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(News | Source: Reuters) ABC is confident that the Academy Awards will air as planned on February 24th despite the on-going strike. Disney also sees no need to offer their advertisers contingencies for lower ratings as well. The Writers Guild of America has threatened to picket the awards ceremony and that Hollywood’s elite might skip [...]

(News | Source: CNet) iRiver is bringing its Disney-branded MPlayer to the United States featuring a super small player shaped like Mickey’s head. This version, previewed at CES, will come in a number of colors, is screen less and simple. The player comes with 1 gigabyte of flash memory and will retail for around $70.

(News | Source: Florida Today) Toy Story – The Musical is a new Broadway-style stage show that will open on the Disney Wonder in late March. The show will make its official premier on April 10th. “Toy Story is a very, very rich and compelling story, and it’s given us great material to pull from [...]

(News | Source: TV Week) The Walt Disney Company has named Ann Lewis Roberts as the senior VP for Buena Vista Productions and the SoapNet channel. She will develop and oversee all non-scripted programming. Adam Rockmore was named senior VP of marketing for ABC Daytime and SoapNet. He will oversee existing Buena Vista programs including [...]

(News | Source: AWN) Finding Nemo will be released this year on Blu-ray with new features. The disc will debut the first Cine-Explore which will feature full motion picture-in-picture of visual commentary with the directors and writers. Additionally, there are new BD-Java game titled Mr. Ray’s Ed-venture which is hosted by Dory, Marlin and Ray. [...]

(News | Source: AP) The Buzz Lightyear float broke apart on Wednesday during the Disney Dreams On Parade at Tokyo Disneyland causing the park to cancel the rest of the parade. A 660 pound steel pillar with colorful planets broke off from the float and landed yards away from children lined up to watch the [...]

(News | Source: AP) Debbie Lazaroff, from Jackson, Michigan, is running her 100th marathon at the Walt Disney World Marathon. Lazaroff, 51, began running in 1991 and has run in marathons in Paris, the Cayman Islands and 37 states. She has run in the past 14 Disney marathons as well. “It’s a good way to [...]

(News | Source: Walt Disney Company) Disney and CareerBuilder.com are launching the search for the first-ever Disney Parks Chief Magical Official (CMO) who will spread magic during The Year of a Million Dreams. The position will require travel, including travel to the Disney Parks, during the week, weekends, and holidays. They will be compensated hourly [...]

(News | Source: Orlando Sentinel) Disney has released photos from inside Toy Story Mania ride; click on the source link above to view it. The photo shows the ride seating and the background set for the ride. The ride is expected to open in 2008 at Disney’s Hollywood Studios.

(News | Source: Orlando Sentinel) Disney Cruise Line is entering its 10th year with new plans for destinations. One of the plans is to send the Disney Magic to Los Angeles, California, for the summer with ports of call along the U.S. West Coast and the Mexican Riviera. From May 11 through August 24th, the [...]

(News | Source: WESH) January 7th marks the official date for the name change of Disney-MGM Studios to Disney’s Hollywood Studios. Most signs and maps have been updated by now along with Disney’s website. The name change also finally ends a legal dispute with the MGM film company.

(News | Source: CNN) Disney-ABC Television Group has signed an agreement with Microsoft’s Xbox LIVE to offer TV shows and movies available on the Xbox 360 system. Shows like Lost, Grey’s Anatomy, Ugly Betty and Desperate Housewives will be available along with shows from the ABC Network, ABC Family, ABC News, Disney Channel and Toon [...]

(News | Source: Multichannel News) The Walt Disney Company is fighting the Federal Communications Commission over the attempt to impose ‘wholesale’ a la carte rules on the cable industry. Disney says that the FCC can’t pass these rulings because the U.S. Congress has not given them the authorization to intervene in the program-distribution market. The [...]

(News | Source: Hindustan Times) The Walt Disney Company is planning to announce a joint venture with Yash Raj Films to create animated films voiced by Indian movie stars. The agreement would make at least one animated film per year. Disney is trying to change its international strategy by making films in local markets instead [...]

(News | Source: Mid-Hudson News Network) Two pieces of original Disney artwork has been found 17 years after it was stolen in March 1991 from the Museum of Cartoon Art. Both were found in Hollywood, Florida in October 2007 after an antiques collector bought the artwork as part of an assorted collection of unwanted property [...]