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
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Woman says she was grabbed on Disneyland ride
Anaheim police are looking for a man who groped a woman on a Disneyland ride. Sgt. Rick Martinez said Monday that the victim was on the Tower of Terror ride with her daughter Friday night when someone grabbed her breast when the lights dimmed. The dimming of the lights is
Princess Tiana at Disneyland Princess Fantasy Faire
The Princess Tiana character from The Princess and the Frog is taking on new roles at Disneyland starting this week. Beginning today, Princess Tiana will greet visitors at the Disney Princess Fantasy Faire in Disneyland an area where visitors can learn about being a princess and meeting the characters. Before,
Disney Is Said to Be Seeking a Buyer for Its Miramax Unit
The Walt Disney Company has been quietly shopping what remains of its Miramax film unit and has attracted seven to 10 interested bidders, according to a mergers and acquisitions expert with knowledge of the process. The initial discussions indicate a price of over $700 million for the Miramax name and
Disney’s The Princess and The Frog pendants recall
Federal consumer safety regulators on Friday announced the recall of “The Princess and The Frog” pendants sold at Walmart stores because of high levels of the toxic metal cadmium, an unprecedented action that reflects concerns of an emerging threat in children’s jewelry. The recall affects two products, about 55,000 items
Disney shuts doors on Miramax
The Walt Disney Company, which bought Miramax from the Weinstein brothers in 2005, has closed down the studio after 30 years in business. It was the independent, art-house studio that became a major industry player in the 1990s, courtesy of such Oscar-winning hits as Pulp Fiction and The English Patient.
Florida’s High Speed Rail to stop at Disney World
The Disney Blog is reporting about the proposed High Speed rail that is being built between Orlando & Tampa. Will there possibly be a stop somewhere near one of the greatest places on earth?? President Obama mentioned the high speed rail project that will run from Tampa to the Orlando
Disney taps new executive to lead Animal Kingdom
For the second time in less than a year, Walt Disney World is shuffling top executives at Disneys Animal Kingdom. Disney has appointed Michael Colglazier to the post of vice president in charge of Animal Kingdom. Colglazier was previously vice president of business development and has also held positions within
Disney Cruise Line unveils more new features for Disney Dream
The top of Disney Cruise Line’s next ship will feature a miniature golf course themed around Goofy and a water play area for kids that has Nemo as its inspiration. The 2,500-passenger Disney Dream, currently under construction at a shipyard in Germany, also will boast an adults-only decktop pool area
Mother of monorail driver sues Disney World over fatal crash
In the wrongful death suit, lawyers for Christine Wuennenberg say Disney failed to follow its own monorail-safety procedures, leading directly to the July crash that killed 21-year-old Austin Wuennenberg. The complaint seizes in large part on Disney’s policy of having monorail drivers continue driving their trains from the front cabin
Disney/Marvel inks deal with Turk Telekom
Walt Disney-owned Marvel on Monday unveiled a licensing deal with Turkish telecom giant Turk Telekom that will lead to such offers as animated shorts, an animated TV series for mobile phones and the Internet, casual games online and for the PC, mobile applications, merchandise and a customized kids Web site.
A very familiar face returns to ‘Mary Poppins’
No matter how much you like the stage version of “Mary Poppins,†the original 1964 Disney movie is never far from mind. Which is why the Ahmanson Theatre audience went crazy Friday night when it was told Richard M. Sherman, one of the film’s songwriters, was in the house and
Xbox Takes On Cable, Streaming TV Shows and Movies
Executives at Microsoft are fond of saying that its subscription gaming service, Xbox Live, should be thought of as a cable channel. They want Xbox to be seen not merely as a gaming machine for teenagers, but as a media portal for parents and grandparents, too. The company is even
First image from Pixar’s Cars 2 revealed?
The movie Cars 2 is slated for release in Summer 2011, and that means that Hollywood CGI types are busy sketching, rendering and compositing. Production artwork (seen above) found in Disney’s annual report, has Lightning McQueen running in Japan ahead of what we’d imagine is a Formula 1 car. The
