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NEWS ABOUT: Disney Studios

Disney Studios stories: 5 news summaries

Hollywood Has Its First Gay Studio Chief

Ross' role at Disney
is a milestone, but the industry just shrugs

Oct 7, 09 12:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - You wouldn’t know it from the press—well, most of the press—but Hollywood has just passed a milestone and minted its first openly gay studio chief. Rich Ross has taken over at Disney, which "has long been the most gay friendly studio in Hollywood,” writes Patrick... More »

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Hollywood • Disney Channel • homosexual • Disney Studios • Rich Ross • Tinseltown • openly gay • studio chief

Spurned Spielberg Seeks Disney Deal

Universal scraps Dreamworks plan after demand for more cash

Feb 7, 09 8:35 AM CST
(Newser) - Hollywood's own financial crisis has left Steven Spielberg searching for a home for DreamWorks, the Wall Street Journal reports. Talks over a distribution deal with Universal collapsed yesterday after the studio balked at DreamWorks' request to double its financing commitment to $200 million. DreamWorks is now in talks with Disney,... More »

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Steven Spielberg • Universal Studios • Disney • DreamWorks • credit crisis • movie financing • Mukesh Ambani • Reliance ADA Group • Disney Studios

OPINION

 Best in Show: 
 10 Canine Classics 

Time names top dogs of genre

Dec 29, 08 7:14 PM CST
(Newser) - Marley & Me's victory at the box office last weekend shows that man's best friend still fetches gold in Tinseltown. Time picks their top canine classics:
  • Lassie Come Home (1943): In the film before the series, Lassie escapes to reunite with her original owner, braving bad weather, evil people,
... More »

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Stephen King • dog • movies • Disney Studios • Lassie

Disney Takes Aim at
Family-Friendly Mideast

Company seeks to tap into Arabic appetite for family-friendly films

Nov 12, 08 8:55 AM CST
(Newser) - Disney has decided it's a big world after all, the Financial Times reports. The company is making its first Arabic-language movie, aiming to tap into demand for family-friendly fare in the Middle East. The Last Storyteller will be produced somewhere in the Middle East and distributed in Morocco, Egypt, Lebanon,... More »

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Middle East • Disney • Walt Disney • Arabic • Arab • animated movie • Disney Studios

 Peanuts Animator Dies

Bill Melendez was also 'voice' of Snoopy

Sep 4, 08 4:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - The creator of the Charlie Brown TV specials and movies, one of the most popular animation franchises in entertainment history, has died at the age of 91 in Santa Monica, reports the Los Angeles Times. Jose Cuautemoc "Bill" Melendez brought the Peanuts characters to the screen and was the... More »

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Peanuts • Charlie Brown • Snoopy • Bill Melendez • Disney Studios • National Cartoonist Society • A Charlie Brown Christmas • A Boy Named Charlie Brown • Snoopy, Come Home • Charles Schulz

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