Announced today, Sony Japan started to offer the chance to get S series Sony Walkman emblazoned with Mickey and Minnie Mouse!
There are three patterns available one with Minnie, Mickey, and both together. I am sure if you keep your eyes on Ebay you might be able to get one.
Sony I would be more than glad to demo these for you and write a nice review. Just email me at chip @ chipandco.com 🙂
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Just what the title says! If you make a purchase on DisneyStore.com of eligible items worth at least $100 and type in the promo code TEAPARTY in the Special Offers and Discounts field & Apply the promo, you get TWO free tickets to see the new Alice in Wonderland! As always, be sure to check all the rules & restrictions and be sure the promo is correctly applied before finishing the purchase.
Linkage: Alice Promo
Disney ABC Domestic Television group Thursday renewed its long-term distribution deal with Starz Entertainment to carry Walt Disney Studios films released theatrically through 2015. The previous agreement was set to expire in two years.
Separately, Disney also negotiated a new deal for DreamWorks that will see that production company’s films go to CBS’ Showtime.
The Starz deal covers Disney’s live-action and animated films, including “The Princess and the Frog” and “The Proposal,” and future movies from Disney’s newly acquired Marvel Entertainment (other than “Iron Man 2” and four other films to be distributed by Paramount Pictures). Starz secured the rights to distribute movies from Disney, Disney Animation Studios, Disney-Pixar, Touchstone Pictures and Hollywood Pictures through its pay TV channels, as well as online and on-demand.
Under Disney’s Showtime deal, the cable channel will carry DreamWorks Studios films released this year through 2015. Starz had indicated that id didn’t want to distribute the DreamWorks movies to its viewers, and was urging Disney to find another outlet, people close to the situation said.
Showtime needs more movie content because one of its biggest providers of theatrical content, Viacom’s Paramount Pictures, teams with Lions Gate and MGM in Epix, a new pay cable channel that launched several months ago.
Click here to keep reading this article from the LA Times
Comic book creator Stan Lee talks with Bloomberg’s Jon Erlichman about comic-book characters that may be featured in future films. Walt-Disney Co. acquired a 10 percent stake in Lee’s POW! Entertainment Inc. for $2.5 million late last year as it completed its acquisition of Marvel Entertainment Inc.
Wow! I am amazed at the creativity some people have. Here is a Amazing Shot-For-Shot Remake of “A Goofy Movie” Opening. They enlisted the help of literally everyone who’s ever seen “A Goofy Movie.” Turning cartoon into real life. Max Goof is on his way to the last day of school, and if all goes right his life will change.
Thanks to Clint for sharing this with us!!!!
Here is a new Pixar Toy Story 3 Movie Poster that I found on the French Pixar website. Whatever the gang is looking at it must be pretty scary.
Leah Chase, the New Orleans chef known as the Queen of Creole cuisine, didn’t know what the producers of “The Princess and the Frog” had in mind when they sat down to chat a few years ago.
“I’m just rattling off about my life,” she said in an interview. “I always wanted a restaurant all of my life. My first job ever was in a restaurant after I left the laundry. Shaking out sheets didn’t work for me.”
The producers borrowed parts of the now 87-year-old’s story in creating Princess Tiana, Disney’s first black princess. The movie tells the story of Tiana’s wish to open a restaurant. (“The Princess and the Frog” is out on DVD Tuesday.)
Disney took some liberties when it comes to her gumbo. She told Disney the story about then- Senator Barack Obama stopping by her restaurant on the campaign trail. She served him a bowl of gumbo to which he added hot sauce.
Click here to keep reading her interesting story from the Sun Sentinel.
If you want to hear more about Leah Chase’s amazing rebuilding story check out this inspiring video below.
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Article from Attractions Magazine talking about a few more events added to the Walt Disney World’s Summer Nightastic.
A Rock N’ Glow Dance Party will be held in the courtyard of Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. Sizzling summer sounds will be spun by DJs.
More high-energy music presented by DJs will get guests’ toes a-tapping during a Magic Kingdom street party. (Pictured above is a street party float at Disneyland last summer for their Summer Nightastic celebration.)
Summer Nightastic begins at Walt Disney World on June 6 and continues through Aug. 14, 2010.
Photo and Source from attractionsmagazine.com
Hollywood’s dealmakers have a busy couple of weeks ahead of them.
One day after March 19 was set as the deadline for binding offers for MGM, the same date has emerged as a deadline in the latest round of bidding for Miramax.
Owner Walt Disney Co. hopes to select a winning bidder from offers received by that date and close on a sale of the one-time indie highflyer within 30 days of the deadline.
Interested parties offer conflicting takes on how heated interest in Miramax has been. Some say Disney’s suggested minimum bid of $700 million is overcooked by at least $200 million, and others claim sufficient interest to deliver offers of that level or higher.
