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Disney’s Chief Magic Official contest voting begins

Patrick60699605What is your dream Disney job? How about making guest’s wishes come true, appearing at special events, and hob-nobbing with VIPS. No, it’s not Mickey Mouse (although he does that too), it’s the newly created position of Chief Magic Official.

Disney recently revealed the 10 finalists in its Year Of A Million Dream user generated content video contest. You can see all ten video resumes, learn a bit more about each candidate, and vote for your favorites at DisneyCMO.com.

My personal favorite is Patrick Hurd, who also happens to run the Windows To The Magic Podcast. I’ve met Patrick and find him to be totally capable and deserving of the CMO position. I haven’t met any of the other candidates, but I really enjoyed Meggin Weaver‘s video. Plus she’s local to Orlando. The neat thing about the contest is you can vote as often as you’d like. So I hope you’ll go and vote for Patrick and Meggin (and your favorite candidate) early and often.

Voting ends on March 22nd at midnight Pacific Time. The top 3 will move on to the next round at Walt Disney World and voting will begin again in mid-April with one then being selected for the CMO position.

The full press-release is below the cut:

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Monday Night Roundup

Oprah’s Big Give, as seen on ABC last night, has raised a bit of controversy in the Nonprofit community. On the other hand, not everyone is opposed. It may not be philanthropy in the truest sense of the world, but it was the third largest… Read More »Monday Night Roundup

Disney’s Pirates Of The Caribbean MMORPG looks to grow

The Walt Disney Company hasn’t released any official numbers, but the MMORPG tracking site MMOGChart estimates that Disney’s Pirates Of the Caribbean online game has about 10,000 active players. It’s a good number, but not impressive in an age when video games are outselling their… Read More »Disney’s Pirates Of The Caribbean MMORPG looks to grow

Flashback – one year ago today

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Report from ESPN The Weekend

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New WALL-E Poster Released by Disney-Pixar

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Treasure Map from Pirates of the Caribbean Online

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Behind the scenes photos of Annie Leibovitz Dream Photo shoot

Disney has now released some behind the scenes photos that reveal the preparation and detail that goes into making Annie Leibovitz’s celebrity photos so magical. I’ve put most of them below the cut but it’s hard to resist letting this photo of Jessica Biel shine. Ah… 7th Heaven indeed.

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More photos of Jessica, plus Whoopi, Gisele Bündchen, and Mikhail Baryshnikov below.

Previously: Latest Photos from Disney and Leibovitz – 1/24/08 (Photos courtesy and copyright Disney. Mark Schafer/Disney Parks, photographer)

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