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Why Would Anyone Want to Be Governor of California?

Matt Littman | Posted 07.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Meg Whitman, Los Angeles Clippers, Los Angeles Lakers, Gavin Newsom, Ronald Reagan, General Motors, Titanic, Jay Leno, Tom Campbell, Hugh Grant, Jerry Brown, Northrop-Grumman, Disney, Eliot Spitzer, Politics News
Matt Littman

The next leader of our state should be so lucky as to be caught picking up a prostitute -- that appears to be a better career path than the dead-end job of Governor of California.

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German Donald Duck Obsession Persists After 75 Years

Deutsche Welle | Posted 07.10.2009 | World

Read More: Walt Disney, Donald Duck Obsession, Germany, Foreign Affairs, Mickey Mouse, German Donald Duck Obsession, Donald Duck, Germany Donald Duck, Disney, Donald Duck Germany, Advocacy, World News

The Walt Disney cartoon character Donald Duck is turning 75. He is famous around the world, but no country seems to be quite as obsessed with the quac...

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My Multitasking Secrets Will Change Your Life

Andy Borowitz | Posted 06.05.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Borowitz Report, Multitasking, The New Yorker, Andy Borowitz, Disney, Robert Iger, Ceos, Comedy News
Andy Borowitz

Whoever said that the early bird gets the worm could have been talking about me, only I'm a person, not a bird, and I'm not interested in getting worms, more like getting things done.

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'Slumdog' Kids Visit Hong Kong, Hope For Disney Visit

AP | MIN LEE | Posted 07.06.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Azharuddin Ismail, Disney, Ayush Mahesh Khedeka, Slumdog Millionaire, Rubina Ali, Entertainment News

HONG KONG — The child stars of the Oscar-winning movie "Slumdog Millionaire" traded the shanties of Mumbai for Hong Kong's skyscrapers Friday as...

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In Pixar's Up, Two Chairs Mean the World (SPOILERS)

Mark Blankenship | Posted 07.05.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Symbolism, Animated Films, Pixar, Disney, Film, Cartoon, Movies, Comedy, Animation, Entertainment News
Mark Blankenship

I never thought I'd cry while wearing 3-D glasses.

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Pixar Throws Down, with Up

Paul Snyder | Posted 07.02.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Warner Bros, Walt Disney, Finding Nemo, Wall-E, Up, 3-D Movies, Bob Peterson, Merchandise, Mgm, Cars, The Incredibles, Pixar, Partly Cloudy, Studios, Animation, Coraline, Pete Docter, Cgi, Ed Asner, Toy Story, Ageism, Disney, Entertainment News
Paul Snyder

Fifteen years since the release of Toy Story, Pixar has made it very clear that they would like to be considered a movie studio in the classic sense: their films all seem to illustrate a singular creative perspective.

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The Senator Joseph R. McCarthy Award

Norman Horowitz | Posted 06.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Time Warner, Disney, Ge, CBS/Viacom, The Patriot Act, Rush Limbaugh, Rupert Murdoch, Gop, Dick Cheney, Politics News
Norman Horowitz

Looking back to my growing up in the Bronx in the early thirties I now realize that my life, to a certain extent, has been controlled by fear. As a yo...

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The Jonas Brothers Start To Feel the Heat

nytimes.com | BROOKS BARNES | Posted 06.25.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Jonas Brothers, Nick Jonas, Disney, Kevin Jonas, Joe Jonas, Music, Entertainment News

The Jonas Brothers sat backstage recently at the El Rey Theater here, politely answering questions from a small cluster of reporters about their new C...

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Which Media Companies Will Fall?

Charles Warner | Posted 06.20.2009 | Media

Read More: Microsoft, Yahoo, Time Warner, Jim Collins, Aol, Disney, Businessweek, News Corp., Media News
Charles Warner

The cover of the current (May 25) issue of BusinessWeek features Good to Great author Jim Collins, and inside the issue is an exclusive excerpt from h...

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Band of Brothers Creates A Brother's Bond

Shelley Hendrix Reynolds | Posted 06.19.2009 | Living

Read More: Jonas Brothers, Nick Jonas, Autism, Joe Jonas, Living With Autism, Siblings, Raising Children, Disney, Children's Health, Living News
Shelley Hendrix Reynolds

Autism has been the strangest experience of my life. Positives and negatives, hope and despair, triumphs and defeat, laughter and tears.

