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According to The Hollywood Reporter, Disney/PIXAR will be expanding into Canada. The new studio in Vancouver will focus on creating non-feature animation of the “legacy characters.” The main content coming out of the Vancouver studio will be shorts featuring the Toy Story and Cars characters, although don’t be surprised if others show UP.

My Fox Orlando is reporting that Nancy Alvarez (a 21 year-old Miami woman) has been arrested for placing false advertisements for cheap Walt Disney World discount tickets and packages, which scammed about $7,500 from the customers. The ads were placed on Craigslist under the business name “A Fairy Tale Event.” Alvarez was arrested after she [...]

Welcome to the ninth, and last, Magic Makers post about Walt Disney’s Nine Old Men. An important note to make: there will be more posts in this series, but we’ll focus on other important people that have worked (or still work) at the Walt Disney Studios. This time, we’ll be focusing on Marc Davis. Marc [...]

  According to TIME, Suzi Brown, spokeswoman for Disneyland, has confirmed that several employees have been reassigned. They were previously in charge of scanning through photographs taken on Splash Mountain, Tower of Terror, California Screamin’, and Space Mountain, for any signs of nudity or vulgar expressions. The company began screening 10 years ago.

Disney has seen its profits fall in most sectors this quarter mainly due to poor performance at the box office according to the Finanicial Times. Operating income for Disney’s studios fell 97% to $13 million with DVD sales falling short for Beverly Hills Chihuahua and Bolt. Theme park attendance has remained steady but spending by [...]

1903: Singer Bing Crosby (Narrator in The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad) is born in Tacoma, Washington. 1915: Actor Ben Wright (Grimsby in The Little Mermaid, Wolf in The Jungle Book) is born in London, England. 1916: Actress, and Disney Legend, Adriana Caselotti (Snow White in Snow White and the Seven Dwarves) is born in Bridgeport, Connecticut. [...]

News links and resources from this episode: Marty Sklar, long time Disney executive, has been with the company for 53 years and will retire July 17th. Disney is going to plant 2.7 million trees based on how many people saw their movie “Earth” on opening weekend. Disney purchased Kaboose.com which includes a suite of websites [...]