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Disney News Headlines
January 2009

OrSen: Disney loves a parade and asks you to celebrate (WDW) posted: 1/30/09
Many dancers accompany the floats and costumed characters in the Celebrate a Dream Come True parade that debuted at the Magic Kingdom in January 2009.
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Oscars: Animated Feature Symposium Complimentary Ticket Reservations Open Feb 2 (Movies) posted: 1/30/09
The Animated Feature Symposium celebrates the work of the 2008 Oscar nominees in the Animated Feature Film category. The 2008 nominees are "Bolt" (Chris Williams, Byron Howard), "Kung Fu Panda" (John Stevenson, Mark Osborne), and "WALL-E" (Andrew Stanton). The event begins Thursday, Feb 17 at 7:30p at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, CA. Admission is free. Tickets will be available on a first-come, first-served basis starting February 2 at 9 a.m. (Limit four)
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AP: ESPN's Knight to call Summitt's try for 1,000 wins (General) posted: 1/30/09
ESPN's broadcast of Tennessee coach Pat Summit going for her 1,000th victory will be called by Hall of Fame coach Bob Knight.
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OrSen: Amid economic troubles, SeaWorld launches deep discounts (WDW) posted: 1/30/09
The Orlando Sentinel highlights SeaWorld special offer -- guests who book three nights at select area hotels will get two extra nights free plus unlimated admission for the week to SeaWolrd and either Aquatica or Busch Gardens Tampa Bay.
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THR: ABC gives green light to 'Let It Go' (Movies) posted: 1/30/09
ABC has greenlit the multi-camera comedy "Let It Go" featuring Lauren Graham.
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ABCNews: ABC's 'General Hospital' Getting a Makeover (Movies) posted: 1/30/09
ABC's "General Hospital" will get a totally new interior.
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Reuters: Disney plans 5 pct job cuts at ABC group (General) posted: 1/29/09
The Disney Company is planning a workforce reduction of 5 percent at its ABC group.
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OCReg: Disneyland trains running on oil from chicken and fries (DL) posted: 1/29/09
Brief look at Disneyland's ongoing effort to reuse and recycle.
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KYW: Hopefuls Audition in Philadelphia for Disney's ''Little Mermaid" on Broadway (Movies) posted: 1/29/09
Disney Theatricals held an open casting call at Philadelphia's University of the Arts for the role of Ariel in the Broadway presentation of "The Little Mermaid"
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CFNews13: Disney Sued Over Tower of Terror Ride (WDW) posted: 1/29/09
An Orlando woman is suing Disney claiming she was unfairly banned from their theme parks.
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AP: MAC, ESPN reach 8-year broadcasting deal (General) posted: 1/29/09
Mid-American Conference and ESPN have reached an 8-year broadcasting deal bringing a minimum of 25 events from MAC to the network.
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AP: Herm Edwards joins ESPN's NFL Broadcast Team (General) posted: 1/29/09
Fired Kansas City Chiefs coach Herm Edwards has joined ESPN as an analyst.
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ComingSoon: Race to Witch Mountain Super Bowl Spot Online (Movies) posted: 1/29/09
MTV has debuted the Super Bowl spot for Walt Disney Pictures' Race to Witch Mountain, opening in theaters on March 13.
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THR: Dawn Treader lands at Fox 2000 (Movies) posted: 1/29/09
Fox 2000, a unit of 20th Century Fox will move forward with Walden Media to bring "The Voyage of the Dawn Treader" to the big screen.
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HartlepoolMail: Disney dream comes true for disabled young people (OD) posted: 1/29/09
A group of very special youngsters are making their way to Disneyland Paris thanks to the donations collected by the East Durham Positive Inclusion Partnership's (EDPIP) Out of the Shadows Group.
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Zap2it: ABC, Shonda Rhimes Break the News (General) posted: 1/29/09
"Grey's Anatomy" creator will executive produce a drama about the TV-news business entitled, "Inside the Box"
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OrSen: Disney's Hollywood Studios tunes up for Idol debut (WDW) posted: 1/27/09
Preview performances of the new American Idol Experience show have begun with the show's Grand Opening scheduled for Feb. 14, 2009
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LATimes: Brandon Zucker, 13; his 2000 injury at Disneyland brought focus to amusement park safety (DL) posted: 1/27/09
In 2000, Brandon Zucker tumbled from a Roger Rabbit ride and was trapped under another car for about 10 minutes. Although he would occasionally smile and laugh, he never talked or walked again.
