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Disney News Stories
August 2005

Ongoing Coverage: Disneyland Coming to Shanghai? - (OD)
Original Story: 6/3/2002   Most Recent Story: 11/6/2009

Ongoing Coverage: Pirates of the Caribbean - the film - (Movies)
Original Story: 11/3/2001   Most Recent Story: 11/4/2009

Ongoing Coverage: CARS News Stories - (Movies)
Original Story: 1/20/2005   Most Recent Story: 10/30/2009

Ongoing Coverage: Disney and eBay sign auction deal - (Coll,General)
Original Story: 2/8/2000   Most Recent Story: 10/26/2009

Ongoing Coverage: Pooh Heirs Sue Disney Over Royaties - (General)
Original Story: 6/21/2000   Most Recent Story: 9/30/2009

Ongoing Coverage: Disney Cruise Line Adds Seven Day Cruise - (OD)
Original Story: 12/8/1999   Most Recent Story: 8/11/2009

Ongoing Coverage: Hong Kong Disneyland - (OD)
Original Story: 8/17/2000   Most Recent Story: 7/10/2009

Ongoing Coverage: Lilo & Stitch - (Movies)
Original Story: 4/16/2002   Most Recent Story: 3/3/2009

Ongoing Coverage: The Chronicles of Narnia News Stories - (Movies)
Original Story: 3/2/2004   Most Recent Story: 1/29/2009

Ongoing Coverage: Child Critically Injured on Cartoon Spin - (DL)
Original Story: 9/24/2000   Most Recent Story: 1/27/2009

Ongoing Coverage: Space Mountain Accident Injures Nine - (DL)
Original Story: 8/2/2000   Most Recent Story: 1/6/2009

Ongoing Coverage: Disney Films Weekend Box Office Totals - (Movies)
Original Story: 4/24/2001   Most Recent Story: 12/10/2008

Ongoing Coverage: Sky High News Stories - (Movies)
Original Story: 1/20/2005   Most Recent Story: 9/29/2008

Ongoing Coverage: Disney Acquires Muppets and Bear - (DL,WDW,OD,Movies,Coll,General)
Original Story: 2/17/2004   Most Recent Story: 9/22/2008

Ongoing Coverage: Gnomeo and Juliet - (Movies)
Original Story: 2/5/2004   Most Recent Story: 8/20/2008

Ongoing Coverage: Finding Nemo - (Movies)
Original Story: 5/13/2003   Most Recent Story: 8/18/2008

Ongoing Coverage: Pixar's Negotiations With Disney - (Movies,General)
Original Story: 1/29/2004   Most Recent Story: 6/2/2008

Ongoing Coverage: Accidents at Disneyland - (DL)
Original Story: 12/21/2001   Most Recent Story: 5/29/2008

Ongoing Coverage: Big Thunder Mountain Kills 1, Injures 10 - (DL)
Original Story: 9/5/2003   Most Recent Story: 4/29/2008

Ongoing Coverage: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest - (Movies)
Original Story: 1/20/2005   Most Recent Story: 3/3/2008

Ongoing Coverage: National Treasure - (Movies)
Original Story: 11/19/2004   Most Recent Story: 1/7/2008

Ongoing Coverage: Broadcast of the Very Merry Christmas Parade - (WDW,Movies)
Original Story: 12/13/1999   Most Recent Story: 6/12/2007

Ongoing Coverage: Comcast Offers $66 million for Disney - (DL,WDW,OD,Movies,Coll,General)
Original Story: 2/11/2004   Most Recent Story: 11/1/2006

Ongoing Coverage: Expedition Everest - (WDW)
Original Story: 3/24/2003   Most Recent Story: 8/1/2006

Ongoing Coverage: Mission SPACE - (WDW)
Original Story: 1/20/2000   Most Recent Story: 6/14/2006

Ongoing Coverage: Disney Shareholders Sue Over Ovitz's Severance - (General)
Original Story: 9/9/2004   Most Recent Story: 6/9/2006

Ongoing Coverage: Shaggy Dog - (Movies)
Original Story: 1/20/2005   Most Recent Story: 3/16/2006

Ongoing Coverage: Chicken Little News Stories - (Movies)
Original Story: 10/28/2004   Most Recent Story: 1/6/2006

Ongoing Coverage: CEO Michael Eisner Announces Plans to Retire - (DL,WDW,OD,Movies,Coll,General)
Original Story: 9/10/2004   Most Recent Story: 10/6/2005

LPWire: Lineup for Magic Kingdom's Night of Joy - (DL) (8/31/2005)
Some of Christian music's most recognized and highly acclaimed stars will share the stage with young singers with "stars in their eyes" at the place where dreams come true when the 23rd annual edition of Night of Joy unfolds Sept. 9-10 in Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World Resort.

LPWire: Disney Records Releases More Lilo, More Stitch - (DL) (8/31/2005)
Disney Records releases "Disney's Lilo & Stitch Island Favorites featuring Song from Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has A Glitch", an updated compilation album with 5 new tracks.

LPWire: Disney Fairies Author US Tour Announced - (DL) (8/29/2005)
Disney Publishing Worldwide announces the US tour schedule for Newbery Honor-winning author Gail Carson Levine for the title Fairy Dust and the Quest for the Egg.

