The planners at Disneyland apparently toyed with adding a "Vaction Land" adjacent to the park, according to The Times' Jeane Hoffman.
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Six Flags CEO: We're 'better positioned' than Disney
Given the amount of debt that they're carrying I find this claim a bit suspicious. I thought he'd give specifics on how he comes to that claim but he seems rather vague about it.
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Disney Hall Piano Concert Gets Political
Poland's Krystian Zimerman, widely regarded as one of the finest pianists in the world, created a furor Sunday night in his debut at Walt Disney Concert Hall when he announced this would be his last performance in America because of the nation's military policies overseas.
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Disney joins Hulu
The Walt Disney Co. has agreed to join News Corp., NBC Universal and Providence Equity as a joint venture partner of online video site Hulu. Disney will provide a wide variety of content. People seem to think YouTube should be worried.
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Walt Disney, technologist
Walt Disney — the man, not the company — was known for his imagination, his artistry and even his business acumen. But it turns out he also had a huge appetite for technology.
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3-D starting to look flat at the box office
As more movies play in digital 3-D, there’s evidence that audiences are becoming less interested in the ballyhooed format that many in Hollywood have predicted will stem the long-term erosion of theater attendance.
Details »Disney's D23 Expo in Anaheim may be the start of something special | Los Angeles Times
"Will the success formula of Comic-Con International work for a Mickey Mouse operation?" The LA Times takes a look at D23 Expo -- including a little interview with Iger.
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Luxo sues Disney over hopping desk-lamp character
"Luxo Jr.," the squeaky desk-lamp character created by John Lasseter more than two decades ago, is in the spotlight again -- this time under the glare of a transatlantic lawsuit.
Details »Company Town | Los Angeles Times
LA Times round-up of news stories, including several printed discourses about and updating the Disney-Marvel acquisition
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Johnny Depp says he's 'shocked and very sad' about Dick Cook's departure | Los Angeles Times
"There's a fissure, a crack in my enthusiasm at the moment," Depp said. "It was all born in that office."
Details »Disney offers free park admission to those who volunteer | Los Angeles Times
The company will offer a free one-day admission ticket to Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Fla., or Disneyland in Anaheim to as many as 1 million people who volunteer through HandsOn Network, a giant volunteer organization.
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Is the 'Pirates of the Caribbean' film franchise a sinking ship? | Los Angeles Times
An LATimes blogger takes a look at the pirates franchise and their look toward the fourth movie amidst compromising factors.
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Disney plans new soundstage and production facility in Santa Clarita Valley | Los Angeles Times
The Walt Disney Co. today filed plans to build a sprawling soundstage and production complex on the northwest corner of its Golden Oak Ranch in the Santa Clarita Valley.
The proposed Disney/ABC Studios at the Ranch would occupy 56 acres of the sprawling, 890-acre ranch.
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Expect huge box office opening for Princess and Frog, thanks to high ticket prices| LA Times
Disney is charging $30 for general admission tickets, $50 for the best seats and $20 per person for groups at the Ziegfeld Theatre in New York City and on the studio lot in Burbank.
The "ultimate Disney event," as the studio's website calls it, will play until Sunday, Dec. 13, the first weekend that "The Princess and the Frog" plays nationwide. Disney already has racked up more than $3.2 million in pre-sales.
Details »Muppet fur flies over Jim Henson script | Company Town | Los Angeles Times
When the Black List, Hollywood's annual ranking of the top unproduced scripts, was unveiled Friday, it lent the full weight of its authority to Christopher Weekes.
Weekes' screenplay "The Muppet Man," about the life and loves of Jim Henson, had landed the top spot.
That kind of honor comes with a host of benefits, not the least of which is giving a valuable boost to the project
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