How Tomorrow Moves| More...
 

Disney

Mickey Mans Up: Is It A Disney Trend?

Val Brown | Posted 11.20.2009 | Media

Read More: Orlando, Ft. Hood, Disneland, Epcot, Epic Mickey, Employment, Pluto, Mickey Mouse, Imagineers, Donald Duck, Goofy, Unemployment, Celebration, Fairy, Disneyworld, Morning Shows, ABC News, Disney, Nintendo, Media News
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 ...

Read Post

Disney Earnings Up A Surprising 18%

AP | RYAN NAKASHIMA | Posted 11.12.2009 | Media

Read More: Disney, Disney Earnings, Media News

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

Read Whole Story

Disney Exec Shuffle: CFO, Parks Chief Switch Roles

AP | Posted 11.12.2009 | Media

Read More: Disney, Tom Staggs, Jay Rasulo, Media News

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...

Read Whole Story

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

Lesley Stern | Posted 11.12.2009 | Comedy

Read More: George Bush, Citi, Insurance Companies, Justice, Hank Paulson, John Boehner, Real Housewives, Washington, Economy, Ben Bernake, Bailouts, Larry Summers, Psychology, Balloon Boy Dad, Humor, John Edward, Sarah Palin, Self-Help, Dick Cheney, Comedy, Bank of America, Goldman Sachs, Comcast, AT&T, Dr. Phil, Ken Lewis, Bill Kristol, Joe Jackson, Satire, Rupert Murdoch, Financial Crisis, Aetna, Jamie Dimond, Bernie Madoff, Rage, Lloyd Blankfein, Netanyahu, Depression, Chase, Mental Health, Rush Limbaugh, Carrie Prejean, Bin Laden, Recession, Advice, Jim Cramer, Vikram Pandit, Anger, Michele Bachmann, Wall Street, Tim Geithner, Glenn Beck, Joe Lieberman, Kim Zolciak, Shadegg, Ahmadinajad, Crooks and Liars, Disney, Comedy News
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.

Read Post

Mark Zoradi: Another Disney Studio Executive Exits

AP | Posted 11.10.2009 | Media

Read More: Disney, Mark Zoradi, Media News

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 ...

Read Whole Story

EMA's: Introducing the Legacy Award

Kevin George | Posted 11.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Paramount Studios, Walt Disney, Big-Cats, National Geographic, Values, Gorillas, Environment, Walt Disney Company, Environmentalism, Lions, Environmental Media Association, Media, Legacy, Disney, Cheetahs, Debbie Levin, Green News
Kevin George

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

Read Post

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

Jonathan Kim | Posted 11.06.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Jim Carrey, Robert Zemeckis, A Christmas Carol, Disney, Gary Oldman, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Colin Firth, Animation, Entertainment News
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.

Read Post

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

nytimes.com | BROOKS BARNES | Posted 11.05.2009 | Technology

Read More: Epic Mickey Disney, Mickey Mouse Makeover, Epic Mickey Video Game, Disney Mickey Mouse, Mickey Mouse, Epic Mickey Game, Disney, Epic Mickey, Mickey, Technology News

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...

Read Whole Story

Disney: China Approved Shanghai Theme Park

AP | ELAINE KURTENBACH | Posted 11.04.2009 | World

Read More: Walt Disney Company, Disney World, Disney, Disney World China, Disney World Shanghai, World News

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...

Read Whole Story

McChrystal Method

Mike Bonifer | Posted 10.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: 000 Troops, 40, Pentagon, Afghan War, Stanley McChrystal, A Christmas Carol, Improvisation, Disney, Gamechangers, Afghanistan War, Afghanistan, Politics News
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.

Read Post

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

Read More: Adam Clayton, Sesame Street, Jimmy Stafford, Paul Simon, Bono, Scott Underwood, Pam Tillis, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Counting Crows, Dolly Parton, Carly Simon, Emmett Malloy, Elton John, David Bowie, Disney, Needtobreathe, "Weird Al" Yankovic, G Love, Pink Martini, Billy Ray Cyrus, Ben Harper, Kathy Mattea, Train, Tanya Tucker, Sara Watkins, Eddie Vedder, Larry Mullen Jr., U2, Von, Jack Johnson, Jackson Browne, American Idol, Pat Monahan, R.E.M., Moondog, Elvis Costello, Entertainment News
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.