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AP: ABC leads GLAAD award nominees (Movies) posted: 1/27/09
ABC leads nominees for awards from the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation with six nominations.
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THR: ABC greenlights three pilots (Movies) posted: 1/27/09
New drama pilots "Inside the Box", "I, Claudia" and an untitled show based on the Argentinian drama "Brothers & Detectives" have been greenlit by ABC.
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LP: "What Will You Celebrate Tour?" Comes to San Francisco Jan 29th (DL) posted: 1/27/09
San Francisco residents are invited to come to Pier 39 on January 29 (11a - 1p) and join the festivities featuring thousands of free Mickey Mouse balloons, a chance to win a Disney Celebration Vacation and the opportunity to sign up at Registration Stations powered by HP for a free ticket to a Disney theme park on their birthdays in 2009.
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Bloomberg: Disney Is 'Optimistic' Over Shanghai Theme Park Negotiations (OD) posted: 1/26/09
Disney Managing Director for Asia Bill Ernest spoke briefly about the Shanghai Disneyland project at Hong Kong Disneyland's Lunar New Year Celebrations, "We are optimistic both parties will have an ongoing dialogue.""Yet today even with the application project report, we don’t have a deal yet, and we don’t have anything agreed to yet. We are still waiting."
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OCReg: Boy Badly Injured in Disneyland's 2000 Roger Rabbit Attraction Dies (DL) posted: 1/26/09
When he was 4 years old, Brandon Zucker suffered severe injuries when he was trapped underneath a Disneyland ride. He died early this morning at CHOC.
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Canwest: Health Canada recalls Disney lipstick, lip gloss (General) posted: 1/26/09
Disney Princess lipstick and lip gloss packs are being recalled throughout Canada due to high lead levels in the decorative stickers on the outer cap.
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Reuters: Venice Film Festival to Honor Lasseter, Pixar (Movies) posted: 1/26/09
John Lasseter and Pixar Animation Studios will be honored at this year's Venice film festival.
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NYPost: 'Poppins' Fresh (Movies) posted: 1/26/09
Review of the 45th anniversary release of "Mary Poppins" and a look at the film's staying power.
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Variety: ABC Tops Sunday Primetime Ratings (Movies,General) posted: 1/26/09
ABC's "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" and "Desperate Housewives" gave the network the Sunday primetime ratings win.
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Mediaweek: ABC Renews 'Seeker' (General) posted: 1/26/09
"Legend of the Seeker" is averaging a 2.5 GAA (gross average audience) household rating. The Disney-ABC Domestic Television Distribution show can be found on various Tribune stations.
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Mediaweek: Disney/ABC, Verizon Expand Content Pact (General) posted: 1/26/09
Disney/ABC, Verizon partnership will distribute full-length prime-time content through V Cast, the wireless firm’s subscription-based mobile video service
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THR: ABC orders 'V' pilot (Movies) posted: 1/26/09
ABC has ordered a pilot based on the 1980's miniseries "V"
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THR: ABC targets Thursday with comedy block (General) posted: 1/26/09
ABC announces that beginning March 26th Thursdays will feature back-to-back comedies "In the Motherhood" and "Samantha Who?"
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Fool: Disney's Chilling in Cyberspace (General) posted: 1/23/09
The Motley Fool talks about Disney's knack for acquiring family-friendly properties and "Disney-fying" them and increasing their value.
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Mediaweek: With ABC's Stephen McPherson at TCA (General) posted: 1/23/09
ABC's Entertainment President McPherson talks about his network's new content, the continuing search for more content and the slumping economy's impact on broadcasting in general
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Variety: ABC wins a close Thursday night (Movies) posted: 1/23/09
ABC's "Grey's Anatomy" topped the ratings in the 18-49 demo against CBS' "CSI" without William Petersen.
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JAMTV: ABC conjures up 'Eastwick' (General) posted: 1/23/09
ABC will bring "The Witches of Eastwick" to tv screens.
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OrlSen: Universal Orlando lays off 70 employees (WDW) posted: 1/23/09
Universal Orlando laid off approximately 70 employees today, as it and other resorts confront an increasingly dire economic outlook.
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Variety: Disney announces restructuring (General) posted: 1/22/09
Variety highlights the Disney Company's restructuring of ABC Studios and Disney- ABC TV Group.
