Category Archives: Disney

‘Lion King 3D’ defends crown with $22.1 million

By doris | Published: September 26, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com (EW.com) — Four new movies were no match for the feline phenom “The Lion King 3D,” which ruled the box office for the second weekend in a row with $22.1 million, according to studio estimates. The 1994 Disney classic dropped only 27 percent — an incredibly impressive hold considering this is [...]

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Disney legends die within a day of each other

By doris | Published: June 9, 2011

Full Story at TODAYmsnbc.msn.com ANAHEIM, Calif. — They shared a stage at Disneyland five days a week for nearly three decades and died within a day of each other. Betty Taylor, who played Slue Foot Sue in Disney’s long-running Golden Horseshoe Revue, passed away Saturday — one day after the death of Wally Boag, who [...]

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Billy Ray Cyrus: I could have been a better dad

By doris | Published: March 24, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com (PEOPLE.com) — Billy Ray Cyrus is recanting the remarks that ricocheted around the world. “I love ‘Hannah Montana.’ I love Disney. I wouldn’t change anything,” the musician and father of Miley Cyrus said on Wednesday’s “Good Morning America,” in response to a volatile interview he gave in December in which he [...]

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‘Tangled’ wraps up No. 1 spot at box office

By doris | Published: December 7, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com (EW.com) — The week after Thanksgiving is historically known for its precipitous drops, and in that regard, this weekend didn’t disappoint. The overall box office was down 54 percent from last week, as Disney’s “Tangled,” armed with a frying pan, bludgeoned its way past “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows — [...]

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‘Toy Story 3’ sets worldwide box office abuzz

By doris | Published: June 21, 2010

Full Story at TODAY.msnbc.msn.com LOS ANGELES — Welcome back, Woody and Buzz. After a decade-plus absence from theaters, the animated heroes of “Toy Story 3″ sold $153.8 million worth of tickets during their opening weekend at the worldwide box office, according to estimates issued Sunday by distributor Walt Disney Co. Moviegoers in the United States [...]

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‘Alice’ is No. 1 movie; ‘Wimpy’ surprises

By doris | Published: March 23, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com (EW.com) — Disney’s 3-D juggernaut “Alice in Wonderland” continues to surpass expectations with a top spot at the box office its third weekend in theaters. With only a 45 percent fall, the CG spectacle starring Johnny Depp grossed an additional $34.5 million to put its total take at $266 million. That’s [...]

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Disney to close Zemeckis studio, lay off 450

By doris | Published: March 13, 2010

Now a days money troubles have hit every one. But everyone just keep spending to get into trouble and now everyone is paying for it. It is to bad they have to close the studio.Full Story at news.yahoo.com LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The Walt Disney Co plans to close director Robert Zemeckis’ ImageMovers Digital facility [...]

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Roy E. Disney Dies at 79; Rejuvenated Animation

By doris | Published: December 17, 2009

Full Story at NYTimes.com LOS ANGELES — Roy E. Disney, who helped revitalize the famed animation division of the company founded by his uncle, Walt Disney, and who at times publicly feuded with top Disney executives, died on Wednesday in Newport Beach, Calif. He was 79.

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‘Princess and the Frog’ rules the box office

By doris | Published: December 15, 2009

Full Story at msnbc.com “The Princess and the Frog” earned a big wet kiss from family audiences as the animated musical leaped to No. 1 with $25 million in its first weekend of nationwide release, according to studio estimates Sunday. The Disney musical is the studio’s first hand-drawn animated tale in five years, a contrast [...]

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Not much rattling Nicolas Cage these days

By doris | Published: July 27, 2009

Full Story at CNN.com So he doesn’t really need to deliver another gut-wrenching performance to demonstrate his chops. In fact, he can deviate from a traditional film and venture into animated territory. He’s voiced animated characters in the past, but in Disney’s new 3-D tale “G-Force,” Cage lends his voice to a mole. Speckles the [...]

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