Read Post

Smutty Snow White Beer Ad Offends Disney

Telegraph | Posted 10.16.2009 | Business

Read More: Australia, Advertising, Beer, Jamieson, Family Friendliness, Disney, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Business News

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...

Read Whole Story

It's Official: America Hates Indicted Right Wing Dancers

Stu Kreisman | Posted 10.15.2009 | Media

Read More: Donny Osmond, Tom DeLay Dancing With the Stars, Teabaggers, Tom Delay, Rush Limbaugh, President Obama, Nobel Peace Prize, Glenn Beck, Media, Dancing With the Stars, Abc, Disney, Media News
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?

Read Post

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

nytimes.com | BROOKS BARNES | Posted 10.13.2009 | Technology

Read More: Apple CEO Disney, Steve Jobs, Andy Mooney, Disney, Apple, Disney Stores, Steve Jobs Disney, Technology News

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...

Read Whole Story

Rich Ross Named Disney Studio Chairman

AP | RYAN NAKASHIMA | Posted 10.06.2009 | Media

Read More: Walt Disney, Disney Studios, Disney, Rich Ross, Dick Cook Replacement, Media News

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

Read Whole Story

Disney Rewards Volunteers With Free Park Admission

Posted 09.30.2009 | Impact

Read More: Walt Disney, Volunteering, Volunteer, Disney World, Disney, Free Admission, Hands on Network, Disneyland, Impact News

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...

Read Whole Story

Disney Offers Free Park Admission To Volunteers

Los Angeles Times | Posted 09.30.2009 | Living

Read More: Philanthropy, Volunteering, Disney Theme Parks, The Giving Life, Volunteer, Florida, Walt Disney World Resort, Disney, Giving, Volunteerism, Living News

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...

Read Whole Story

Disney: Children's Books Now Online

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

Read More: Children's Books Online, E-Books, Disney Publishing, Children's E-Books, Disney, Children's Books, Books, Online, Books News

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...

Read Whole Story

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

Cinemablend | Posted 09.29.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Dick Cook, Johnny Depp, Film, Disney, Pirates of the Caribbean, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, Entertainment News

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...

Read Whole Story

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

Read More: Sam Champion, Abc, Kathy Travis, Meredith Vieira, Paula Abdul, Rosie O'Donnell, Robin Roberts, Morning Joe, Suze Orman, Nbc, Heidi Klum, Fire Island, Wendy Williams, Diane Sawyer, Sarah Palin, Campbell Brown, Hode Kobe, Msnbc, Tory Johnson, womenforhire.com, Dr. Phil, Career, Barbara Walters, Elisabeth Hasselbeck, Job, Today Show, Willie Geist, Lesbians, Disney, Gays, Gma, Media News
Stephen Viscusi

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

Read Post

Metro Station and Miley & The Rockits Plays Staples Center

Mike Ragogna | Posted 09.23.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Miley Cyrus, Wal-Mart, The Cure, David Cassidy, Billy Ray Cyrus, Metro Station, Joan Jett, The Flying Graysons, The Jonas Brothers, The Last Song, Mason Musso, Ruby & the Rockits, The Clash, Trace Cyrus, Patrick Cassidy, U2, The Go-Gos, Disney, Staples Center, Batman & Robin, Shaun Cassidy, Annie Leibovitz, South Park, Entertainment News, Entertainment News
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.

Read Post

Obama Saw "Up" With 3D Glasses

Posted 11.21.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Obama Watched Up, Movie Obama Saw, Obama Up, Obama in 3D Glasses, President Obama, Obama 3D Glasses, Obama Movies, Obama, Obama Saw Movie, Video, Up, Pixar, Disney, Entertainment News

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...

Read Whole Story

Dick Cook, Walt Disney Studios Chairman, Steps Down

Huffington Post | Posted 11.18.2009 | Media

Read More: Dick Cook, Disney, Dick Cook Disney, Media News

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...

Read Whole Story

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

Maya Baratz | Posted 11.15.2009 | Business

Read More: Toybots, match.com, Clicker, Google Video, Facebook, Xbox, Playstation, techcrunch50, Udorse, Hulu, Citysourced, Spawn Labs, Disney, Itunes, 5:1, Sony, Fluidhtml, Business News
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.

Read Post

Irresistible Glam

Yvette Kantrow | Posted 11.15.2009 | Media

Read More: Gordon Gekko, Cadbury Plc, Skype, Disney, Kraft Foods Inc., Ebay, Wall Street, Oliver Stone, Marvel, M&A, Media News
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.

Read Post