Disney Mickey Mouse News
- Video: Part two of Disney Epic Mickey's opening cinematic Saturday, September 4, 2010 @ 10:45AMDuring his keynote speech at PAX yesterday, Warren Spector revealed the second half of Disney Epic Mickey 's opening cinematic, which you can find and watch right after the break. The first half, you'll remember , set Mickey up as a mischievous type who'd played around with a magical paintbrush and eventually fallen into a spinning vortex of darkness. In this half, Mickey is dropped into a mad ...
- Unannounced Sony Walkman NWZ-S754 unearthed at IFA Saturday, September 4, 2010 @ 5:51AMThe Walkman section of Sony's booth at IFA this week has an automatic information system that pops up specs on a central display for each model as you pull it away from its base, but there was one unknown model chilling out that popped up nothing more than a "coming soon" message when you yanked it out. What gives, Sony? Why the mystery and suspense? Why are you doing this to us? Well, a little ...
- Fifteen All-New Pieces from Disney Fine Art - Jessica Rabbit - Roger's Moto Works and More Saturday, September 4, 2010 @ 2:01AMCreative Interpretations of Mickey Mouse, Alice in Wonderland and Roger Rabbit. Are Perfect for Holiday Gift-Giving
- BIEBER FEVER Friday, September 3, 2010 @ 6:45PMIs mania over singer a childhood affliction or long-term condition? Puberty, positioning may make the difference. In the pantheon of teen idols, there's a saying that if you don't like one of them, wait long enough and puberty will take care of the problem.
- Back Stage Friday, September 3, 2010 @ 2:03PMI'm not your mentor - I'm your master The Sorcerer's Apprentice (2010) is now showing at the New Capitol Cinemas. This is the eighth film of this name to be made in the last 55 years.
- Tweets From the Park! Friday, September 3, 2010 @ 1:43PMWelcome to Tweets From the Park!, where we round up the best, funniest and most irreverent tweets from Disneyland Resort for your reading pleasure. Follow us on Twitter @OCWeekly! YoureSoW...
- More vacation-from-hell stories from readers Friday, September 3, 2010 @ 11:56AMA sick world after all Judy Ostrom, Overland Park: Our bad vacation was last summer. We planned a week at Universal Studios with a side trip to Disney’s Magic Kingdom. We arrived on Sunday, and things were great. Then on Monday our 14-year-old daughter started feeling bad, with chills, cough and fever, and we figured we’d tag team our two kids. I’d stay with our daughter at the hotel; my husband ...
- Sorcerers haunted by Ghostbusters Friday, September 3, 2010 @ 2:27AMThere are many similarities between the look of The Sorcerer's Apprentice and the 1984 movie Ghostbusters.
- Fantasias Coming to Blu-ray This Fall Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 1:54PMBURBANK, Calif.,
- Review: Sorcerer's Apprentice a Magical Time at the Movies Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 10:50AMReview in a Hurry: It's some kind of magic. Against many odds, a big-budget Jerry Bruckheimer remake—of a story best known with Mickey Mouse in the lead!—manages to hit every mark...
- Disney comes to China Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 10:48AMChina's announcement on Wednesday that Walt Disney could go ahead with its long-planned theme park in Shanghai raised a few eyebrows in Hong Kong. That's because Disney's first foray into the China market, via Hong Kong in 2005, has been tepid at best -- and embarrassing at worst.
- Foundation gives Fremont girl, family trip to Disney World Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 10:34AMAt 3, Brinkley Chandler was granted a special wish.
- 'Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue' screens for free Saturday Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 10:24AMWe all know The Mouse, but who ranks as the second most popular character from the classic Disney pantheon? Forget Donald Duck and don't think Goofy -- it's Tinker Bell, at least according to Bradley Raymond, the appropriately biased writer...
- Price must prove he's the man Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 7:15AMDisney might have sold the Anaheim Ducks, but the National Hockey League can't escape the perception that it's still a Mickey Mouse organization.
- Snack Time! Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 2:03AMDealing with kids and the munchies at Disney parks. The Parenting Panel shares their snacking strategies, (and indulgences!)
- Disney luxury pet resort opens Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 9:13PMTails were wagging at Walt Disney World Resort when Best Friends Pet Care opened the doors to its new, luxury pet resort on Sept. 1. Mickey Mouse’s favorite dog Pluto was there to welcome the first guests. Photo Gallery>>>
- Magic Mick: "Mickey's Magic Show" comes to the Warner Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 12:16PMIllusionist Brad Ross contends that the level of magic in Disney Live's "Mickey's Magic Show" is so high that parents will enjoy it as much as kids, including those who are whisked on stage to help out.
