Disney names new hosts to replace Ebert and Roeper
July 24, 2008   Reuters via Yahoo! News
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A day after influential critic Roger Ebert quit the film-review show he co-created three decades ago, the Walt Disney Co. on Tuesday named two new hosts and unveiled a new format for the...

Aspiring filmmaker learning ropes at Disney studios
July 24, 2008   Boston Globe
Aspiring director Jon Cortizo's first fascination with film brought with it his first production challenge. Cortizo was only 4 years old when he began shooting video, and in those days the equipment weighed about 10 pound...

Aussie actress Wasikowska to play Alice for Burton
July 24, 2008   Reuters via Yahoo! News
NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - Tim Burton and Disney have found their new Alice -- not in Wonderland or down the rabbit hole but Down Under.Australian actress Mia Wasikowska, a regular on HBO's "...

2 eagles named by Miley, Billy Ray to be set free
July 24, 2008   AP via Yahoo! News
PIGEON FORGE, Tenn. - Two 14-week-old American bald eagles named by Disney star Miley Cyrus and her country singer father, Billy Ray Cyrus, will be released into the wild Thursday at the foothills of the Great Smoky...

Nick Jonas Dating Actress Selena Gomez
July 24, 2008   US Weekly
Singer Nick Jonas and actress Selena Gomez have been dating for several months, a source confirms toUsmagazine.com.Jonas, 15, is one-third of the popular Jonas Brothers band. Gomez, 16, stars on the Disney...

Win a Date With Teen Queen Miley Cyrus
July 24, 2008   US Weekly
Going once....Miley Cyrus is auctioning off a date on eBay.The highest bidder will attend the premiere of Cyrus' Disney animated film Bolt, opening November 26.Proceeds from the auction (which ends July 29) will...

'Mad Money Lightning Round': Pull the Trigger on Disney
July 23, 2008   TheStreet.com
Here's what Jim Cramer had to say about some of the stocks that callers offered up during the "Mad Money Lightning Round" Tuesday evening: At $30 a share, Disney(DIS - Cramer's Take - Stockpickr) is a buy, s...

Walt Disney signs free-TV content pact in Greece
July 23, 2008   KidScreen Magazine
The Walt Disney Company's EMEA TV distribution arm has renewed its multi-year volume agreement with ERT, Greece's top public TV broadcaster, for a wide selection of content to be aired on both terrestrial TV and DTT.W...

Disney's $249 remote-controlled Wall-E up for pre-order
July 23, 2008   Engadget
So it's a full $59 more than we were expecting, but with Wall-E's tremendous success at the box office, we have a feeling Disney can get away with it. The Ultimate Wall-E remote control robot is now up for pre-order, ...

A motorvating company party
July 23, 2008   USA Today
EMERYVILLE, Calif. — Seems like any other company picnic.Employees, their families and friends mingle, then wander across a sunny campus in search of a barbecue lunch and ice cream cones for dessert.There's just one...

Wal-Mart Offers Back-to-School Phone Calls From Disney's Hannah Montana(TM)
July 23, 2008   PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance
Free Wake-Up Calls and Activity Reminders Available Beginning Today BENTONVILLE, Ark., July 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- As back to school season approaches, moms and dads across the country are planning to deal with sleepy s...

Ebert, Roeper split with Disney's 'At the Movies'
July 22, 2008   Los Angeles Times
Chicago Sun-Times movie critic Roger Ebert today said he, like Sun-Times columnist Richard Roeper, is severing ties with Disney-ABC Domestic Television's "At the Movies" in anticipation of major changes for the ...

Disney Channel Sets Fall Berth For ‘Suite Life” Spinoff
July 22, 2008   MultiChannel News
Network Set To Go On ‘Deck’ With New Series Sept. 26Disney Channel will spin The Suite Life of Zack & Cody to sea this fall.The Suite Life on Deck is slated to bow Friday Sept. 26 at 8 p.m. (ET/...

Disney - High School Musical Hits Sour Note
July 22, 2008   ContactMusic
Disney learned Sunday that its High School Musical brand has limits to its success. Only 4 million viewers tuned in to High School Musical: Get in the Picture , a talent competition that aired on Disney's ABC. The show pl...

Miley Cyrus grows up and away from Hannah Montana
July 22, 2008   Reuters via Yahoo! News
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Miley Cyrus, the teen sensation of Disney Channel's "Hannah Montana" hit TV show, is growing up, releasing a new album called "Breakout," and hoping her millions of young f...

Disneyland Paris introduces Bluetooth services
July 22, 2008   World Leisure News
Disneyland Resort Paris has introduced a new service for guests, allowing them to receive free information to their mobile phones via Bluetooth during their time in the Walt Disney Studios Park. "Our position as Eur...

Sun-Times' Roeper splits with Disney's 'At the Movies'
July 21, 2008   Chicago Tribune
Chicago Sun-Times columnist Richard Roeper said in a statement late Sunday that he will leave television's "At the Movies With Ebert & Roeper" next month after eight years, having failed to reach agreement w...

Disney Daze will draw Magic Kingdom fans
July 21, 2008   The Fresno Bee
Seven people with interesting ties to Walt Disney's Magic Kingdom will be in Oakhurst Aug. 1-3 for the Ninth Annual Disney Daze celebration, sponsored by the Yosemite-Oakhurst-Sierra 49ears chapter of the National Fantasy...

DISNEY'S 'FROG PRINCESS' STILL MAKING CHANGES: Studio's first African American lead animated character being tweaked.
July 21, 2008   Eurweb
     *Disney has literally gone back to the drawing board to remove any aspect of its first African American princess movie that would be considered racist or riddled with black stereotypes.   &n...

Disney buys N American rights for TZP
July 21, 2008   The Times of India
MUMBAI: In a first of its kind deal, Walt Disney has bought home video rights of Taare Zameen Par for the North American market. This is the first time an international studio has bought the video rights of an Indian film. Di...

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