Disney

Mickey Mans Up: Is It A Disney Trend?

Val Brown | Posted 11.20.2009 | Media


Val Brown

Disney, perhaps belatedly realizing that it needs to get a little edgier to appeal to today's kids, announced last week that they will be launching a ...

Disney Earnings Up A Surprising 18%

AP | RYAN NAKASHIMA | Posted 11.12.2009 | Media


LOS ANGELES — The Walt Disney Co. posted a surprise 18 percent increase in fourth-quarter earnings Thursday and announced an executive job switc...

Disney Exec Shuffle: CFO, Parks Chief Switch Roles

AP | Posted 11.12.2009 | Media


LOS ANGELES — After recasting executives at its faltering movie studio, The Walt Disney Co. is now switching up the roles of a couple of its hig...

How to Live on $0 a Day: Assuaging Rage, One Prick at a Time

Lesley Stern | Posted 11.12.2009 | Comedy


Lesley Stern

If you're quivering with rage just thinking about Wall Street, it's time to take action. I've discovered a way to achieve a semblance of inner peace without therapists, tranquilizers or weapons.

Mark Zoradi: Another Disney Studio Executive Exits

AP | Posted 11.10.2009 | Media


LOS ANGELES — Another executive at The Walt Disney Co.'s movie studio is exiting hurriedly as the company's troubles continue at the box office ...

EMA's: Introducing the Legacy Award

Kevin George | Posted 11.09.2009 | Green


Kevin George

The Legacy Award celebrates a vision of bringing environmental messages into entertainment -- television, film and music -- to educate and motivate the public.

ReThink Review: Disney's A Christmas Carol (3D) -- Don't Get Scrooged

Jonathan Kim | Posted 11.06.2009 | Entertainment


Jonathan Kim

I found parts of A Christmas Carol, which is being marketed exclusively to kids with Disney's promotional muscle, to be much more upsetting than anything in Where the Wild Things Are.

Epic Mickey: Disney's Makeover Means No More Mr. Nice Guy

nytimes.com | BROOKS BARNES | Posted 11.05.2009 | Technology


Now, however, concerned that Mickey has become more of a corporate symbol than a beloved character for recent generations of young people, Disney is t...

Disney: China Approved Shanghai Theme Park

AP | ELAINE KURTENBACH | Posted 11.04.2009 | World


SHANGHAI — China's planning agency has approved plans for a Disney theme park in Shanghai, the Walt Disney Co. said Wednesday, a major step towa...

McChrystal Method

Mike Bonifer | Posted 10.30.2009 | Politics


Mike Bonifer

A character like Stanley McChrystal cannot afford to show vulnerability to his enemies, and by enemies I mean anyone who would prevent The 40,000 from going into production with him as its star.

HuffPost Reviews: Jack Johnson, R.E.M., Train, Dolly, Carly, and More, Plus U2 Plays The Rose Bowl, and This Week's New Albums

Mike Ragogna | Posted 10.27.2009 | Entertainment


Mike Ragogna

In 2008, Jack Johnson toured the world with his Sleep Through The Static concerts, the best of these shows assembled for his new CD/DVD En Concert.

Smutty Snow White Beer Ad Offends Disney

Telegraph | Posted 10.16.2009 | Business


The x-rated advertisement, for Jamieson's Raspberry Ale, depicts the fairytale heroine blowing smoke rings while lying in bed with seven semi-clad dwa...

It's Official: America Hates Indicted Right Wing Dancers

Stu Kreisman | Posted 10.15.2009 | Media


Stu Kreisman

What were the producers thinking when they cast DeLay in the first place? Did they believe that after seeing him do a samba, America would forget what a repulsive human being he is and embrace him in its collective bosom?

Steve Jobs: Disney Hires Apple CEO To Help Disney "Dream Bigger"

nytimes.com | BROOKS BARNES | Posted 10.13.2009 | Technology


The involvement of Mr. Jobs, the Apple chief executive who joined the Disney board with the 2006 acquisition of Pixar, is particularly notable. For th...

Rich Ross Named Disney Studio Chairman

AP | RYAN NAKASHIMA | Posted 10.06.2009 | Media


LOS ANGELES — The Walt Disney Co. on Monday named Disney Channels Worldwide top executive Rich Ross as its movie studios chairman, following a y...

Disney Rewards Volunteers With Free Park Admission

Posted 09.30.2009 | Impact


The Walt Disney Co. just unveiled its Give a Day, Get a Disney Day campaign in partnership with Hands On Network to inspire one million people to volu...

Disney Offers Free Park Admission To Volunteers

Los Angeles Times | Posted 09.30.2009 | Living


The Walt Disney Co. today unveiled a new promotional campaign for 2010 to spur volunteerism -- even as it sought to boost attendance in its domestic t...

Disney: Children's Books Now Online

The New York Times | BROOKS BARNES | Posted 09.30.2009 | Books


LOS ANGELES -- The Walt Disney Company hopes an ambitious new digital service it plans to unveil on Tuesday will transform how children read its story...

Disney Prepares To Replace Johnny Depp In 'Pirates Of The Caribbean' Franchise

Cinemablend | Posted 09.29.2009 | Entertainment


Given that the Pirates franchise was the only live-action property making any money for the studio, they could reach deep in their pockets and keep De...

Should Disney/ABC Change the Name of "Good Morning America" to ABC's "Good Morning Gay America"? My TOP TEN Picks to Replace Diane Sawyer

Stephen Viscusi | Posted 09.27.2009 | Media


Stephen Viscusi

Here are my top ten more realistic picks (men and woman) to replace Diane Sawyer on Good Morning America.

Metro Station and Miley & The Rockits Plays Staples Center

Mike Ragogna | Posted 09.23.2009 | Entertainment


Mike Ragogna

Power-pop group Metro Station played the Staples Center Tuesday night and pretty much set the tone for the act that followed... Miley somebody.

Obama Saw "Up" With 3D Glasses

Posted 11.21.2009 | Entertainment


During an appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman on Monday, President Obama dished on a movie he saw recently -- while he was sporting 3D gl...

Dick Cook, Walt Disney Studios Chairman, Steps Down

Huffington Post | Posted 11.18.2009 | Media


Dick Cook, the chairman of Walt Disney Studios, is stepping down. Cook had been head of the studio since 2002. An industry source has told the Huffin...

At TechCrunch50, Patching Up the Old Is the New "New"

Maya Baratz | Posted 11.15.2009 | Business


Maya Baratz

If the first half of the conference is any indication, what's "new" in the tech industry these days is a renown effort to bridge gaps between industry archetypes that aren't.

Irresistible Glam

Yvette Kantrow | Posted 11.15.2009 | Media


Yvette Kantrow

Our obsession with deal leaks and scoops subsided along with the boom that fueled it, resulting in a column that trained its occasionally gimlet eye on everything from basic business reporting to Analystgate.