http://www.dapsmagic.com the unofficial Disney fan club. en-us Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:34:40 -0800 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:34:40 -0800 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss support@dapsmagic.com http://www.dapsmagic.com/disneynews/disneynewsarticle.php?id=10943 Imagine going back in time to historic Courvoisier Galleries® and adding a cel from Walt Disney’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs or Fantasia to your collection. It would be a dream come true, right? Impossible? Not any more!“Today we’re making every animation art collector’s Courvoisier dreams come true,... Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:00:00 -0800 http://www.dapsmagic.com/disneynews/disneynewsarticle.php?id=10943 http://www.dapsmagic.com/disneynews/disneynewsarticle.php?id=10944 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:00:00 -0800 http://www.dapsmagic.com/disneynews/disneynewsarticle.php?id=10944 http://www.dapsmagic.com/disneynews/disneynewsarticle.php?id=10945 Undeterred by the failure of their first outing 'Roadside Romeo', the Indian arm of leading animation studio Disney is set to continue making films here to tap the over Rs.17 billion (approx $360 million) Indian animation industry.While their next offering is Darsheel Safary-starrer 'Zokkomon', they also plan to venture ... Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:00:00 -0800 http://www.dapsmagic.com/disneynews/disneynewsarticle.php?id=10945 http://www.dapsmagic.com/disneynews/disneynewsarticle.php?id=10946 LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla., Feb. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- So how is New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees celebrating his heroic play in Super Bowl XLIV?  In the frenzied moments just after his team claimed the National Football League ch... Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:00:00 -0800 http://www.dapsmagic.com/disneynews/disneynewsarticle.php?id=10946 http://www.dapsmagic.com/disneynews/disneynewsarticle.php?id=10947 Shanghai will begin building and renovating roads around the area in Pudong where a Disney theme park will be located, construction and transport authorities said yesterday. The construction will start this year, said Huang Rong, director of the Shanghai Construction and Transport Commission. However, he gave no specific date. Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:00:00 -0800 http://www.dapsmagic.com/disneynews/disneynewsarticle.php?id=10947 http://www.dapsmagic.com/disneynews/disneynewsarticle.php?id=10948 Disney/Pixar's "Up" won best film at the 37th annual Annie Awards on Saturday evening, receiving two awards -- for best film and best director, Pete Docter.The blockbuster film about an old man, a young boy and a floating house is nominated for multiple Oscars, includin... Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:00:00 -0800 http://www.dapsmagic.com/disneynews/disneynewsarticle.php?id=10948 http://www.dapsmagic.com/disneynews/disneynewsarticle.php?id=10939 Packing, security lines, the Fastpass -- making the most of your trip isn't child's play ORLANDO, Fla. -- The fizz in my New Year's champagne hadn't yet settled when I realized our family trip to Orlando was just 48 hours away. I started to worry that our "brilliant" plan to... Sun, 07 Feb 2010 12:00:00 -0800 http://www.dapsmagic.com/disneynews/disneynewsarticle.php?id=10939 http://www.dapsmagic.com/disneynews/disneynewsarticle.php?id=10940 The arrival of Disney's first black princess was hailed by some as an important step that was long overdue. But it was a move that also provoked an outcry in other circles.Long before The Princess And The Frog was ready to hit cinemas there were complaints over a ho... Sun, 07 Feb 2010 12:00:00 -0800 http://www.dapsmagic.com/disneynews/disneynewsarticle.php?id=10940 http://www.dapsmagic.com/disneynews/disneynewsarticle.php?id=10941 Feb. