Month: March 2005

There are many thrills at Disneyland and many different adventures to embark on. The many different rides at Disneyland each send you on a different journey and take you to a different place. Often some classic rides are overshadowed by the bigger thrill rides. One of these unnoticed classic rides is The Jungle Cruise. Everyone…

If you have never experienced the Magic of Maynard at Disneyland, you are missing out on a great experience. Maynard has been a Cast Member for years and truly enhances the Disneyland experience. His costume is adorned with themed items making him a part of whatever attraction he happens to be working at. He has…

Ah, another glorious day at Disneyland! It was Friday, February 4, at nine in the morning. I was supposed to meet some friends at Disneyland when it opened but (to my delight!) they showed up nearly two hours after the park had opened. So I went about the park, by myself, and began my day…

ABC Family has netted tennis stars Venus and Serena Williams for a new reality TV show. The show has no title, day or time yet, but is scheduled to premiere in July, the Disney-owned cable channel announced yesterday. Nor are there any episodes. Production is just starting on the first six installments of the planned…

ANAHEIM, Calif. — A car driven by a 17-year-old struck a group of family members crossing the street carrying Disney souvenirs on Monday, killing a 7-year-old boy and leaving several others with critical injuries, police said. The driver, who was not identified because he is a minor, and a 17-year-old passenger of a Cadillac were…

FORT WASHINGTON, Pa., March 29, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) — PointRoll Inc., a leader in rich media technology and service, announced today the launch of a new client recognition program, the PointRoll Beanie Award. The winners of the first Beanie Awards went to Infiniti in Black by Infiniti (True Agency — creative and media agency); Disney’s Affordability…

BURBANK, Calif., March 28, 2005 – Walt Disney Home Entertainment presents a spring fling of new-to-Disney DVD classics! These four unforgettable Disney comedy favorites have the stars you love and the laughs that are just right for the whole family. These irresistible Disney family classics are available on April 12, 2005, at the collectible price…

The Monkees-inspired Canadian kids music show, titled The Doodledops, has been picked up in the US by The Disney Channel’s preschool programming block Playhouse Disney. The show premieres on April 11, using the power of music and rhyming to help preschoolers strengthen their language and literacy skills. It is produced for Canadian public network CBC…

WALT Disney Pictures presents a charming journey through the Hundred Acre Wood – “Pooh’s Heffalump Movie.” Winnie the Pooh, Tigger, Rabbit, Roo, Piglet and Eeyore are together again, this time learning an important lesson about being accepting of others’ differences and the value of true friendship. Awakened by a rumbling that could only be made…

Normally, Jim Hill’s predicament wouldn’t raise an eyebrow. But since his adversary is The Walt Disney Company-a business hamstrung by years of negative publicity… … even the action Disney took against Hill has made headlines and prompted outcries of indignation. To call Hill, who runs Jim Hill Media, a Disney fan is an understatement. His…

The long-awaited rollout of digital cinema could begin this summer. Major Hollywood studios are said to be close to reaching an agreement on a financing plan that would find them footing a multibillion-dollar bill An agreement would mark the end of a contentious 10-year battle between film studios and theater owners, and would usher in…

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) – Tony Scott is in negotiations to direct the romantic thriller “Deja Vu” for producer Jerry Bruckheimer and the Walt Disney Studios. The screenplay by Terry Rossio and Bill Marsilii centers on an FBI agent who travels back in time to save a woman from a murder and falls in love…

Child Killed After Car Hits PedestriansANAHEIM

GUANGZHOU – Hong Kong Disneyland celebrated its second year participating at the Guangzhou International Travel Fair (GITF), where the world famous theme park and resort provided South China

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The quality of mentoring in corporate life is somewhat exaggerated. The late Jerry Nachman, a talented and clever New York news executive who won Peabody, Emmy and Murrow awards, once told me this about his mentors: “I never took a job where there wasn’t still an outline of my predecessor’s body on my office floor.”…

Nearly two weeks after being named Disney’s new chief executive, Robert Iger has made his first significant move to change the way decisions are made at the media conglomerate. The Walt Disney Co. said Friday it is restructuring its corporate Strategic Planning unit to give each of the company’s businesses more authority to make acquisitions…

NEW YORK, March 28 (newratings.com)

For a quarter of a century, Donald Roan Dunagan worked his way up through the ranks in the U.S. Marine Corps. During that time, the Texas native carefully hid his historic role as the model and voice for one of Walt Disney’s most beloved animated characters. “This may sound corny to any reasonably intelligent person,”…

Q: Our two girls, ages 3 and 2, are very well behaved, so my husband and I decided to treat them to a memorable vacation at Disney World. As soon as we got through the gates, the girls became possessed by demons, and it turned out to be the most nightmarish four days we have…

MAYNARD — Downtown Disney will likely be the biggest stage most members of the Maynard band and chorus have ever faced. Thirty other bands will be on hand, competing for the title of best in show. Some of the most recognizable faces — and ears — in entertainment will be in the crowd. It’s enough…

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) – Walt Disney Co. said that it is reorganizing its strategic planning division and that the unit’s chief will step down from the post to become an adviser to Robert Iger, the media and entertainment giant’s newly named chief executive. Disney said Friday that Peter Murphy will no longer be chief strategic…

It’s not as satisfying or artistic as TV’s ”Anne of Green Gables” or the recent adaptation of ”Pollyanna,” but the new Disney miniseries version of ”Little House on the Prairie” is, nonetheless, a fine family drama with a young female protagonist. ”Little House,” of course, was mounted successfully before, as a 1974-83 NBC series produced…