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The newest class of Disney Legends was unveiled this week. The list includes:

Frank Gifford (TV Broadcaster)
Toshio Kagami (CEO of the Oriental Land Company)
Walt Peregoy (Animator: Peter Pan, Lady and the Tramp, Sleeping Beauty, The Sword in the Stone, Mary Poppins, The Jungle Book)
Dorothea Redmond (Imagineer: New Orleans Square at Disneyland, Fantasyland)
Russi Taylor (Voice of Minnie [...]

1891: Director Burt Gillett (The Three Little Pigs, The Moth and the Flame, The Brave Little Tailor) is born in Elmira, New York.
1903: Director, and Disney Legend, Hamilton Luske (Pinocchio, Alice in Wonderland, Cinderella, Peter Pan, Mary Poppins) is born in Illinois.
1911: Producer, and Disney Legend, Bill Anderson (Disneyland TV series, The Barefoot Executive, The Apple Dumpling Gang, [...]

Bloomberg News is reporting that the Tokyo Broadcasting System is suing ABC for copyright issues pertaining to the network’s hit summer show “Wipeout”. So far, TBS is claiming that the summer sensation violated copyright issues on three of its Japanese shows.
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Reuters is reporting that the Oriental Land Company (the company behind the Tokyo Disneyland Resort) has scrapped plans for another Disney park in Japan. The company’s sole decision against the park is that there were “poor prospects of the project’s investment returns.” The park would have been an “urban-style” theme park.

1905: Actor Andy Devine (Friar Tuck in Robin Hood) is born in Flagstaff, Arizona.
1907: Animator, and Disney Legend, Art Babbit (Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Pinnochio, Dumbo, and Goofy in his later shorts) is born in Omaha, Nebraska.
1910: Writer Winston Hibler (the Disneyland TV series, Sleeping Beauty, Peter Pan) is born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
1918: Film editor, and Disney Legend, Norman [...]

The Orlando Sentinel is reporting that the Super Soaps Weekend at Disney World will see its last year this year. Brian Frons, the president of Daytime, Disney-ABC Television Group, has said that they would rather send the soaps stars on a national tour rather than spend a single weekend in Florida. Disney’s Hollywood Studios issued [...]

According to the BBC, The New York City Opera has commissioned Philip Glass (”Einstein on the Beach”) to write a new show about Walt Disney. “The Perfect American” will be an American version of Peter Stephan Jungk’s novel “Der König von Amerika.” The show is scheduled to premier in the 2012-2013 season.

DMNews is reporting that Tim Foster (Guide to the Magic) and Lou Mongello (WDW Radio) are teaming up to form Celebrations-an unofficial magazine for Disney fans. It will be distributed every other month and the founders hope it will fill the gap left after Disney stopped their official magazine, the Disney Magazine.
Previously this year, the Walt [...]

The LA Times reported that, on Wednesday, the Walt Disney Company previewed many of its upcoming movies that have so far been announced. Amid all the chaos, it was announced that Johnny Depp, the man behind Captain Jack Sparrow, has taken on the roll of the Madd Hatter in Tim Burton’s remake of the Disney [...]

The Walt Disney World Company is changing the name of its sports complex. Disney’s Wide World of Sports will be renamed ESPN’s Wide World of Sports, according to the Orlando Sentinel. In an effort to bring even more synergy to the Florida destination, Ken Potrock, the Senior Vice President of Wide World of Sports, said that [...]

Celebration Vacation is the newest Disney Parks promotion for 2009. Part of this promotion is that anyone can receive a one day Magic Your Way ticket for free on their birthday. Also included in the new promotion are new street parties, a Tomorrowland video dance party (WDW), a celebration barbecue and festive birthday party (Disneyland) [...]

The Mercury News is reporting that the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood is up for sale. The theatre, originally built in 1926 as a showcase for live plays, was restored by the Walt Disney Company to showcase their movies. The current asking price for the building is $31 million. For that price, the buyer will [...]

All Headline News is reporting that Miley Cyrus has signed a deal to star in a movie tailor-made for her by Nicholas Sparks, author of The Notebook and A Walk to Remember. The deal came about after young Cyrus expressed that she wanted to successfully transition from a teen pop sensation to a young adult [...]

Have you been a little bit out of it lately? Have your allergies been acting up or have you had an accident? Have you been increasingly irritable or sleepy? Have you been upbeat or shy? Then you might be suffering the Seven Dwarfs syndrome. ABC Studios has come up with a remedy to this situation [...]

During the Disney Magic’s 3 week dry dock (which started on September 6), the cruise ship will receive several changes for its 10-year anniversary: a Fantasia-themed pool, new 22-inch LCD television sets in cabins, waterfalls from the hot tubs into the pool in “Quite Cove”, and new chairs in the “Cove Cafe”, among others, according to the [...]