Are you ready for the most exciting news from 1938 Hollywood? Well it happens to be “How Walt Disney Cartoons are made”, which paints the Disney Studios as a Wonka-like creative mystery land whose doors are being throw open for the first time.
I remember seeing this for the first time a couple [...]

The World of Disney Store in New York City will not renew its lose and will close when it expires in 2010. This is the last World of Disney Store outside of Anaheim and Orlando and it will be missed. Disney has said that they will open a Disney Store somewhere in Manhattan [...]

Due to complaints by consumer organizations and opponents of underage drinking, Disney has decided to stop distributing Ratatouille Chardonnay. The French 2004 vintage white Burgundy Remy on the Ratatouille character Remy on the label. Some people thought that by depicting a popular character on the label they were marketing to children and it [...]

Disney CEO Robert Iger has stated flatly that all Disney animated film aimed at children will be forbidden from depicting smoking and furthermore films aimed at adults will “discourage” smoking. Whatever that means (all smoking characters will have bad coughs and be full of remorse?). This is a huge boost for the anti-smoking lobby [...]

I was reading this article about a little girl who cut herself badly on a bottle of Disney perfume. Its an interesting read and you feel really bad for the parents and the child right up until this quote.
Mum Rachel Burston said: “It would serve them right if the next child to cut themselves [...]

Hollywood Records is releasing a new CD format that contains enhanced multimedia features. They are doing this in an attempt to woo people away from online music. The format, called CDVU+, allows people to see exclusive videos and pictures of the artist. They will release 5 CDs using the new [...]

If you are a member of Walt Disney’s mail order movie club a warning has been issued. Your credit card information may have been compromised. The company sent letters to its customers stating their information was found with a Wisconsin suspect named David Haltinner who was arrested in a federal undercover sting [...]

NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Retail sales by Disney and its licensees are on track to reach the $26 billion level in fiscal 2007 (FY07), which would double the $13 billion in retail sales of just five years ago in fiscal 2002; it was announced today by Disney Consumer Products (DCP) Chairman Andy Mooney at the International Licensing [...]

We are all familiar with Disney’s Buena Vista Television. It seems that the Television Division is no longer. Disney has now announced OFFICIALLY that it will now rename the syndication division as Disney-ABC Domestic Television. The name change has been discussed for quite some time now ever since the Touchstone TV Network Production was [...]

A lot of talk on the web today about the Disney-style Chinese theme park. Its a pretty interesting looking at the Beijing Shijingshan Amusement Park, but the photos I have seen really don’t stand up to what you would see in Disney itself. Still I would really like to visit it someday [...]