Disney

On The Menu: Disney's Marvelous Acquisition - Posted September 1, 2009
The first day of September means big news for the mediabistro.com Morning Media Menu podcast. Disney's acquisition of Marvel was the talk for the day for hosts Jason Boog of GalleyCat and AgencySpy's Matt Van Hoven. They both agreed the deal is a huge get for Disney, which now controls a... [FishBowlNY]

On The Menu: Disney's Marvelous Acquisition - Posted September 1, 2009
The first day of September means big news for the mediabistro.com Morning Media Menu podcast. Disney's acquisition of Marvel was the talk for the day for hosts Jason Boog of GalleyCat and AgencySpy's Matt Van Hoven. They both agreed the deal is a huge get for Disney, which now controls a... [FishBowlNY]

LAT In 90 Seconds - Posted August 22, 2008
Rats! "Film credits from the 1920s revealed imprecision in copyright claims that some experts say could invalidate Disney's long-held copyright" of Mickey Mouse. Sandra Tsing Loh Is On Fire: LAT manages to suck the funny from Loh's book, writing, "Until 2004, Loh was a marginally famous humorist. Then she 'exploded into flames,'... [FishBowlLA]

LAT In 90 Seconds - Posted June 30, 2008
W. The Movie: As local screenwriter Chris Farnsworth says of the upcoming Oliver Stone film about George W. Bush, "I can't imagine going to see a movie about that guy after living through the last 8 years. Although, covered with dirt and beat up ... I can get behind that." Ninth Box-Office... [FishBowlLA]

LAT In 90 Seconds - Posted May 14, 2008
Have A Food Fight With Tom Hanks: To benefit Shakespeare Festival/LA, you can bid on a speaking role - including an onstage food fight - in a staged reading of Taming of the Shrew with Tom Hanks, Rita Wilson Annette Bening, William Shatner, Christina Applegate, Sean Astin, Zach Braff and others.... [FishBowlLA]

LAT In 90 Seconds - Posted April 1, 2008
Woody Sues Dov: Woody Allen sued American Apparel Inc. for using images from Annie Hall without his consent. And not, as we had initially assumed, for being manhandled by Dov Charney. Joke's On Us: LAT does another one of its picture-book thingies, this one focusing on pranks done by and to... [FishBowlLA]

Season of Wishes: Come For The Love, Stay For The Cake - Posted December 4, 2007
The Make-A-Wish Foundation is taking over the Grove again this evening, granting children their wishes and ensuring that there is not a dry eye at the mall. 6-year-old Klarissa Ramos, of Galveston, TX; Spirit Cosey, 9, of Minneapolis, and 10-year-old Tykazja "Ty" McCoy, of Ft. Lauderdale have all been flown... [FishBowlLA]

LAT In 90 Seconds - Posted November 27, 2007
In Case You Were Wondering: Reporter Susan King details all the cute little Disney homages in Enchanted. But if you were the type of person who wanted to read this story, you probably already knew all these winks and nods anyway. Leftovers: True, this story is a few days old. But we... [FishBowlLA]

Season of Wishes: Make-A-Wish Foundation Sends Lil' Princess Off To Disney World - Posted November 17, 2007
The fairy godmothers at Make-A-Wish Foundation are sending 6-year-old Kiara Williams off to Disney World to celebrate her apparent victory against leukemia. Kiara, who has a thing for Cinderella, was diagnosed when she was three and treated for two years at Long Beach Miller's Children's Hospital. Now that she's feeling better,... [FishBowlLA]

Donald Duck Blamed For Heresy by Australian Archibishop - Posted October 11, 2007
Considering how litigious Disney is, how does Australia's Archbishop of Sydney, Cardinal Pell get away with ranting about the Donald Duck heresy? In a compilation of essays due out this week, the Cardinal criticizes Catholics who support contraception, abortion and stem-cell research on the basis of their own moral conscience. ... [FishBowlLA]

Trade Round-Up: Oct. 1, 2007 - Posted October 1, 2007
Game Plan Picks Off Kingdom Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson rocked the box-office over the weekend with his family laffer The Game Plan from Disney. The kid pic opened at $22.7 million, exceeding weekend expecations, THR reports. The showing bested the No. 2 movie in theaters, the Jamie Foxx, Jennifer Garner-starrer The Kingdom,... [FishBowlLA]

Trade Round-Up: Oct. 1, 2007 - Posted October 1, 2007
Game Plan Picks Off Kingdom Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson rocked the box-office over the weekend with his family laffer The Game Plan from Disney. The kid pic opened at $22.7 million, exceeding weekend expecations, THR reports. The showing bested the No. 2 movie in theaters, the Jamie Foxx, Jennifer Garner-starrer The Kingdom,... [FishBowlLA]

