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According to Bloomberg News, the Walt Disney Company has bought 27% of the internet streaming site, Hulu. The company joins Providence Equity Partners, NBC Universal, and News Corp. as investors in the internet phenomenon for less than $35 million.  As part of the deal, Hulu will gain full-length episodes from current ABC and ABC Family [...]

1902: Singer Harry Stockwell (Singing voice of the Prince in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs) is born in Kansas City, Missouri. 1905: Actor Dennis O’Dea (Father Murphy in Darby O’Gill and the Little People, Dr. Livesy in Treasure Island) is born in Dublin, Ireland. 1915: Animator Art Stevens (Fantasia, Bambi, Peter Pan, 101 Dalmatians, Winnie the Pooh and [...]

1886: Actress Belle Montrose (The Absent Minded Professor, Son of Flubber) is born Isabelle Donohue in Illinois. 1906: Actor Eddie Albert (The Barefoot Executive, Beyond Witch Mountain, Escape to Witch Mountain, MIracle of the White Stallions) is born in Rock Island, Illinois. 1914: Actor, and Disney Legend, Betty Lou Gerson (Cinderella and Cruella De Vil in 101 Dalmations) is [...]

This week’s podcast is a completely different show format featuring three new segments: ObserVANces, FaceOff! and the Lightning Round. Special thanks to Matt Hochberg of StudiosCentral.com and the WDWToday podcast for joining in. Please leave your thoughts on any topic in our discussion (or the show format itself) in the message boards.

According to Entertainment Tonight, Disney will plant a tree for everyone who attends the Disneynature film ‘Earth’ this weekend. From advanced sales, Disney has already committed to planting 500,000 trees. The company will plant the trees in critical areas of biodiversity such as Brazil’s Atlantic rain forest.

Once again, Disney theme parks command nearly all spots on the top 10 theme parks with the highest attendance according to TEA (Themed Entertainment Association). Nearly all Disney theme parks world-wide were represented in the top 10 with the exception of the Walt Disney Studios (France), Hong Kong Disneyland and Disney’s California Adventure parks. The [...]

1887: Actor Christian Rub (Pinocchio in Pinocchio) is born in Austria. 1907: Animator Bernhard August Gramatky, Jr. (worked at Disney from 1929-1936) is born in Dallas, Texas. 1917: Actor Hans Conried (Mr. George Darling/Captain Hook in Peter Pan, The Cat From Outer Space, The Shaggy D.A., Davy Crockett: King of the Wild Frontier) is born in Baltimore, Maryland. [...]

The Walt Disney Company announced a new, innovative device that enables guests who are blind to “see” Disney World. The device uses Disney’s proprietary wireless system to deliver audio descriptions of rides and attractions. The hand held unit can also be used for guests who are deaf or hard-of-hearing to deliver amplified audio content or [...]

1915: Actor Harry Morgan (The Barefoot Executive, Scandalous John, The Apple Dumpling Gang, Snowball Express, The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again, The Car From Outer Space) is born in Detroit, Michigan. 1924: Actress Jane Kean (Miss Taylor in Pete’s Dragon) is born in Hartford, Connecticut. 1928: Actor James Garner (Commander Lyle Tiberius Rourke in Atlantis: The Lost Empire, [...]

News from this week’s show include: Georgia will get a Miley Movie Tron 2 is presumed to cost a lot of money WDW has been certified as “Storm Ready” by the National Weather Service The latest living character can now be seen at France in Epcot Abigail Disney sold an apartment for 46% less than [...]

According to TVGuide.com, ABC will air all three remaining episodes of Pushing Daisies as well as the final four episodes of Eli Stone and Dirty, Sexy Money. Starting May 30 at 10, join the workers of the Pie Hole for their last few adventures. Once that run wraps up, Eli Stone will take the time [...]

Teresa Scarborough of Clermont died Sunday at Walt Disney World after her car failed to negotiate a curve near the Wilderness Lodge resort according to the Miami Herald. Her car went into oncoming traffic and hit a Walt Disney World Resort bus. Florida Highway Patrol does not believe alcohol was involved but are still investigating [...]

A new iPhone app is now availble that helps you work your way through the Disneyland park in California. The application uses a custom map of the park along with the iPhone’s built-in GPS technology to navigate you through the park. Other features include the ability to configure “to visit” lists, see FASTPASS® information and [...]

News from this week’s show include: Free dining is back. I suggest contacting Manly at Main Street Travel Co. for more details. Disney says they have laid off 1,500 people between their U.S. theme parks. Gov. Blagojevich was in Disney World prior to the announcement of his indictment. That didn’t stop NBC 2 news from [...]

1805: Writer Hans Christian Anderson (The Little Mermaid) is born in Odensk, Funen, Denmark. 1889: Actor Herman Bing (Ringmaster in Dumbo) is born in Germany. 1899: Film pioneer, engineer, and Disney Legend, Bill Garity (put sound to Steamboat Willie, perfected the multiplane camera, and co-invented Fantasound-now known as surround sound) is born in Brooklyn, New York. 1905: [...]