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Walt Disney Co. (Japan) Ltd. agreed to acquire Retail Networks Co., operator of Disney retail stores in Japan, from Oriental Land Co. The stores will become a wholly owned subsidiary on April 1, Tokyo-based Disney Japan said today in an e-mailed statement. Financial terms ... Sun, 07 Feb 2010 12:00:00 -0800 http://www.dapsmagic.com/disneynews/disneynewsarticle.php?id=10941 http://www.dapsmagic.com/disneynews/disneynewsarticle.php?id=10942 Walt Disney Parks and Resorts will open the first phase of its first family destination resort in Hawaii in the fall of 2011. The resort, which will be located at the Ko Olina Resort & Marina on the western side of Oahu, will be called Alani A Disney Resort and Spa. The resort will include hotel rooms and Disney Vacation Club t... Sun, 07 Feb 2010 12:00:00 -0800 http://www.dapsmagic.com/disneynews/disneynewsarticle.php?id=10942 http://www.dapsmagic.com/disneynews/disneynewsarticle.php?id=10936 Disney Television Animation has announced Jake and the Never Land Pirates, a new Playhouse Disney show for preschoolers starring a crew of kid pirates led by a boy named Jake, who must use teamwork to outsmart the classic Disney villains Captain Hook and Smee. The series will be executive produced by Rob LaDuca ... Fri, 05 Feb 2010 12:00:00 -0800 http://www.dapsmagic.com/disneynews/disneynewsarticle.php?id=10936 http://www.dapsmagic.com/disneynews/disneynewsarticle.php?id=10937 So when’s that Fri, 05 Feb 2010 12:00:00 -0800 http://www.dapsmagic.com/disneynews/disneynewsarticle.php?id=10937 http://www.dapsmagic.com/disneynews/disneynewsarticle.php?id=10938 Disney's EVP Kevin Mayer spoke at the DeSilva & Philips Dealmakers conference today, and though he said many things, it was his words about paid Hulu content through Hulu and Apple that have got us intrigued. That's because paid online content is a seriously hot topic at the moment, as various industries slowly wake up to the ... Fri, 05 Feb 2010 12:00:00 -0800 http://www.dapsmagic.com/disneynews/disneynewsarticle.php?id=10938 http://www.dapsmagic.com/disneynews/disneynewsarticle.php?id=10930 The Golden Arches will soon come down at Downtown Disney's Marketplace Shops . McDonald's announced it will be closing its restaurant which is flanked by the Lego Imagination Center and T-Rex Cafe at Walt Disney World Resorts&#... Thu, 04 Feb 2010 12:00:00 -0800 http://www.dapsmagic.com/disneynews/disneynewsarticle.php?id=10930 http://www.dapsmagic.com/disneynews/disneynewsarticle.php?id=10931 BIG WATER – Barsoom Pictures is setting up camp in the Lake Powell area as it prepares to film the movie “John Carter of Mars” for Disney/Pixar this spring. First published in 1912, the movie “John Carter of Mars” is based on the comic book and hard book series by author Edgar Rice Burroughs. According to t... Thu, 04 Feb 2010 12:00:00 -0800 http://www.dapsmagic.com/disneynews/disneynewsarticle.php?id=10931 http://www.dapsmagic.com/disneynews/disneynewsarticle.php?id=10932 DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Pollo Campero, an international Latin chicken quick-service restaurant chain, has partnered with franchisee Levy Campero to deliver a new restaurant concept in Downtown Disney® Marketplace at Walt Disney World® Resort. The restaurant will feature Pollo Campero&rsq... Thu, 04 Feb 2010 12:00:00 -0800 http://www.dapsmagic.com/disneynews/disneynewsarticle.php?id=10932 http://www.dapsmagic.com/disneynews/disneynewsarticle.php?id=10933 ORLANDO, Fla. -- A Disney cast member has been taken to the hospital after being injured during a stunt show at Disney's Hollywood Studios.The man was performing in the "Lights, Motors, Action Extreme Stunt Show."Emergency services initially said the man fell off a scaffolding, but Disney later said h... Thu, 04 Feb 2010 12:00:00 -0800 http://www.dapsmagic.com/disneynews/disneynewsarticle.php?id=10933 http://www.dapsmagic.com/disneynews/disneynewsarticle.php?id=10934 Veteran Disney-ABC TV executive Mark Pedowitz is leaving the company after 19 years. He is finalizing a deal to set up shop at Warner Bros. TV with a first-look deal for his company Pine Street Entertainment. "As one chapter closes, another one opens," Pedowitz wrote in an email to his colleagues at Disney on ... Thu, 04 Feb 2010 12:00:00 -0800 http://www.dapsmagic.com/disneynews/disneynewsarticle.php?id=10934 http://www.dapsmagic.com/disneynews/disneynewsarticle.php?id=10935 Thu, 04 Feb 2010 12:00:00 -0800 http://www.dapsmagic.com/disneynews/disneynewsarticle.php?id=10935 http://www.dapsmagic.com/disneynews/disneynewsarticle.php?id=10919 