Trade Round-Up: Sept. 27, 2007 - Posted September 27, 2007
Transformers 2 Picks a Date Paramount and DreamWorks are moving ahead with plans for a Transformers 2 project, stamping down June 26, 2009 as the release date, reports Variety. The story says the date is just a target but isn't "ironclad" as they still need to lock in Michael Bay and work... [FishBowlLA]

Trade Round-Up: Sept. 27, 2007 - Posted September 27, 2007
Transformers 2 Picks a Date Paramount and DreamWorks are moving ahead with plans for a Transformers 2 project, stamping down June 26, 2009 as the release date, reports Variety. The story says the date is just a target but isn't "ironclad" as they still need to lock in Michael Bay and work... [FishBowlLA]

Trade Round-Up: Sept. 6. 2007 - Posted September 6, 2007
Shepherd to Join View, Variety Says Variety does some source leaning in today's paper, announcing that Sherri Shepherd is the new cohost on The View, taking the fifth spot on the morning chatfest alongside Barbara Walters, Joy Behar, Elizabeth Hasselbeck and newly-installed Whoopi Goldberg. The trade paper cited its sources in confirming... [FishBowlLA]

Trade Round-Up: Sept. 6. 2007 - Posted September 6, 2007
Shepherd to Join View, Variety Says Variety does some source leaning in today's paper, announcing that Sherri Shepherd is the new cohost on The View, taking the fifth spot on the morning chatfest alongside Barbara Walters, Joy Behar, Elizabeth Hasselbeck and newly-installed Whoopi Goldberg. The trade paper cited its sources in confirming... [FishBowlLA]

Trade Round-Up: Sept. 5, 2007 - Posted September 5, 2007
Burton Busts Out Todd in Venice Tim Burton took his filmmaking act to the Venice Film Festival where he picked up a Golden Lion Award for lifetime achievement. In return, Burton took the festival opportunity to unspool an eight-minute sneak of the big-screen adaptation of his next pic, Sweeney Todd starring longtime... [FishBowlLA]

Trade Round-Up: Sept. 5, 2007 - Posted September 5, 2007
Burton Busts Out Todd in Venice Tim Burton took his filmmaking act to the Venice Film Festival where he picked up a Golden Lion Award for lifetime achievement. In return, Burton took the festival opportunity to unspool an eight-minute sneak of the big-screen adaptation of his next pic, Sweeney Todd starring longtime... [FishBowlLA]

Ebert Sticks In His Thumb, And Writes Up This Plum - Posted August 30, 2007
Per Monday's Romenesko, film critic Roger Ebert says he never asked Disney to remove his trademarked "Thumbs" from the At the Movies with Ebert & Roeper. I am discussing with Disney my association with the show that Gene Siskel and I started more than 30 years ago. In addition to my personal... [FishBowlLA]

LAT in 90 Seconds - Posted June 11, 2007
All Is Happy In Happy Valley: The David Mamet TV show The Unit skipped the headaches of filming in L.A. by shooting its exterior shots on a Santa Clarita cul-de-sacs, where locals are happy to pocket location cash and graze at craft services tables. Emergent Submersibles: Of all the causes to fight... [FishBowlLA]

ClearPlay Gets Rid of Sex, But Keeps Plenty of Hubris Around - Posted May 8, 2007
ClearPlay is very, very proud of itself. After distancing itself from companies that create "family-friendly" versions of hit films, the DVD manufacturer sent a press release with this headline: ClearPlay 1, Steven Spielberg 0 Powerful words, little company. The press release goes on to tout ClearPlay as the stick-our-fingers-in-your-eye victor of a Congressional... [FishBowlLA]

LAT in 90 Seconds - Posted April 5, 2007
Cube=Square: We knew hip-hop was dead when we saw Karl Rove rap. But for those of you who held out hope, we offer you this. Fun For The Kids And Mom And (Snort) Dad, Too! Disney is apparently not as amused as the rest of us by Keith Richards' little gag-inducing gag. Thetan-less... [FishBowlLA]

In The Trades: Heads Roll, Queens Rule, Lawyers Drool - Posted February 9, 2007
Jim Samples has stepped down as head of the Cartoon Network, after the edgy if stupid Aqua Teen Hunger Force marketing effort blew up (or looked like it could) in Boston. Sarah, the Dutchess of York, aka the other Fergie, gets a producer credit on a project about Queen Victoria that... [FishBowlLA]

In The Trades: Heads Roll, Queens Rule, Lawyers Drool - Posted February 9, 2007
Jim Samples has stepped down as head of the Cartoon Network, after the edgy if stupid Aqua Teen Hunger Force marketing effort blew up (or looked like it could) in Boston. Sarah, the Dutchess of York, aka the other Fergie, gets a producer credit on a project about Queen Victoria that... [FishBowlLA]