From Cartoon Brew comes two more interesting articles on Disney’s presence at SIGGRAPH L.A. (Next year in Boston!). First up is the long rambling, but oh so informative, trip report of one Bill, CG Student at RIT. I was very interested in what Ian Gooding and Dan Cooper had to say about Art Direction in… Read More »SIGGRAPH, Disney Mating Grounds
Not coincidentally, I suppose, Disney also announced record growth last quarter. It’s good to be the king.
The verdict in the shareholder lawsuit over the $140 million severance package given to Michael Ovitz is in. The Board of Directors, Michael Eisner, and Ovitz are absolved of responsibility as they followed proper procedures. Herre’s a story on Bloomberg.com. More later, I’m sure. Update: Forbes has a rather complete story already up. Doing your… Read More »Breaking: Ovitz, Disney Board free to go
Wanna be on TV? The ABC Network is currently casting for many of their reality based shows. A couple of the new ones sound interesting: Miracle Workers is a new primetime series for ABC. Each week the show will focus on patients with serious medical conditions. An elite team of medical professionals will utilize cutting… Read More »Wanna be on TV?
A verdict in the shareholder lawsuit against the Walt Disney Company, its board of directors, and Michael Ovitz (ex-uber agent and ignored visionairy) is expected tomorrow. In an earlier post it was hypothisized that the shareholders would lose due to Delaware’s lax laws of corporate governence. According to a story at CBS Marketwatch: Law professors… Read More »Decision in Ovitz case expected tomorrow
Peter Jennings, ABC News Anchor, Chief Editor, and a great American, has died from Lung Cancer at age 67. For nearly all of my aware life since middle school Jennings has been my anchor of record on television. For me there was a direct line… Read More »Peter Jennings, ABC News Anchor, Dies at 67
I’ve had a few great responses to my desire to know how Disney’s recent spate of deaths and injuries has affected your travel plans, if at all. I’m happy to say that everybody appears to be fairly sane, is a little more cautious. I wanted to post this response I got through another channel as… Read More »Good answer to Will you change travel plans question
Just a reminder that today is the last day for SaveDisney.com. There’s a lot of great material up there that I hope someone is archiving. If you are archiving, go ahead and send me the link and I’ll add it to the sidebar.