LPWire: Sony Online Entertainment's Platform Publishing Label Bringing Disney's 'Toontown Online' to Retail This Fall - (DL) (8/25/2005)
Press release announcing the retail release of Toontown Online.

LPWire: Walt Disney World Embraces Guests of All Shapes, Sizes, and Abilities - (DL) (8/25/2005)
Press release announcing the release of a new book PassPorter's Walt Disney World for Your Special Needs.

LPWire: El Capitan Theatre's House Organist, Rob Richards Named 2005 Organist of the Year - (DL) (8/18/2005)
Rob Richards, the popular house organist at Hollywood's legendary El Capitan Theatre, has been named 2005 "Organist of the Year" by the American Theatre Organ Society. Richards, who has played the "Mighty Wurlitzer" at the landmark Hollywood movie palace since its installation in 1999, received the award at a ceremony on July 5th.

LPWire: Latest Additions to The LaughingPlace Store - (DL) (8/18/2005)
Another new Disney Mr. Potato Head part and the debut of Disney My Little Pony items highlight the latest additions to The LaughingPlace Store.

LPWire: Disney Store Set to Unveil First in a Series of Fantasy Themed Retail Environments - (DL) (8/16/2005)
Special guests and Disney Store executives will be on hand at Westfield Trumbull Mall this Sunday, August 21 to celebrate the grand opening of the first in a series of completely remodeled Disney Store

LPWire: Lizzie McGuire 3 Game Boy Advance Game Arrives Today - (DL) (8/16/2005)
Disney's Lizzie McGuire 3: Homecoming Havoc takes players on a high-energy popularity quest as Lizzie vies for the coveted crown of Homecoming Queen. locations designed to vividly capture the fun and fantasy of Disney in greater detail than ever before. Plans call for the renovation of approximately 30 stores in North America by the end of the year.

LPWire: Latest Disney Additions to the Our Store - (DL) (8/10/2005)
The LaughingPlace Store has been updated with new t-shirts featuring Expedition Everst, a new Stitch antenna topper, children's clothing and much more.

LPWire: AAA Chicago, Disney 'Celebration' Targets Mouseketeering Cubs Fans - (DL) (8/9/2005)
AAA Chicago is betting that a host of loyal Chicago Cubs fans will trade in their team baseball caps for a set of mouse ears this December. Dubbed the "Walt Disney World Happiest Celebration on Earth Vacation for Cubs Players & Fans," AAA Travel, the official travel arm of AAA Chicago, will feature this exclusive event from December 1-5 in Orlando, Fla.

LPWire: Sears Canada Announces That's So Raven Fashions - (DL) (8/8/2005)
Sears Canada Inc. today announced the exclusive debut of 'That's So Raven' fashions inspired by Disney Channel's hit series 'That's So Raven' and its spunky lead character Raven Baxter, played by internationally recognized kid and tween superstar Raven (a.k.a. Raven Symone). Designed by Disney Consumer Products with input from Raven, the new tween fashion collection features a fresh mix of denims and novelty tops for girls 7 to 16 years of age.

LPWire: Miramax Films Appeals MPAA's Rating of the Great Raid - (DL) (8/8/2005)
Miramax Films announced today that the Company plans to appeal the Motion Picture Association of America's (MPAA) "R" rating for the upcoming release about American soldiers liberating 500 POW's during WWII, The Great Raid.

LPWire: Disney and First Book Deliver the Magic of Reading to Nearly 7,000 Disadvantaged Campers - (DL) (8/8/2005)
First Book, a national children's literacy organization, and Disney have joined forces to launch a new program this summer to deliver the magic of reading to children from low-income families nationwide. The program, called Read Around the Campfire, will provide three new books per camper to select camps around the country that serve disadvantaged children. The objective of Read Around the Campfire is to help the children minimize the loss of reading skills often experienced over the summer months.

LPWire: Disney Cruise Line Announces First-Ever Southern Caribbean Cruises on the Disney Wonder - (DL) (8/5/2005)
Disney Cruise Line announced today that its Disney Wonder cruise ship will embark on two special 10- and 11-night cruises to the Southern Caribbean, September 2006. This marks the first time Disney has offered cruises longer than three- or four-nights aboard the Disney Wonder.

LPWire: Latest Disney Additions to the LaughingPlace Store - (DL) (8/5/2005)
The latest items added to The LaughingPlace Store including two great fan-created DVDs.

Ongoing Coverage: Herbie Fully Loaded - (Movies)
Original Story: 1/20/2005   Most Recent Story: 8/4/2005

LPWire: First Anne Geddes Retail Store to Open in the Downtown Disney Anaheim - (DL) (8/1/2005)
Anne Geddes' highly popular and internationally renowned product line comes to Southern California this fall when the company's first flagship store opens in the Downtown Disney ® District, in Anaheim, California.

LPWire: Radio Disney Move It Hits Shelves Tomorrow - (DL) (8/1/2005)
Get fit this summer with the "Radio Disney Move It!" CD, a high-energy collection that complements the recent launch of Radio Disney's new Move It! program.