Disney hotel workers are complaining that new mattresses, extra pillows and updated rooms are causing them to get injured - a claim Disney officials deny. The issue of housekeepers’ workload recently came to the forefront of a two-year c... Wed, 03 Feb 2010 12:00:00 -0800 http://www.dapsmagic.com/disneynews/disneynewsarticle.php?id=10919 http://www.dapsmagic.com/disneynews/disneynewsarticle.php?id=10920 BURBANK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Walt Disney and Pixar Animation Studios celebrated a milestone Oscar® year as the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced five Oscar nominations today for “UP” (from Disney-Pixar), including a coveted spot in the “Best Picture” category for only the ... Wed, 03 Feb 2010 12:00:00 -0800 http://www.dapsmagic.com/disneynews/disneynewsarticle.php?id=10920 http://www.dapsmagic.com/disneynews/disneynewsarticle.php?id=10921 Spider-Man has Walt Disney World and Universal Orlando in a web that legal experts say could put the rival resorts at risk of antitrust complaints. The issue stems from the Walt Disney Co.’s recently completed, $4 billion purchase of Marvel Entertainment, the comic-book company that has for years licensed its superheroes for use in ... Wed, 03 Feb 2010 12:00:00 -0800 http://www.dapsmagic.com/disneynews/disneynewsarticle.php?id=10921 http://www.dapsmagic.com/disneynews/disneynewsarticle.php?id=10922 NEW YORK – Hopeful, breathless, even fretful over what may lie ahead or be forever unexplained, "Lost" fans have welcomed back the ABC mystical thriller for its sixth season — the beginning of its long-coming, too-close-for-comfort finale. Two of the final 18 hours were aired Tuesday as its Wed, 03 Feb 2010 12:00:00 -0800 http://www.dapsmagic.com/disneynews/disneynewsarticle.php?id=10922 http://www.dapsmagic.com/disneynews/disneynewsarticle.php?id=10923 Will fans of “Dancing With the Stars” tune in the “Bachelor” finale? ABC hopes so. The Disney-owned network will announce the “Dancing” celebrities during the “Bachelor” finale on March 1. Wed, 03 Feb 2010 12:00:00 -0800 http://www.dapsmagic.com/disneynews/disneynewsarticle.php?id=10923 http://www.dapsmagic.com/disneynews/disneynewsarticle.php?id=10924 Wed, 03 Feb 2010 12:00:00 -0800 http://www.dapsmagic.com/disneynews/disneynewsarticle.php?id=10924 http://www.dapsmagic.com/disneynews/disneynewsarticle.php?id=10925 It's ugly news for all the fans of "Ugly Betty." ABC says the series will be canceled after this season.   A critical and popular success with its premiere in fall 2006, "Ugly Betty" has struggled in recent years ... Wed, 03 Feb 2010 12:00:00 -0800 http://www.dapsmagic.com/disneynews/disneynewsarticle.php?id=10925 http://www.dapsmagic.com/disneynews/disneynewsarticle.php?id=10926 News Corp.’s Fox and Walt Disney Co.’s ESPN plan to bid for U.S. rights to televise the 2014 and 2016 Olympics, challenging NBC, which said it would lose money on this month’s Winter Games. ... Wed, 03 Feb 2010 12:00:00 -0800 http://www.dapsmagic.com/disneynews/disneynewsarticle.php?id=10926 http://www.dapsmagic.com/disneynews/disneynewsarticle.php?id=10929 Last week I was able to participate in a virtual round table with Dr. James Canton and Randall Alley. During this discussion, we were able to ask questions about the possibility of surrogates and the technology surrounding them for our future. It was quite an in depth discussion but I am going to share the whole thing with you as there are some ... Wed, 03 Feb 2010 12:00:00 -0800 http://www.dapsmagic.com/disneynews/disneynewsarticle.php?id=10929 http://www.dapsmagic.com/disneynews/disneynewsarticle.php?id=10911 The The Walt Disney Company has been quietly shopping what remains of its Miramax film unit and has attracted seven to 10 interested bidders, The New York Times’... Tue, 02 Feb 2010 12:00:00 -0800 http://www.dapsmagic.com/disneynews/disneynewsarticle.php?id=10911 http://www.dapsmagic.com/disneynews/disneynewsarticle.php?id=10912 Disney and a hotel workers’ union are agreeing to meet with a federal mediator to try to resolve a contract dispute that has dragged on for two years. The breakthrough comes just one day after the two-year anniversary since the workers’ c... Tue, 02 Feb 2010 12:00:00 -0800 http://www.dapsmagic.com/disneynews/disneynewsarticle.php?id=10912