In an announcement that seems a bit out of the blue, CEO of The Walt Disney Company Bob Iger announced he will step down from that role in 2015 and leave the company entirely in 2016. At that point Iger will have been CEO for… Read More »Bob Iger will depart as Disney CEO in 2015
Brian Wilson has turned his amazing talents to the music of Disney in his next CD album. This marks Wilson’s second projects for Disney’s Pearl Records label. The project has been in the works since 2009 and includes covers of 11 Disney songs. I can’t… Read More »Brian Wilson – In the Key of Disney
So we start off Episode 3 with a flashback. We join a group of shady police officers giving out some shady money (Do you see a trend?) and we also see…Kate?!? She chases down a shady press photographer (I promise, last shady of the recap!)… Read More »Charlie’s Angels Episode 3 – Bon Voyage
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Another Wednesday, another life for Emily to destroy… who will it be this time?
Enter Senator Kingsley. Now a major player amongst the conservatives, Kingsley was the winning prosecutor in the case against Emily’s father, David. The senator and his family are friends of the Grayson’s (of course) and, much to Victoria’s chagrin, are invited to stay at their home as the senator preps for the launch of his reelection campaign.
We soon learn a few juicy tidbits. Back in the day, before the judge made a ruling, Victoria confronted Kingsley about David’s innocence – an admission that was caught by her husband. (His name is Conrad by the way.) “Don’t listen to her! She’s in love with him,” Conrad interrupts, and immediately threatens the end of Kingsley’s political future and his support if Kingsley listens to Victoria. Of course, we all know how that ends.
I was honored to be interviewed by local news channel WESH today. They asked me to put some perspective on how the death and legacy of Steve Jobs parallels that of Walt Disney. Both were great innovators. Among other things, Disney invented the animation desk,… Read More »Steve Jobs and Walt Disney, Both Started With A Mouse
As good word continues to build about the PaperMill Playhouse production of Disney’s Newsies – The Musical, signals are growing stronger that the show will eventually find its way to Broadway as well as a series of licensed local productions including a possible touring edition.… Read More »Newsies Fan Day Packs Surprises, Good News For Show
ABC’s new series Pan Am took off to a weird start last Sunday night. However, the second episode, “We’ll Always Have Paris” was much more interesting. The less-than-stellar airplane CGI was gone and the theme music was much less intrusive. Even better, the storyline was… Read More »Pan Am takes off in episode two
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The 40th Anniversary of Walt Disney World and the Magic Kingdom was punctuated by big moments at the start and end of the day with long lines for everything in between. Since Disney has chosen to ignore the anniversary in favor of a more bland promotional strategy, my expectations for the October 1st activities were quite low. Indeed, up to 3 days before the event I was told there wouldn’t even be a press event. But at the last minute, things came together and it was actually a decent show.
The morning started early for guests looking to line up for merchandise. Which had its own transportation challenges since there is no transport from the TTC at 6AM. If you entered early enough in the day you got a special map like the above and a 40th anniversary button. Both very nice. Both were essentially gone by 3pm. (click to embiggen)
Video highlights of the morning and more photos below the jump: