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Bonnie Sweeten, from Pennsylvania, was arrested in Orlando, Florida after making a false 911 call saying she and her daughter had been abducted after a fender-bender in Philadelphia according to Fox News. She claimed on the call that she and her 9-year-old daughter were stuffed into a trunk of a vehicle. It was later found [...]

ESPN, which is owned by the Walt Disney Company, is building a research facility titled the ‘ESPN Innovation Lab’ at Disney’s Wide World of Sports according to the Orlando Sentinel. The facility will allow ESPN to test new technologies like virtual graphics during events held at Walt Disney World. Concepts such as the ‘EA Virtual [...]

The winner of American Idol will be shouting the famous phrase “I’m going to Disney World!” in a new television commercial according to the Associated Press. The winner will also be singing “When You Wish Upon A Star” for the commercial as well. Disney has a camera crew in the Nokia Theater to record the [...]

The Washington Post is reporting that the Walt Disney Company has purchased a 15-acre lot in Prince George’s County 8 miles south of Washington D.C. on the Potomac River. The lot is in the National Harbor development area. Disney is planning to build a 500-room hotel resort on the land and be one of the [...]

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 [...]

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.

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 [...]

In January, the Walt Disney Company said that it was buying out 600 executives, including 300 at Walt Disney World. Now, more jobs are being cut according to the Tampa Tribune. “We are in the middle of a domestic reorganization to our backstage operations.” Mike Griffin, vice president of communications for Walt Disney World Resort [...]

According to the Examiner, ‘Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Show Spectacular’ will be closed March 14th and 15th for the UCA National All Star Cheerleading Championship Competition.  The stage and seating will be used for over 22,000 cheerleaders performing in the competition.

General Motors is considering pulling it’s sponsorship of Test Track at Epcot according to the Sun Sentinel. With the 10-year contract with Disney expires this year and GM losing over $31 billion last year, GM might not be able to afford to renew the contract which is close to $5 million a year. GM has [...]

According to the Orlando Sentinel, the Virgin Megastore at Downtown Disney will close May 31. Originally only the stores in San Francisco and New York City were to be closed, but it was announced today that all six, including the one at Disney, will close.

Disney released a manatee named Brock loose at Blue Spring State Park in Florida according to the Orlando Sentinel. After 8 years of living at Epcot’s Seas with Nemo and Friends. The manatee was rescued near Jacksonville after it’s mother hadn’t been seen in 3 days. It was originally raised at SeaWorld Orlando but was [...]

DreamWorks and The Walt Disney Company are in talks that would allow Disney to distribute DreamWorks’ films according to Animation World Network. Universal released a statement indicating that it’s discussions with DreamWorks has ended which opens the door for Disney. DreamWorks has not put out an official comment but plans to on Monday along with [...]

The Disneyland Railroad is now using processed cooking oil from the park to power the trains. Oil that is used to cook food in the parks for guests is collected by workers and processed in an outside facility. The processed oil is then returned to the park where it is used to fuel the trains. [...]

The Walt Disney Company will be cutting about 400 jobs from the ABC TV unit. According to one ABC News executive, 37 of the cuts were new jobs that had not been filled in the news department. Another ABC executive said that only 200 active workers were being laid off and the rest were 200 [...]