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New Tunes On Monday: Green Day, Eric Clapton & Steve Winwood, Tori Amos, Kate Voegele, and Mat Kearney

Mike Ragogna | Posted 06.17.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Tori Amos, Ginger Baker, Hilarie Burton, Scrubs, Chad Michael Murray, Eminem, Squeeze, Bono, Sting, Willie Weeks, Counting Crows, Chris Stainton, Billie Joe Armstrong, The Who, One Tree Hill, J.J. Cale, Adam Duritz, John M, Grey’s Anatomy, Bruce Hornsby, Traffic, South Park, Rich Grech, Five for Fighting, Steve Winwood, George Harrison, Friday Night Lights, CHris Lord-Alge, The Police, Blind Faith, Punk, John Lennon, Bones, U2, Entertainment News, Joni Mitchell, The Hollies, Ray Charles, American Idol, Eric Clapton, Tré Cool, Miley Cyrus, Mat Kearney, Jason Mraz, The Mamas and the Papas, Quadrophenia, Queen, Kyle XY, Ray Davies, Madison Square Garden, The Kinks, Kate Bush, The Beatles, Fiona Apple, Disney, Scott McKenzie, Kate Voegele, Jonas Brothers, Green Day, John Ondrasik, Butch Vig, Mad Max, Matt Nathanson, Robert Johnson, Belinda Carlisle, Ian Thomas, Pete Townsend, Mike Dirnt, Jimi Hendrix, James Taylor, Chris Dugan, John Phillips, Escher, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

Though Tori Amos' career may have suffered from being overly prolific and recording some questionable cover songs, every new album is a bouquet of interesting, intelligent songs for her loyal fans.

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Vanessa Hudgens Tries Breaking From 'High School Musical' - With High School Music Movie

AP | RYAN PEARSON | Posted 06.15.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: High School Musical, Film, Disney, Vanessa Hudgens, Entertainment News

LOS ANGELES — Vanessa Hudgens has left "High School Musical" to make a movie about music _ at a high school. The key difference: "Bandslam," du...

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Cannes 2009 Day One: "Up" Review

Michael Giltz | Posted 06.13.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Disney, Up, Pixar, Animation, Cannes Film Festival, Entertainment News
Michael Giltz

Cannes kicked off with a gentle, sweet even sublime film: Pixar's Up.

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ESPN, Disney Channel Bright Spots In Disney's Weak Quarter

AllThingsD | Peter Kafka | Posted 06.06.2009 | Media

Read More: Cable, Disney, Espn, Disney Channel, Disney Earnings, Media News

The bright spot for the entertainment conglomerate is the same one you see at every media giant these days: Disney's cable business. Revenue at ESPN a...

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To My Future Son

Derek Beres | Posted 06.04.2009 | Living

Read More: Star Wars, Kelly Pena, Children, Teens, New York Times, Marketing, Disney, 2012, Living News
Derek Beres

For the first eighteen years of your life, somebody is going to try to define nearly every facet of your existence without you even realizing it. (If all goes well, that trend will continue for another eighty years.)

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Disney Inks Deal with Hulu: MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer May 1, 2009

Shelly Palmer | Posted 06.01.2009 | Media

Read More: Espn, Microsoft, Sumner Redstone, Mediabytes, Discovery Communications, Windows 7, Shelly Palmer, Hasbro, Nbcuu, Abc, Media News, Fox, Hulu, Disney, Comcast, Viacom, Nbc, Media News
Shelly Palmer

Disney has officially become an equity-owning partner in NBCU-Fox venture Hulu.

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Disney Joins Hulu

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 05.31.2009 | Media

Read More: Disney Hulu, Hulu, Disney, Media News

Disney will be joining NBC Universal, News Corp, and Providence Equity Partners as a joint venture partner in online video site Hulu, it was announced...

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Thoughts After Seeing Disneynature's Earth

Avital Binshtock | Posted 06.06.2009 | Green

Read More: Movie Reviews, James Earl Jones, Earth, Disney, Animals, Film, Disney Nature's Earth, Movies, Cinema, Wildlife, Green News
Avital Binshtock

If it sounds like I'm gushing, that's because I am.

