Illustrator, Designer, and Imagineer Dorothea Redmond died last week. She had quite a career, even before Walt tapped her for WED. Her work on the Disney family apartment in New Orleans Square was recently brought to life in the Dream Suite, although Walt never got… Read More »Disney News & Links: I wonder what happened to Rosita
The LA Times has a cute interview with Iake Eissenmann and Kim Richards, the original children from Disney’s Witch Mountain films. They each have cameo roles in the current relaunch. Downtown Disney Orlando’s latest store, Tren-D, is set to open March 19th. It will feature… Read More »Disney News Roundup: A Journey into your Imagination
Dwayne Johnson will stop by “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” to discuss his new Disney adventure, “Race to Witch Mountain.” Watch the exclusive interview this Friday, March 13th! Check your local listings or visit www.ellentv.com for more information.
Debbie Ryan, from Disney’s The Suite Life On Deck, is on Twitter. She talks about it on the red carpet for Race to Witch Mountain, which you can catch on Disney Society.
Buena Vista Obscura is a new series on 2719 Hyperion where FoxFurr looks into Walt Disney World’s past. This week it’s 1972’s Golf Resort.
Heather at The Examiner has the scoop on a contest for Annual Passholders to win a piece of the old SpaceMountain at WDW. It’s going down for rehab mid-April.
Don’t miss this offbeat take on Disney’s American Idol Experience by a fan of the TV show who is a tad bit too cynical to enjoy it all for what it is. But it makes for a funny read.
NYTimes Carpetbagger reports on the ruckus raised by the glimpse of Johnny Depp as the Mad Hatter in Tim Burton’s upcoming live action/cg mix take on Alice in Wonderland.
David Price of The Pixar Touch takes on the ‘gender gap’ at Pixar.
Finally, below the cut here’s a video remix of Snow White with music by Daft Punk. Yeah the same group that is going to do the score for Tron 2.0 or TR2N or whatever they’re calling it.
A few sundry links for your surfing pleasure tonight. DisUnplugged has a look at what Guest performers go through at the American Idol Experience. I spent most of Saturday afternoon watching the preview shows and will have a report tomorrow night sometime. Rick Munarriz at… Read More »Sundry Disney News on a Sunday Night
I just realized that The Disney Blog is approaching 5 million page views since I installed sitemeter. That’s a pretty significant milestone for any website, let alone a blog that got its start in June of 2004. I hope you’ve enjoyed the ride so far.… Read More »Disney News and Links – Monday Night Roundup
A few links for the first Sunday of the new year. Trey Ratcliff takes amazing pictures. He loves the subject of Disney, and we’re all a little richer for it. Everyone else is linking to these iPhone Sketches by Disney artist Stef Kardos, so I… Read More »Disney News and Links – Lazy Sunday Morning Edition
Hope you all had a marvelous weekend. I ducked out for a quick visit to the parks on Saturday and was amazed at how crowded the parking lots were. Both of Epcot’s main parking lots were full at 4pm and Magic Kingdom was parking Dopey.… Read More »Sunday Disney News and Links Roundup
I hope you had a good weekend. It was fairly slow around here. Don’t forget today is Columbus Day when we celebrate all the Colobus Monkeys at Disney’s Animal Kingdom… or perhaps go ride the Columbia at Disneyland. Your choice. Over in the UK, Walt… Read More »Monday Morning Mania – Disney Links Roundup