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1879: Actress Lucile Watson (Song of the South) is born in Quebec, Canada. 1889: Actor Don Brodie (Barker in Pinocchio) is born in Cincinnati, OH. 1908: Actress Barbara Luddy (Kanga in many Winnie the Pooh serials, Merryweather in Sleeping Beauty, Rover in One Hundred and One Dalmatians, Lady in Lady and the Tramp) is born in Great Falls, MT.  [...]

According to USA Today, Walt Disney Animation is scheduled to make its first television special for the ABC Television network. The program, labeled Prep and Landing is due out near Christmas time and was created by Chris Williams and produced by John Lasseter. Prep and Landing focuses on the North Pole Christmas Eve Command Center where elves [...]

Disney’s first foray into Motion-Capture film will be another adaptation of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. In order to drum up excitement about seeing the new animation style, Disney is setting out on a 40-city train tour which includes sneak peeks and summertime snow, among other activities. More details can be found here. The tour dates/locations [...]

Earlier this week, Disney Parks launched a new way for consumers to buy signature souvenirs. WDW mouse-ear-hats, mugs, snowglobes, as well as Disneyland merchandise, will be available through www.disneyparks.com/store. Other merchandise includes t-shirts, monorail train sets, and popcorn buckets. Note: The website above currently only includes merchandise from the American parks.

1904: Actor Fred Shields (Narrator for Saludos Amigos and The Three Caballeros) is born in Kansas City, Missouri. 1906: Sound effects guru James Macdonald (Mickey and the Beanstalk, House of Mouse, Snow White, Alice in Wonderland) is born in Dundee, Scotland. 1908: Writer Ralph Wright (Eeyore in Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree, Winnie the Pooh and the [...]

1872: Actor Taylor Holmes (King Stefan in Sleeping Beauty) is born in Newark, New Jersey. 1883: Sketch artist Albert Hunter (Snow White, Pinocchio)  is born in Zurich, Switzerland. 1908: Illustrator, and Disney Legend, Joe Grant (Snow White, Dumbo, Fantasia, Aladdin, The Lion King, Pocahontas, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Hercules) is born in New York City. 1911: Actor [...]

On May 14, around 6:00 p.m. a small brushfire was reported to be about 2.5 miles from Downtown Disney. It’s a slow moving fire and is said to be under control.  If you’re in Disney World, stay tuned to local media in case the fire gets out of control (which is unlikely).

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.

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. [...]

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 [...]