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THR: ABC's Lost Premiere Tops Ratings (Movies) posted: 1/22/09
The two-hour season premiere of "Lost" while 25% down from last year in the adult demographic topped Fox's new series "Lie to Me" for a ratings win.
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ComingSoon: New Up Poster and Clip (Movies) posted: 1/22/09
New poster for Disney-Pixar's "Up" and a clip from the film that was shown at Sony's CES Keynote last week has been leaked online.
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OCReg: Haunted Mansion 40th Anniversary Tickets Sell Out in Minutes (DL) posted: 1/22/09
Packages for the Sept 9th "Haunted Mansion 40th Anniversary" merchandise event at Disneyland went quickly earlier this week.
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TampaTrib: Epcot Adds Interactive 'Kim Possible' Attraction (WDW) posted: 1/22/09
Walt Disney World is scheduled to open its Kim Possible World Showcase Adventure on Jan. 28.
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Mediaweek: Disney Shuts Down Wondertime (General) posted: 1/22/09
Disney said its U.S. consumer magazine unit would focus its efforts on its bigger parenting title, 2.1-million-circ FamilyFun.
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Variety: NBC, ABC navigate new pilots (General) posted: 1/22/09
ABC has ordered a TV pilot based on "The Witches of Eastwick"
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Reuters: Disney sends buyout offers to 600 park execs (General) posted: 1/21/09
Reuters reports the Disney Company has offered voluntary buyouts to 600 executives at domestic theme parks.
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OrSen: Disney offers buyouts to 600 executives, more than half in Orlando (WDW) posted: 1/21/09
The Disney Company has offered 313 managers at Walt Disney World a buyout to consider before Feb 6 to reduce costs.
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Newsday: Disney, Pixar, other studios hop on 3-D bandwagon (Movies) posted: 1/21/09
Disney has five 3-D movies slated for this year a Jonas Brothers concert film, "Up", "G-Force", a re-release of "Toy Story" and "A Christmas Carol"
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THR: Aardman's Stephen Moore joins Disney (Movies,General) posted: 1/21/09
The Hollywood Reporter reports former Aardman Entertainment COO and head of features Stephen Moore is now over various channel and distribution operations in Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Canada.
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Reuters: Disney's Iger sees 11 percent hike in compensation (General) posted: 1/20/09
Walt Disney CEO Bob Iger received an 11 percent hike in his total compensation. He refused an additional $2.4 million of a bonus he was entitled to based on the company's outperforming the Standard and Poor's 500.
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CartoonBrew: Is Disney’s Bob Iger Worth $30 Million a Year? (General) posted: 1/20/09
Cartoon Brew evaluates the performance of Disney CEO Bob Iger and asks has he earned his $30 million a year salary.
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ComingSoon: New Christmas Carol, Princess and the Frog Images (Movies) posted: 1/20/09
Images from the Walt Disney Pictures' upcoming Holiday 2009 films "A Christmas Carol" and "The Princess and the Frog"
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LATimesBlog: The secret history of why Disney dumped 'Narnia' (Movies) posted: 1/20/09
Los Angeles Times blogger Patrick Goldstein shares the behind-the-scenes story of why Disney dumped the "Chronicles of Narnia" series.
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ABCVideo: Director Andrew Stanton Talks About WALL*E (Movies) posted: 1/20/09
Video highlighting the creation of WALL-E with the film's director Andrew Stanton.
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Reuters: Beatles Films Inspire New Jonas Brothers TV Movie (Movies) posted: 1/20/09
The Jonas Brothers Disney Channel program has undergone a revisioning and will now feature the boy band in comedy series featuring Kevin, Joe and Nick as members of a popular band trying to live normal lives at school despite their wildl popularity. The series is inspired by the classic Beatles film "A Hard Day's Night" and the short-live series "The Monkees"
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AP: Michelle Obama, Miley Cyrus: Favorites at Concert (General) posted: 1/20/09
Brief highlights from the "Kids' Inaugural: We Are the Future" concert that aired on the Disney Channel.
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AP: Conde Nast Traveler Poll Names Best Ships (WDW) posted: 1/20/09
The Disney Wonder and Disney Magic were among the "best large ships" named in the recent Conde Nest Traveler poll on more than 400 cruise ships.
