One of the mouse house divisions that just keeps chugging along unnoticed and unremarkable is having their best season ever. Buena Vista Music Group currently has the No. 1 and No. 2 albums in the country. Buena Vista’s top acts are both coming off potent debut albums: Actress-turned-pop thrush Duff’s 2003 debut “Metamorphosis” has sold… Read More »Disney Music a Success?
The Walt Disney Company inducted twelve new members into the equivilant of the Disney Hall of Fame, the Disney Legends.
The hollywood buzz machine had identified the CEO of Yahoo! as a potential replacement for Eisner. Terry Semel is not that far out of a choice, he helped run a movie studio for 20 years and brought a profitable diversity to its product range. At Yahoo! he has helped to do the same thing. Could… Read More »Will the next contestant please stand up?
Frank Thomas, one of Walt Disney’s Nine Old Men and a legend of animation has passed on. SaveDisney.com was notified by the family that Thomas died last night. The Seven Dwarfs, Pinocchio, Bambi, Thumper, Captain Hook, The Queen of Hearts, Flora, Fauna, Merriweather, Ichabod, Stepmother, Pongo, Perdita, Tramp, Lady, Jock, Mad Madam Mim, Baloo, King… Read More »Legend Lost
The highlight of the show was the incredible roster of guest artists. They included a special appearance of Dick Van Dyke singing selections from Mary Poppins, Mary Costa (the original voice of Sleeping Beauty, who narrated a special arrangement of “Bambi”), Jodi Benson (voice of Ariel), Judy Kuhn (voice of Pocahontas), Paige O’Hara (voice of… Read More »Bowl me over
I’ll bet you can’t guess the largest and fastest growing segment of sales for the Walt Disney Company. Yes, it’s the pre-teens and tweens and their passion for Disney Princess regalia. So Disney’s latest release ‘ The Princess Diaries 2 ‘ fits right in with that demographic. Sue Kruse reports on a special program at… Read More »Tea time? Yes, I’ll have a spot.
Steven from Motley Fool considers Disney’s string of duds and ponders about the eventual fate of Disney’s only summer hit “The Village”. The New York Daily News is sure the movie will make a profit for the mouse, but not much more for that. So… Read More »Prognosticating Fool
The Hollywood Bowl will offer The Great American Concert with Fireworks—Walt Disney: 75 Years of Music Aug. 20 and 21. Part of the Bowl’s “Weekend Spectaculars” series, the concerts will feature the vocal talents of Judy Kuhn, Jodi Benson, Paige O’Hara, Lisa Vroman and Stuart… Read More »Walt Disney: 75 Years of Music