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Independent film studio Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. has reached an agreement with Walt Disney Company’s ABC Studios to distribute “According to Jim”, “Reaper”, “Hope & Faith”, “8 Simple Rules…for Dating My Teenage Daughter”, “Kevin Hill” and other ABC series onto DVD.

The Walt Disney Company’s internet division sure has been busy lately. Especially with the Bolt and Up websites going live last week. Now, two more movies have their own websites:

The Race to Witch Mountain, a reimagining of the 1970s film Escape to Witch Mountain, has a website with few details: there’s only a logo and [...]

Rumors about Disney opening a new park in Shanghai has caused a run on property in Shanghai with people opening businesses and expanding homes according to the Wall Street Journal. Residences of Jinjia, a Shanghai village, believe that by expanding their homes and opening businesses, Disney and the local government will be offering relocation [...]

WFTV is reporting that a Lake County, Florida, family owned clown company is being sued by the Walt Disney Company for $1,000,000 due to trademark infringement for their use of Tigger, Eyeore, and Pooh at their clown parties. The company, ‘Kool Klown Party People‘, purchased costumes of Tigger, Eyeore and Pooh from an eBay [...]

The Orlando Sentinel is reporting that Walt Disney World is upset over expired FastPass tickets being sold on eBay. Disney has contacted eBay about this but eBay is refusing to do anything about them. Expired FastPasses are not supposed to be accepted at attractions, but the on-line sellers claim that Disney is not [...]

Edwin Sotomayor, a security guard at Disney’s Animal Kingdom, is challenging Disney on their stance that the park is exempt from the new gun law passed in Florida. Sotomayor has been suspended from his job after he refused to allow Disney managers and Orange County Sheriff Deputies search his car. Managers drove [...]

Cast Members will not be able to store their hand guns on Disney property in Florida despite the law passed in Florida, ‘Preservation and Protection of the Right to Keep and Bear Arms in Motor Vehicles Act of 2008‘, allowing employees to store hand guns in their cars at work. Disney says that language [...]

A 52 year old construction worker has died from his injuries received in a construction accident at Disney’s All-Star Resort on June 13th. Reedy Creek Emergency Services said the man was working on a high-lift vehicle and got pinned against something at the site. He received chest, neck and head injuries and was [...]

The Walt Disney Company is concerned that their main website, Disney.com, is not entertaining enough. This is why they have decided to give the website another makeover. The changes include more free videos, full-length movies, games, and things for users to do with their cell phones. The makeover is expected to take [...]

Port Canaveral has approved a $32 million loan for port improvements to help accommodate Disney Cruise Line’s newest and largest ships. SunTrust was awarded the contract. The port’s improvements are on a tight timeline to be ready for Disney’s newest ship which is expected to arrive in 2011.
(Additional Information: Orlando Sentinel)

Disney Cruise Line will be the first cruise ship to return to Costa Maya since it was destroyed by Hurricane Dean in August 2007. The Disney Magic will make its port of call on September 30th and will return once a month for the rest of the year. Hurricane Dean destroyed most of [...]

Walt Disney Parks and Resort has named Djuan Rivers as the Vice President of the Disney Vacation Club and Resort in Hawaii. Rivers will work with the community, business and government leaders while the 21-acre property is built at the Ko Olina Resort. Rivers has helped open nine resorts in Florida and Paris [...]

Charles Hurrey, A Walt Disney World employee, was arrested on three counts of possessing child pornography. Hurrey admitted to downloading the films but stated he was just curious why people would make them. He has denied ever harming a child. He was employed at Disney’s Hollywood Studios where he issued and repaired [...]

While crossing the Panama Canal on May 16, the 964-foot, 875-stateroom Disney Magic’s canal fees totaled $331,200. The Panama Canal Authority increased fees in 2007 and now charges cruise ships according to the number of beds instead of the cargo capacity. The previous record fee paid by a cruise ship was $313,000 last [...]

During a presentation to unveil the new features of the Blu-Ray “Sleeping Beauty” disc, division president Bob Chapek described what Disney is calling BD Live technology. For “Sleeping Beauty,” this includes a menu backdrop that mirrors weather conditions in the viewer’s hometown, to onscreen chat rooms to chat with people watching the movie at [...]