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Zap2It: 'Pushing Daisies,' 'Dirty Sexy Money' Still in Limbo (Movies) posted: 1/20/09
ABC says it hopes to finish "Pushing Daisies" and "Dirty Sexy Money" but has no airdates planned.
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OrSen: No more free parking at Universal Studios (WDW) posted: 1/20/09
At the beginning of 2009, Universal has begun charging visitors $3 for parking when visiting CityWalk in the evening.
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OrSen: Central Florida's Zipline Safari takes riders atop the trees (WDW) posted: 1/20/09
The Orlando Sentinel's Theme Park Rangers highlight a new area attraction -- Zipline Safari, a ecotourism option where visitors soar over the trees and landscape of Central Florida.
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Fool: Disney in 2012 (General) posted: 1/16/09
Motley Fool columnist Rick Aristotle Munarriz takes readers on a speculative trip to 2012 -- and looks at the various business moves Disney made in the three years.
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Playbill: Magic of Disney Featured on Playbill Radio, Jan 19 (Movies) posted: 1/16/09
On January 19th Playbill Radio will present the "The Magic of Disney on Broadway" at 7P and will be repeated throughout the week. The show will discuss how Broadway actors lend life and personality to the magical creatures of Disney Theatricals' productions, including the statues from Mary Poppins, the animals of the Savannah from The Lion King and the electric eels from The Little Mermaid.
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Guardian: Could Bolt usher in a new era for Pixar-run Disney? (Movies) posted: 1/16/09
Pixar boss John Lasseter is now in charge at the mouse house, which unleashes its first feature in the UK next month. He's rehired all those sacked hand-drawn animators, but told them to forget about Dumbo II
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Variety: Disney XD to be 'teammate' (Movies,General) posted: 1/16/09
A brief look at the upcoming Disney XD, which launches Feb 13.
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NFFC: Disneyana Show and Sale Comes to Anaheim Sun Jan 18 (DL,Coll) posted: 1/16/09
On Sunday, January 18, the first NFFC All Disneyana Show and Sale of 2009 will take place at the Crowne Plaza Resort Anaheim, located at 12021 Harbor Boulevard, in Garden Grove, California. For those not familiar with the area, that's just short of a mile down the road from the Disneyland Resort. Show and Sale guests often include legendary Disney Imagineers, authors and personalities.
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People: Jonas Brothers, Miley Cyrus To Debut New Vids on Monday (Movies) posted: 1/15/09
New music videos from Miley Cyrus and the Jonas Brothers will debut during the Disney Channel's broadcast of the Kids' Inaugural: We Are The Future concert.
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CBSMW: No immediate worries about Jobs and Disney (General) posted: 1/15/09
There's no immediate reason to worry about the impact of Steve Jobs' medical leave on Walt Disney Co., a Standard & Poor's analyst said Thursday.
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ChinaDaily: Disney hopes to build 1st park on Chinese mainland (OD) posted: 1/15/09
Video report that Walt Disney Company and the Shanghai municipal government have signed a project proposal to build the first Disney park on the Chinese mainland. Video starts automatically -- the video transcript is available at the same link.
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Shanghaiist: Shanghai government, Disney sign off on Shanghai Disneyland deal (OD) posted: 1/15/09
The Shanghaiist evaluates the recently announced deal to bring Disneyland to Shanghai.
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WGNO: NOMA Hosts Disney Before LA-Set Film's Release (Movies) posted: 1/15/09
The New Orleans Museum of Art will open "Dreams Come True: Art of Classic Fairy Tales from the Walt Disney Studio" in November. The exhibit is set to run through mid-March 2010 and will feature more than 600 works.
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JHM: Will a roaming "Stone" gather new audience members for Disney XD ? (Movies) posted: 1/15/09
Jim Hill talks up the ambitious promotional campaign that the Mouse has mapped out for this new cable series. Which involves "Aaron" moving across multiple platforms over a three week period before this show finally, officially debuts on February 13th.
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sonomanews: 'Wall-E' a winner at Golden Globes (Movies) posted: 1/15/09
"Wall-E" was named Best Animated Feature by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association at Sunday night's Golden Globes.
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OrlSen: Disney building new practice stage for youth group (WDW) posted: 1/15/09
Disney is expected to build a new stage at Downtown Disney to feature youth groups that participate in its "Magic Music Days" program.
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OrSen: Disney Cruise Line pulls Alaskan national park application (OD) posted: 1/14/09
The Orlando Sentinel reports the Disney Cruise Line has withdrawn their application for permit to sail in Glacier Bay.
