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Tweens To Freak For Jonas Brothers In 3D

AP | CHRISTY LEMIRE | Posted 03.29.2009 | Entertainment


Someday, we may actually get a clue as to what makes the Jonas Brothers tick. We may get a glimpse into the pop stars' distinct personalities _ becau...

The Cruise Family At Disney World (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Katherine Thomson | Posted 03.21.2009 | Entertainment


Over the weekend the Cruise family, minus oldest daughter Bella, went to Disney World. Suri Cruise, dressed in matching princess dresses to Cinderel...

Disney Launches Cable Channel, Web Site Aimed At Young Boys

New York Times | Brooks Barnes | Posted 03.16.2009 | Media


The Walt Disney Company, having won a dominant position in the entertainment industry's quest to attract young girls, is making an all-or-nothing pus...

Disney And DreamWorks Reach Deal

AP | RYAN NAKASHIMA | Posted 03.12.2009 | Entertainment


LOS ANGELES — The Walt Disney Co.'s motion picture arm said Monday it has agreed to a long-term exclusive distribution deal with Steven Spielber...

Dreamworks Said To Be Headed To Disney

New York Times | BROOKS BARNES and MICHAEL CIEPLY | Posted 03.10.2009 | Business


Steven Spielberg seems headed to the Walt Disney Company after a surprise parting of the ways with Universal Pictures, with whom he signed a deal jus...

The TED Conference: Day One: Highlights

Christiana Wyly | Posted 03.09.2009 | Green


Christiana Wyly

I decided to do a series of highlights to share some reflections from TED. The range of the unveilings in the fields of art, music, and technology have been astonishing.

Senate Wanking Committee

Mike Bonifer | Posted 03.09.2009 | Politics


Mike Bonifer

Quit all the debating about the work and get to work, to the business of getting citizens into lifeboats. A seat on a lifeboat will lead to a profoundly productive life that will benefit all of us.

Media Mayhem: Layoffs, Cutbacks Rock Industry

Huffington Post | Posted 03.02.2009 | Media


Below, a collection of the various media cuts, layoffs, ousters, and other doom and gloom news to hit the industry in the last day or so: The Baltimo...

Disney's TV Unit To Cut 400 Jobs

AP | Posted 03.01.2009 | Business


The Walt Disney Co.'s television division is cutting 400 jobs, or about 6 percent of the unit's work force, due to the slumping economy. The cuts inc...

Disney XD: Disney's Boy-Targeted Channel To Launch Next Month

Wall Street Journal | Peter Sanders | Posted 02.09.2009 | Media

Read More: Disney, Disney XD, Media News

Walt Disney Co. is making a push to crack a market that few media companies have been able to conquer -- boys aged 6-14. Next month, the company will...

GM's Own "Heritage Collection" Is Now Up for Sale

Steve Parker | Posted 01.19.2009 | Business


Steve Parker

GM is selling off, one-by-one, piece-by-piece, memory-by-memory, the GM Heritage Collection. Finding out felt like I'd taken a punch to the gut.

The Cultural Recession: Live Theater on Life Support

Karen Stabiner | Posted 01.17.2009 | Entertainment


Karen Stabiner

A 20-something who either just lost a job or has one that pays so little it's hard to tell the difference is not going to be seduced by face time with a star when there's high-definition TV.

Disney Channel Heads To Russia

New York Times | Brooks Barnes | Posted 01.16.2009 | Media


LOS ANGELES - The Walt Disney Company will launch a free-to-air Disney Channel in Russia, a mega-market that Western media companies have been trying ...

Race To Witch Mountain: Fun trailer + Neat Poster = Good Movie?

Scott Mendelson | Posted 01.07.2009 | Entertainment


Scott Mendelson

The poster looks more exciting than any of the last half dozen James Bond posters, and this goofy trailer actually has me hoping its good enough to drag my daughter to on a lazy Sunday afternoon.

Greening Hollywood Launches EcoPreneur Salon

Paige Donner | Posted 12.25.2008 | Green


Paige Donner

Being an EcoPreneur is simply infusing environmental practices in the everyday running of your business and capitalizing on a new product or service that is inherently environmental.

Michael Eisner Goes Online: "I'm Much Happier Now"

New York Times | Tim Arango | Posted 12.25.2008 | Media


On a Friday morning in September, Michael D. Eisner was in a television studio on the East Side of Manhattan, asking Robert L. Nardelli, the chairman ...

Media Stocks Mayday: News Corp, CBS, Viacom Hit Five Year Lows

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 12.20.2008 | Media


Wall Street's rough Wednesday, which saw the Dow Jones industrial average dip below 8,000 for the first time in five years, was particularly felt amon...

Disney Plans To Release 5 Films, 3-D "Christmas Carol," On IMAX

AP | Posted 12.20.2008 | Entertainment


LOS ANGELES — The Walt Disney Co. said Wednesday it agreed to deliver five movies via IMAX theaters beginning with the 3-D movie "A Christmas Ca...

DVDs: Wall-E Vs. Panda Death Match!

Michael Giltz | Posted 12.19.2008 | Entertainment


Michael Giltz

The animation in Kung Fu Panda is slyly amusing, the storyline witty and sweet and -- here's the kicker -- the action set pieces are probably the best I've seen all year.

Another Disney Starlet Shows Up (and Out)

Tina Wells | Posted 12.14.2008 | Entertainment


Tina Wells

Time and time again, fresh young starlets, are being caught baring all in a pic or video that circulates the web at light speed. What is it that these girls think they will benefit from this exposure?

Economic Downturn Hits Disney

Reuters | Posted 12.07.2008 | Business


The global economic downturn hit Walt Disney Co's quarterly results harder and faster than Wall Street expected, with the company on Thursday reportin...

Greening Hollywood: Ecopreneur Eric Ritz's Global Inheritance

Paige Donner | Posted 12.01.2008 | Green


Paige Donner

Fundamentally, Global Inheritance asks, "Why can't a message be cool?"

Studios Push Crowd-Pleasers For Oscar Glory

New York Times | Posted 11.28.2008 | Entertainment


LOS ANGELES -- Walt Disney is in. This week the studio will break new ground by starting a campaign that boldly offers its "Wall-E" as a contender for...

BusinessWeek: Disney Is The Media Industry's Best Bet For Stability During Financial Crisis

BusinessWeek | Jon Fine | Posted 11.17.2008 | Media


The explanation of Disney's performance begins with one simple fact: Among its peers, the entertainment giant derives the smallest percentage of reven...

Greening Hollywood: TreePeople's L.A. 2.0

Paige Donner | Posted 11.13.2008 | Green


Paige Donner

"We're doing a full retrofit of Los Angeles. L.A. 2.0. We're creating a sustainable prototype by retrofitting Los Angeles with a functioning forest."