Newsweek has an article about the future of Miramax, The Weinstein Bros, and Disney. To many this is a battle of wills and egos between two of the movie industries most powerful people, Eisner and Harvey Weinstein. As is the case in battles there are often casualties, and in this case its the people who… Read More »Slings and Arrows
I watched Boston Legal on ABC last night and I must say that it was some of the funniest TV I’ve seen in a while. James Spader and Bill ‘WFS‘ Shatner are playing two of the best TV lawyers I’ve seen since Ally McBeal. I was never a big fan of ‘The Practice’, but this… Read More »Boston Legal, the funniest show on TV
… but this is possibly the last post regarding hurricane’s and Disney World for the season. The fine folks at the hurricane prediction center say there is less than a 33% chance that another big storm will make landfall this season and an even smaller chance it will hit florida, let alone the Orlando area.… Read More »Can’t promise anything…
Disney World survived another close encounter with nature’s fury. As has become the norm, Fort Wilderness Campground and Typhoon Lagoon remained closed for a day or two after the hurricane out of cleanup and respect. Also of note is the closure of Coral Reef due to damage from the storm. Other than that nearly all… Read More »The final hurricane report?
The Walt Disney Company inducted twelve new members into the equivilant of the Disney Hall of Fame, the Disney Legends.
Hurricane Ivan looks to be headed for parts west of central florida. A relief for the twice storm battered residents there. This does not mean that the danger is clear for central florida, nor does it mean that Ivan just falls off the map. It is now as strong as ever and headed over Cuba… Read More »Ivan the destroyer
The OC Register has an interview with Matt Ouimet, President of Disneyland (silly free registration required). Some are calling him the savior of the park, someone who can turn around the mess left by the last two park management teams. He certianly has all the right answers, and his efforts so far have been more… Read More »Disneyland President
This is slightly off topic. Except for wondering when the Star Tours attraction film will be updated, there really is little way of sliding Star Wars in under the Disney banner. That said, here’s an interesting interview with Mark Hamill, yes Luke Skywalker himself, where… Read More »Star Wars 7,8,9?