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NYPost: Apple CEO Jobs Takes Medical Leave (General) posted: 1/14/09
Apple Inc's CEO Steve Jobs is taking a medical leave of absence until the end of June. Jobs is also a current member of the Disney Board of Directors.
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Mediaweek: ABC.com Streaming The View and General Hospital (Movies,General) posted: 1/14/09
General Hospital is the first ABC soap to offer complete episodes on the Web
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AP: 'Fantasy Island' Star Ricardo Montalban Dies at 88 (Movies) posted: 1/14/09
Debonair 'Fantasy Island' Star Ricardo Montalban dies his home in Los Angeles at 88. Disney fans will remember Montalban for his voice work as Señor Señor in the animated TV series "Kim Possible.
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THR: 'Prisoner' star Patrick McGoohan dies (Movies) posted: 1/14/09
Actor Patrick McGoohan has died at the age of 80. While he is best-known as the actor who created and starred in "The Prisoner" but Disney fans will remember him as Dr Christopher Syn aka The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh, Andrew McDhui, the veternarian father in "The Three Lives of Thomasina" and the voice of Billy Bones from "Treasure Planet"
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Mediaweek: Radio Disney Audience Growing (General) posted: 1/13/09
Radio Disney average daytime ratings were up 10 percent last year.
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AP: Miley Cyrus, Jonas Brothers Headline Kids' Concert (Movies,General) posted: 1/13/09
The "Kids' Inaugural: We Are the Future" concert honoring military families will air Monday Night, Jan 19 on the Disney Channel and will feature Miley Cyrus and the Jonas Brothers.
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GuardianVid: Disney goes green with pink flamingo (Movies,General) posted: 1/13/09
Video report about the first film by Disney's new natural history label, Disneynature. It is a documentary on the life and struggles of a million-strong colony of pink flamingos in Lake Natron, Tanzania. The birds are under threat from a new factory planned for the area
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LATimes: Morgan Stanley lowers forecast on Disney (General) posted: 1/13/09
Morgan Stanley has reduced their 2009 earnings forecast for the Disney Company due to slowing consumer spending on home entertainment, declining advertising growth at ESPN and concerns about the theme parks.
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LATimes: Some likely Oscar also-rans (Movies) posted: 1/13/09
The Los Angeles Times talks about why Disney's "WALL-E" is a long shot for a best picture nomination.
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OrSen: Adriano Bastos captures 5th consecutive Disney Marathon (WDW) posted: 1/12/09
The Orlando Sentinel reports Adriano Bastos of Sao Paulo, Brazil, captured his fifth consecutive Disney Marathon men's championship Sunday, while Lisa Mizutani of Tsukuba, Japan, easily earned her first title in the women's division.
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AFP: Disney says it will submit Shanghai park plans to Beijing (OD) posted: 1/12/09
Disney is preparing to submit plans to the Chinese government following its successful application with the Shanghai municipal government.
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Fool: Disney's Shanghai Surprise (OD) posted: 1/12/09
The Motley Fool briefly analyzes reports Disney is seeking to build a theme park in Mainland China.
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WFTV: Disney Adds 30 Defibrillators Throughout Resort (WDW) posted: 1/12/09
After more than 700 automated external defibrillators have been installed around Walt Disney World since 2001, Disney has announced another 30 additional devices will be installed in guest and cast areas.
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WashPost: Under Walt's Spell (Movies) posted: 1/12/09
Six reasons Walt Disney art should be represented in the nation's art museums.
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THR: Pixar's Up Among Super Bowl ads (Movies,General) posted: 1/12/09
Pixar's "Up" is among the advertisements mentioned in a Hollywood Reporter article about the sales of Super Bowl ads.
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Newswk: Film Studios Are Adding Another Dimension (Movies) posted: 1/12/09
Film studios are looking to 3-D to revive the industry the way sound and color once did.
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Tampabay10: Disney rejection letter? (Movies,General) posted: 1/12/09
Letter reportedly from the Disney Company explaining Disney's policies regarding job opportunities for men vs. women.
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CartoonBrew: Steve Martin in Disneyland Dream (DL) posted: 1/12/09
Cartoon Brew highlights the home movie "Disneyland Dream" which features a brief glimpse of Disneyland cast member Steve Martin.
