in the Yahoo Inc. Web portal and settle a dispute with Jeffrey Katzenberg, who went on to found Dreamworks SKG after… Read More »Ovitz: Eisner is the real bad guy here.
“I just always wondered when a superhero broke through a wall, who was going to pay for that wall?” he said with a smile. “In the small-minded world we live in, that deed is not going to go unpunished Director Brad Bird reveals some of his motivation behind The Incredibles.
I’m still a huge fan of the Neo-Golden Age musical films (The Little Mermaid up through, oh, Mulan — I don’t include Tarzan in the group, because it marked the end of the era, being the first in the series to completely lack character songs) (and while I like some of the later endeavors —… Read More »Disney Trends Away from Stage Musicals on Film
Hundreds of unionized Walt Disney World workers gathered Monday night to protest stalled contract negotiations with the company. “We’re here to embarrass the company,” said Joe Condo, president of the Service Trades Council. The employee’s union is turning up the heat on Disney. This looks like it could get ugly if both sides don’t come… Read More »Disney Employees Protest bad contract offer
If you have a vacation booked to Disney’s Vero Beach Disney Vacation Club Resort over the next month or so, you’d better plan on resheduling. The resort remains closed to to heavy damage from Hurricane Jeanne and the previous storms. As for the cast members who work there, some are working to repair the damage,… Read More »Disney’s Vero Beach Remains Shuttered
Michael Eisner wants to leave the Disney Company on sound financial footing. “It’s in my interest that when I leave, the company is in good enough shape that it will take a decade to screw it up,” Eisner said. Of course, that is exactly what most Disney fans think Eisner’s been doing the past decade… Read More »Eisner decides now is the time to make money