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Long Beach Grand Prix - IndyCar combines for good race, few fans

Steve Parker | Posted 05.22.2009 | Living

Read More: Ashley Judd, Tony Kanaan, Michael Andretti, Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach, Cars, Santa Monica, Howard Hughes, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Chip Ganassi, Tiger Woods, Indycar Racing, Ed Alexander, Helio Castroneves, Belmont Shore, Dario Franchitti, Oldsmobile, Bixby Knolls, Indy Racing League, Queen Mary, Tony George, Danica Patrick, Champ Car, Raymond Chandler, Super Bowl, Philip Marlowe, Japan, Department of Homeland Security, Twin Ring Motegi, Indy 500, Daytona 500, Dan Quayle, Roger Penske, Naples, Torrance-California, Disney, AJ Foyt, Wll Power, Spruce Goose, Menards, Long Beach-California, Living News
Steve Parker

Dario Franchitti dedicated his victory to his wife, Ashley Judd, whose 41st birthday they celebrated together at Long Beach - kind of a boring proposi...

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Marketing Earth Day (and Other Stuff) to Children

Susan Linn | Posted 05.22.2009 | Green

Read More: Nickelodeon, Earth Day Tips, Earth Day 2009, Shopping, Children, Earth Day, McDonald's, Marketing, Sustainability, Disney, Green News
Susan Linn

Have you done your Earth Day shopping yet? Corporations use Earth Day to sell us on the belief that we can buy our way into ecological sustainability. We can't.

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Pixar's New Movie Panned By Wall Street

Charles Warner | Posted 05.08.2009 | Media

Read More: Disney, Pixar, Up, Disney Movie, Pixar Movie, Media News
Charles Warner

Pali Research's Richard Greenfield has downgraded the stock of the Walt Disney Company because of a poor outlook for Pixar's new animated film to be released in May.

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Hamas Uses Disney Tactics To Attract Children

Elisabeth Braw | Posted 05.07.2009 | World

Read More: Al Qaeda, Terrorism. Recruiting, Farfour, Terrorist, Hamas, Iraq, Disney, Al-Fateh, World News
Elisabeth Braw

Hamas has studied Disney. Hamas' own Mickey Mouse, Farfour, starred in a TV show - also available on the internet - until he was killed by Israelis.

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The Earth (Movie) Will Blow Your Mind

Jake Brewer | Posted 05.04.2009 | Green

Read More: Earth Movie, Elephants, Polar Bears, An Inconvenient Truth, Al Gore, Film, Disney, Whales, Disney Nature's Earth, Green News
Jake Brewer

Earth is a stunning masterpiece that will leave even the most ardent coal lobbyist in awe of our planet and yearning to see more -- and to preserve it.

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Dr. Ruth, Robin Leach and Ellen Degeneres all in a Lucky Week!

Wendy Diamond | Posted 05.02.2009 | Style

Read More: Byron Howard, President Obama, Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous, Ellen Degeneres, Patti Labelle, Dr. Ruth, Beverly Hills, Dr. David Best, Robin Leach, 52nd Annual New York Emmy® Awards Gala, Humane Society of the United States, Gretchen Wyler, Bolt, London Hotel, Genesis Awards, Katie Couric, CBS’ Greatest American Dog, The Street, Disney, Www.AnimalFair.Com, Bone Appetit, Marriott Marquis Hotel, Philadelphia, Www.Petsmart.com, Hollywood, Los Angeles, Beverly Hilton, New York City, Teri Hatcher, CBS Evening News, Desperate Housewife, Susan Feniger, Nicolette Sheridan, Marley & Me, Food Network’s “Too Hot Tamale”, Portia De Rossi, Dana Delany, 60 Minutes, Celebrity Kids, Style News
Wendy Diamond

During the vegan dinner Lucky and I schmoozed with Byron Howard, one of the directors of the animated Disney hit film Bolt. Lucky spent the whole time flirting with him!

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Disney Now The Largest Media Company

Bloomberg | Andy Fixmer and Sarah Rabil | Posted 05.02.2009 | Media

Read More: Media Companies, Time Warner, Disney, Time Warner Cable Spinoff, Media News

March 31 (Bloomberg) -- Time Warner Inc.'s spinoff of its cable division dropped the New York-based owner of Time magazine and Warner Bros. to third p...

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