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Zap2it: ABC Might Want to Be A Millionaire Again (Movies) posted: 1/12/09
Reports Disney is considering bringing back ABC's popular game show "Who Wants to Be A Millionaire?" for a summer run.
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WTOC: Community seeks help to send fallen soldier's children to Disney (WDW,General) posted: 1/9/09
A South Carolina banker is seeking help in raising money for the family of a fallen soldier to visit Walt Disney World. Their father was only weeks away from returning from Iraq and had planned to take the family to WDW. Information on how to help with the effort is posted in the article.
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Reuters: Disney backs new Intel chip, hints on Lost finale (Movies) posted: 1/9/09
At the Consumer Electronics Show in Vegas, Disney-ABC TV group president Anne Sweeney talked about the possibilities for increased interactive, add-on programming to TV broadcasts with the new Intel chip. ABC may develop an application specifically for the series finale of "Lost"
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MiamiHerald: A 'Sweet' streak for 116 Disney Marathon runners (WDW) posted: 1/9/09
The 16th running of the Walt Disney World Marathon is Sunday, and 116 participants are being honored for completing them all.
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latimes: Still image from The Princess and the Frog (Movies) posted: 1/9/09
Image from Disney's "The Princess and the Frog"
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latimesobit: Cheryl Holdridge dies at 64; popular Mouseketeeer (General) posted: 1/9/09
Mouseketeer Cheryl Holdridge passes away at 64.
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TheWest: Teresa Palmer scores magical role in new Disney film (Movies) posted: 1/9/09
Australian actress Teresa Palmer has been announced as the female lead in Disney's "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" joining previously castmates Nicolas Cage and Jay Baruchel.
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THR: Disney's Penguin spreads its wings globally (General) posted: 1/9/09
Report highlights the success of Disney's purchase of the online world Club Penguin. The article highlights Disney's plans for global expansion.
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Bloomberg: Disney's ABC Says It Supports Delay in Digital TV Transition (General) posted: 1/9/09
Disney's ABC TV says its supports President-elect Obama's call to delay the nationwide switch to digital broadcasting.
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THR: ABC reunites with Stephen Gaghan (Movies,General) posted: 1/9/09
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Oscar winner Stephen Gaghan will write and executive produce an hourlong project for ABC and may direct a potential pilot for the network in the future.
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Jim Hill : American Idol an early hit (WDW) posted: 1/8/09
According to JimHillMedia.com, the American Idol Experience is earning very positive reviews in early Cast Member previews.
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OCReg: Disneyland institutes '2fer' ticket deal for locals (DL) posted: 1/8/09
Disneyland has brought back the 2fer ticket option for So Cal residents - visit both parks in two days for $69.
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CNN: Walt Disney: No Agreement On Shanghai Theme Park (OD) posted: 1/8/09
According to CNNMoney.com, Disney is contradicting reports that a theme park in Shanghai would open in 2013. Disney says no agreement or deal has been reached.
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HR: Swept off her feet by 'Apprentice' role (Movies) posted: 1/8/09
The Hollywood Report is reporting Teresa Palmer will join Nicolas Cage and Jay Baruchel to start in Disney's Sorcerer's Apprentice.
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LATimes: Inauguration: Disney/ABC will exclusively broadcas (General) posted: 1/8/09
Accord to the LA Times, The Disney-ABC Television Group announced today that it has secured the exclusive rights to broadcast two presidential inaugural events that will be attended by President-elect Barack Obama and his family.
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THR: Hedlund lands lead in Tron sequel (Movies) posted: 1/7/09
Garrett Hedlund has been cast in the lead role of Disney's upcoming sequel to "Tron"
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AP: Disney to rebrand cable channel with 'Aaron Stone' (Movies) posted: 1/7/09
Disney is relaunching their Toon Disney channel as Disney XD on Feb 13. As part of the relaunch Disney has unveiled the new series "Aaron Stone"
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Forbes: Shanghai Disney theme park seen operational by 2013 (OD) posted: 1/7/09
Shanghai Securities News reports a Disney theme park will be operational by 2013 in Shanghai. The park is expected to be constructed a 10-minute drive from Shanghai.
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Variety: ABC Family's 'Secret' debuts strong (Movies) posted: 1/7/09
Disney-owned ABC Family's season new episodes of "The Secret Life of the American Teenager" was the day's top cable program. ABC's premiere of "Scrubs" performed better than show's in the time slot during the Fall.
