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Disney to Buy Hulu Stake, Upload ABC Shows

Lost, Grey's Anatomy to join Hulu roster

Apr 30, 09 12:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - Disney and Hulu have a deal to allow the web-video site to show episodes from ABC properties, the Wall Street Journal reports. Disney’s approximately 30% stake in Hulu will be comparable to that of NBC and News Corp, which bankrolled the site initially. Disney said popular shows like Lost... More »

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Lost • ABC • Grey's Anatomy • Disney • Walt Disney • Hulu • News Corp

Disney Schools Bring Mickey Into Chinese Classrooms

Disney English centers teach Chinese kids new words—and new Disney characters

Apr 20, 09 9:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - Mickey Mouse and his cohorts are moving into China’s huge English-teaching market, reports the Wall Street Journal. Disney English centers teach kids as young as 2 the basics of the language with the help of Disney character-themed lessons and “magic tokens” that can be swapped for Disney merchandise... More »

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China • education • Mickey Mouse • Disney • teaching • English language

(Newser) - With this summer’s movie crop about to bear fruit, New York tells us what lessons we’ll be able to glean. Highlights:
  • Joseph Gordon-Levitt is a star: So charming in the romantic comedy 500 Days of Summer, audiences will “completely forgive his role in GI Joe:
... More »

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Johnny Depp • Disney • Transformers • Judd Apatow • Da Vinci Code • summer movies • Joseph Gordon-Levitt • Angels & Demons • 500 Days of Summer • G-Force • Funny People

(Newser) - Walt Disney Co. has struck a deal with YouTube to show clips from ABC and ESPN shows on the video-sharing site, Variety reports. Facing another year of red ink—YouTube still isn't profitable, the Wall Street Journal says—the company agreed to let Disney show ads along with the clips... More »

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YouTube • ESPN • ABC • Disney • Hulu

 Disney Under Fire for 
 Black Princess's 
 White Prince 

Why isn't first black princess with black prince?

Mar 18, 09 11:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - Disney has unveiled its first black princess—but her prince appears to be white, and the criticism is pouring in, the Mail reports. In the upcoming The Princess and the Frog, New Orleans’ Princess Tiana is voiced by Dreamgirls actress Anika Noni Rose—and while her prince hails from “... More »

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race • film • Disney • Walt Disney • movies • animated movie • controversy

movie review

 Witch Mountain a Fun Ride 

The onetime Rock is well-cast

Mar 13, 09 1:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - Kids’ adventure flick Race to Witch Mountain—the story of a pair of alien teens who meet Dwayne (don't call him the Rock) Johnson and try to save Earth—is good fun, critics say. Here's a rundown:
  • "Thoroughly modern in every way, Race to Witch Mountain bears little
... More »

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film • Disney • movie review • The Rock • Dwayne The Rock Johnson • movies


 Miley Not Ready 
 for Live-In Love 

Teen is too easily annoyed to live with older boyfriend

Mar 11, 09 12:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - Miley Cyrus isn’t ready to move in with her 20-year-old boyfriend—not because she’s a mere 16 years old, but because she gets “annoyed really easily,” the New York Post reports. The Disney starlet told a Detroit radio station, “Just like, everything has to, like,... More »

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Disney • celebrity • Miley Cyrus • teen sex • cohabitation • Justin Gaston

MOVIE REVIEW

 3D Concert Strictly 
 for Jonas Junkies 

Bubblegum rockumentary only works in fans' dimension

Feb 27, 09 10:15 AM CST
(Newser) - The band's tweener fans will swoon for the new Jonas Brothers concert movie, say critics, but Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience has little to offer the uninitiated.
  • Mark Olsen, Chicago Tribune: The movie is "awkwardly stitched together from candy-gloss arena concert footage and somewhat grimier-looking backstage/limo/hotel room
... More »

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Disney • movie review • concert • Jonas Brothers • bands

 Disney to Slash 
 Theme Park Jobs 

Company announces layoffs, major restructuring of park operations

Feb 19, 09 5:04 AM CST
(Newser) - Tomorrowland holds unemployment for an undisclosed number of Disney employees, reports the Orlando Sentinel. The company is restructuring its theme park division—which employs 80,000 people—and plans to cut jobs by consolidating its East and West Coast operations. Analysts believe Disney can make substantial savings this way but... More »

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layoffs • Disney • theme park • restructuring • Disneyland • Walt Disney World

DreamWorks Nails Down
Disney Deal

Spielberg's studio to get financing, distribution for six films a year

Feb 9, 09 3:10 PM CST
(Newser) - Steven Spielberg’s DreamWorks has secured a distribution deal with Disney, the Wall Street Journal reports. Under the agreement, Disney will handle marketing and distribution for six live-action DreamWorks films per year and give Spielberg’s studio access to $150 million in financing. More »