Disney finally allowed some financial due diligence among prospective suitors during the past few weeks. But with the studio running the Miramax auction without the assistance of an outside consultant, Disney has been able to control information about individual bidders — and the Burbank studio’s ultimate intentions in the process.
“They’re keeping things tightly under wraps,” a representative of one interested party said Tuesday.
MGM, which is using Moelis & Co. to conduct its solicitation of bids, is racing against a March 31 deadline on a big interest payment owed by the studio. If no acceptable offer is secured by then, a bankruptcy reorganization of the Lion and its $3.7 billion in debt is likely.
Disney execs have no such gun to their heads in putting Miramax and its 700-title library up for sale. But the studio maintains hope of wrapping up its auction quickly, assuming one or more reasonable offer is secured by the bidding deadline.
Tron Legacy is coming to a monorail near you. Very cool new paint jobs coming your way to the Walt Disney World Resort Monorails.
Tron: Legacy is a 3D high-tech adventure set in a digital world that’s unlike anything ever captured on the big screen. The film is scheduled to hit theaters on December 17.
The transformed trains will be visible on the Epcot monorail line as early as this month. And if you look close, you’ll notice that the design of the futuristic motorcycle-like vehicles from the upcoming film Tron: Legacy also includes walls of trailing colored light.
Very cool!
For more information and pictures click here.
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Food Rocks was an attraction at Epcot‘s The Land pavilion presented by Nestlé in the Walt Disney World Resort. It was a musical stage show, with audio-animatronic figures.
It replaced the older Kitchen Kabaret presented by Kraft when Nestle took over sponsorship in March 26, 1994 and was replaced by Soarin’, an Epcot version of the Disney’s California Adventure Park attraction in 2005. Most of the Audio-Animatronics from the show were sold by Mouse Surplus on the online auction site eBay.
It’s a milestone year for the Disneyland® Resort, and D23: The Official Community for Disney Fans is celebrating with the premiere of DESTINATION D, a brand-new, two-day event exclusively for D23 Members that illuminates Disney’s fascinating history.
D23 announced its latest members-only event on its first anniversary – capping a year in which Disney’s first-ever fan community grew to encompass tens of thousands of members from all 50 U.S. states and more than 30 countries worldwide.
The inaugural DESTINATION D, whose theme is “Disneyland ’55,”will be held this Sept. 24-25. DESTINATION D: Disneyland ’55 will take D23 Members on a journey through the design, creation, debut and magical history of the world’s first Disney theme park. The first DESTINATION D will be held in the Grand Ballroom of the Disneyland Hotel.
DESTINATION D: Disneyland ’55 will offer two full days of special presentations, panels, screenings and guest speakers that let fans meet and talk with key figures in Disneyland’s history. Future DESTINATION D events will explore other important aspects of Disney’s creative legacy. Following its premiere in September, DESTINATION D will alternate annually with the enormously popular D23 EXPO.
The next D23 EXPO is set for Aug. 19-21, 2011, returning to the Anaheim Convention Center. Tickets for the 2011 D23 Expo will go on sale Aug. 19 (one year in advance), with specially priced tickets available exclusively to D23 Members. In addition, D23 Charter Members will have access to a special Charter Member Lounge at the 2011 D23 Expo, at no additional cost.
The first-ever D23 EXPO attracted nearly 40,000 Disney fans when it debuted last September, bringing the entire world of Disney under one massive roof. During the D23 EXPO, fans were treated to appearances by superstars like Johnny Depp, Miley Cyrus and John Travolta; explored exciting, new concepts and attractions from Disney Parks and Walt Disney Imagineering; peered into Disney’s history at special panels, presentations and displays; and discovered the newest entertainment, products and events from throughout The Walt Disney Company.
“The first D23 Expo surpassed all of our expectations, and our 2011 Expo is already shaping up to be a jaw-dropping, not-to-be missed showcase of the best and brightest Disney has to offer,” said Steven Clark, head of D23.
“We’re very excited to also be creating an entirely new event with DESTINATION D, which will bring Disney’s fascinating history to D23 Members in ways no other Disney fan can experience,” Clark said. “There’s nowhere on earth quite as special as Disneyland, and we want fans to see it as they never have before.”
The D23 team is in the midst of developing exclusive programming for DESTINATION D – but an early peek at plans reveals a host of special speakers, presentations and panels throughout the two-day event, including:
More details on the programming and events planned for DESTINATION D: Disneyland ’55 – as well as details about the 2011 D23 EXPO – will be available soon at www.disney.com/D23. Tickets will go on sale early this summer.
DESTINATION D joins a lineup of special events throughout 2010 designed exclusively for D23 Members. Among them are free screenings of classic Disney movies during the “50 & Fabulous” film festival at the Walt Disney Studios in Burbank; members-only tours of the famed Walt Disney Archives; an exclusive Sip & Stroll event during the Epcot International Food and Wine Festival; and holiday-themed Magic and Merriment weekend at the Walt Disney World Resort in Florida.