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MiamiHerald: Disney World's Space Mountain to get renovations (WDW) posted: 1/7/09
The Magic Kingdom's Space Mountain will close April 19. It is expected to reopen later this year but no official date has been announced.
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Weekend Box Office Performance of Disney Company Family Films Jan 2 - 4 (Movies) posted: 1/7/09
"Bedtime Stories" held onto #2 with a weekend gross of $20,501,339 and two week total $85,539,168. "Bolt" stepped up two spots to #12 with a weekend gross of $3,291,944 and cumulative total of $109,917,145 in its seven weeks. "Beverly Hills Chihuahua" stepped up a spot to #25 with a weekend gross of $320,336 and a cumulative total of $93,778,953 in its fourteen weeks. "High School Musical 3" remained at #27 with a weekend gross of $243,418 and a cumulative total of $90,224,290 in its 11 weeks..Each week LaughingPlace.com posts the totals for the top 30 Buena Vista Pictures distributed films.
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Variety: Academy lauds Ed Catmull (General) posted: 1/7/09
Disney-Pixar's Ed Catmull will be presented the Gordon E. Sawyer Oscar for technical contributions by the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences.
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G4tv: Speculation Grows on Disney Acquiring EA (General) posted: 1/7/09
Rumors continue to circulate that the Disney Company will purchase Electronic Arts.
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Zap2it: ABC Pilot featuring Kelsey Grammer, Neil Flynn (Movies) posted: 1/7/09
"Frasier" star Kelsey Grammer and "Scrubs" star Neil Flynn are part of the cast of an upcoming ABC comedy pilot.
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BusinessWk: How Would Walt Disney Market in 2009? (General) posted: 1/6/09
The Disney Co. founder knew how to leverage every powerful method of engaging the consumer and he swarmed them with multiple modes of his message.
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OrSen: Peter Dominick, 67, Designed Several Disney Hotels (DL,WDW) posted: 1/6/09
Peter Dominick has passed away at the age of 67. Disney fans will know Dominick for his work as the designer of Disney's Wilderness Lodge, Animal Kingdom Lodge and Grand Californian Hotel.
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OrSen: Disney settles lawsuits over development of Mission:Space (WDW) posted: 1/6/09
The Orlando Sentinel reports Disney has settled with Environmental Tectonics Corp (the designer/builder of Mission:Space).
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Fortune: Bob Iger rocks Disney (General) posted: 1/5/09
In revitalizing the Magic Kingdom, the CEO has built a compelling case that integrated, cross-platform media leviathans like Disney still make sense in the Digital Age.
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JHM: Is Disney World trying to coast through the first half of 2009? (WDW) posted: 1/5/09
As SeaWorld Orlando & Universal Studios Florida press ahead with construction of brand-new thrill rides, Jim Hill brings an update on that "Monsters, Inc." -themed family coaster that Disney has planned for Hollywood Studios
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Zap2It: Tribeca Hosts Sports Movie Re-Shoot Contest (Movies,General) posted: 1/5/09
Contestants can submit re-enacted scenes from Disney movies.
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THR: Cox, ABC stations in market alliance (General) posted: 1/5/09
Cox Cross Media, the digital sales arm of Cox Enterprises, announced a marketing alliance Monday with the ABC Owned Television Stations Group
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bizjournals: New ESPN.com formally launched (General) posted: 1/5/09
The redesigned ESPN.com officially launched today after a month in beta.
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Mediaweek: ABC's 'Dick Clark' Tops New Year's Eve Specials (General) posted: 1/2/09
Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve With Ryan Seacrest on ABC was the most-watched New Year's Eve countdown special although its audience was smaller than previous years.
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WFTV: Disney Housekeeper Attacked on the Job (WDW) posted: 1/2/09
Pop Century housekeepr reports she was brutally attacked by another employee while she cleaned rooms.
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Variety: Pigskin, powerful in primetime (Movies,General) posted: 1/2/09
Variety reports primetime broadcasts of pro football have been bucking the downward trend the channels have seen in their other evening programming.
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Reuters: Four-wheeling at Disneyland (DL,WDW) posted: 1/2/09
Reuters reports Disney has settled with the individuals who brought forth a lawsuit over Disney's refusal to permit Segway devices. Disney will make 15 vehicles available beginning in April 2009 that can accomodate users while standing.
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