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Steven Spielberg • Walt Disney Co. • Universal Studios • Disney • DreamWorks • Walt Disney • movie financing • financing

tv review

 Disney Kidcom 
 Screams Miley 
 Ripoff 


Feb 7, 09 7:43 PM CST
(Newser) - Still enthralled with Miley Cyrus, Disney is rolling out a so-so show starring its latest "'Hannah'-mannered" glam-girl, Tom Shales writes in the Washington Post. Sonny With a Chance stars Demi Lovato as a comic on an SNL-ish sketch-comedy show. "Not a bad idea in theory," ... More »

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Disney • reviews • sitcom • Demi Lovato

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

(Newser) - The recently renovated “It’s a Small World” ride at Disneyland has some new inhabitants, OC Weekly reports—Disney characters. The ride, which debuted in 1964 to showcase tolerance, now features animatronic versions of popular movie figures alongside children of the world, the AP adds. “What message are... More »

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California • marketing • Disney • Disneyland • cartoon characters • It's a Small World

Jonas Brothers Babysat
the Obama Girls

Boy band drops by on First Kids' first night at White House

Jan 21, 09 1:24 PM CST
(Newser) - Malia and Sasha Obama stayed in, presidential style, while their parents hit the dance floors last night, ABC reports. White House staff surprised the girls—who had requested a showing of High School Musical 3 and Bolt in their new theater—with a scavenger hunt. It introduced the mansion’s... More »

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White House • Disney • Jonas Brothers • teenager • Malia Obama • Sasha Obama • President Obama

 Disney Plans $3.5B 
 Shanghai Park 

$3.59B park could offer 50,000 jobs

Jan 10, 09 9:07 AM CST
(Newser) - Economic struggles around the globe aren’t stopping Disney’s plans to build a $3.59 billion theme park in China, the Wall Street Journal reports. After years of wrangling, the entertainment firm and Shanghai officials agreed this week to send a proposal to the Chinese government for what would... More »

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China • Disney • Shanghai

Disney Channel Coming to Russian TV

Mickey and pals get
first Western foothold
in massive market

Dec 16, 08 5:30 PM CST
(Newser) - Disney has become the first Western company to crack the potentially lucrative Russian TV market, the Wall Street Journal reports. The company and a Russian broadcaster are finalizing plans to introduce Disney programming on 30 stations nationwide. Disney will have a 49% ownership stake in the deal with Russia's Media-One... More »

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Russia • television • Disney Channel • Disney • broadcasting • joint ventures • Media-One Holdings • original content

GLOSSIES

Disney's New 'Tomorrowland' House as Bland as Leftovers

'Furiously unimaginative' update reflects down period in our culture: O'Rourke

Dec 4, 08 3:52 PM CST
(Newser) - In the 1950s, Disneyland wowed visitors and architecture aficionados with its dynamic vision of domesticity in its House of the Future, but, as PJ O’Rourke laments in the Atlantic, Disney’s latest house is “almost furiously unimaginative.” A peek at Disney’s domestic vision finds a future... More »

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technology • architecture • plastic • domestication • Disney • P.J. O'Rourke • 1950s

 After Disney, 
 Eisner Thrives Online 

Eisner believes internet programming is entertainment's future

Nov 23, 08 1:48 PM CST
(Newser) - Michael Eisner was once at the top of the heap as CEO of Disney, where he flourished. But after he was squeezed out by what some thought was poor company performance, he got creative in new media—and “I’m much happier now,” he tells the New York ... More »

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Internet • online media • online videos • Disney • Michael Eisner

MOVIE REVIEW

 Bolt Is Fetching Fun 

Critics say frisky Disney animation is its best effort in years

Nov 21, 08 1:18 PM CST
(Newser) - Disney's latest animated movie may not win prizes for originality, but Bolt is barking up the right tree for family entertainment, say critics. John Travolta voices with "terrific tenderness" the super-powered pooch who's unaware that his life has been a canine Truman Show, writes Michael Rechtshaffen in the Hollywood ... More »

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John Travolta • Pixar • Disney • animation • movie review • Miley Cyrus • movies • animated movie

 Housewives Desperate 
 for Palin Appearance  

Former VP candidate could cash in on SNL popularity

Nov 14, 08 11:52 AM CST
(Newser) - Sarah Palin may have a visit to Wisteria Lane in her future. Desperate Housewives creator Marc Cherry is “very hot to trot to have her appear on the season-five finale,” a Hollywood insider tells the New York Post, and Disney execs love the idea. Cherry "sees her... More »

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Saturday Night Live • ABC • Disney • Desperate Housewives • Sarah Palin • Marc Cherry

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