- Your App is a Theme Park Part 1 Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 11:26AMMarty Sklar, former Vice Chairman and Principal Creative Executive of Walt Disney Imagineering, has many times presented a list of rules that are now know as "Mickey's 10 Commandments." We'll take a look at these rules and see how they apply to creating, designing and developing our own applications.
- TAIL WAGGER! Best Friends Opens Luxury Pet Resort at Walt Disney World Resort Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 8:23AMTails were wagging at Walt Disney World Resort today when Best Friends Pet Care opened the doors to its new, luxury pet resort. Â Dennis Dolan, CEO of Best Friends Pet Care, and Phil Bernard, vice president of Walt Disney World Operating Participants, were joined by Mickey Mouse's favorite dog Pluto to welcome the first guests. Â
- Do you know? Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 3:40AM• Garfield was 32 years old on June 19, 2010. • Rugrats the cartoon has been around for a whole decade. • The longest running newspaper comic strip is The Katzenjammer Kids, which was first published in 1897. It is still in publication.
- Disney Legend Bob Gurr: Filling in the Gaps Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 2:03AMWade revisits an interview with the attractions guru and gets some new answers.
- W. Volleyball. No. 11 Golden Bears Look to Profit in USD Tourney Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 7:48PMThe 11th-ranked Golden Bears will take their show on the road as they head for sunny San Diego this weekend. Cal won both of its home matches to open the 2010 campaign, but will receive its first road tests in the USD Tournament at Jenny Craig Pavilion. Host San Diego is ranked No. 25 and was selected to take the West Coast Conference title this season.
- Honolulu Council Chair resigns two years early Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 5:38PMTodd Apo is stepping down to work for Mickey Mouse. Apo will be the director of public affairs Hawaii for...
- Disney World: A peek at pins, Vinylmation tied to 40th anniversary Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 3:18PMI’ve had more than my usual allotment of Disney trading lately. Generally, I’m bewildered by all the options – but I also know if I were to start serious collection of pins and Vinylmation figures, it would hurt my bottom line.
- You're Never Too Old to Join This Marching Band Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 2:39PMThese men and women are reliving their glory days by tooting their own horns and banging a few drums.
- Visitors to Tokyo Disney parks hit 500-M Sunday, August 29, 2010 @ 1:02AMTOKYO - The total number of visitors to Disney's two theme parks on the outskirts of Tokyo hit 500 million Friday, with a housewife winning a ticket for free admission to both resorts for five years.
- Great kids programs part of book festival Saturday, August 28, 2010 @ 11:06PMThe Florida Heritage Book Festival will be held at the Flagler College Ringhaver Student Center, 50 Sevilla St. Sept. 25. The free events run all day. Bring on the kids. They will love this. The programs for children at the Florida Heritage Book Festival offer a variety of fun-filled learning experiences from storytelling to shanty music, African drumming and live interactions with historic ...
- David Bailey: out of his skulls Saturday, August 28, 2010 @ 8:58PMDavid Bailey, Britain's most celebrated photographer, has taken up sculpture – using flags, animal skeletons and exploding beans. Stuart Jeffries finds out more at his Dartmoor home Quite recently, David Bailey decided to make a sculpture of his old friend Andy Warhol. In his studio on Dartmoor, he took a tin can, filled it with beans and then took some more beans to sculpt into the semblance of ...
- Lucy gets her wish Saturday, August 28, 2010 @ 6:27AMTruth be told, it's a story we've done dozens of times. And we never look forward to it. The Make a Wish Foundation sends a sick child on their dream trip, almost always to Disney World. Go talk to the parents.[...]
- Animation Extravaganza at the Grand Illusion Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 5:18PMTwo new animation shows by film historian Dennis Nyback are starting tonight at the Grand Illusion . Last week's series concentrated on Warner Brothers and included as many uncensored shorts and uncomfortable chuckles as could be packed into 90 minutes. After last week's wild ride, Nyback is back at it again with this week's shows, Fuck Mickey Mouse and The Dark Side of Dr. Seuss . The ...
- Beyond theme parks in Central Florida Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 6:54AMThough the area's most famous residents are Mickey and Minnie Mouse, Shamu and new arrival Harry Potter, Orlando has more to offer than its blockbuster theme parks.
- Maryland Renaissance Festival opens Thursday, August 26, 2010 @ 4:04PMFrom history buffs to mead guzzlers, everyone gets into the act From history buffs to mead guzzlers, everyone gets into the act
- 'Mickey Mouse' conference slammed Thursday, August 26, 2010 @ 3:44PMWINDSOR, Ont. — Under attack for spending thousands of dollars on health care leadership advice from a company better known for cartoons and theme parks, the local health integration network has yanked two Disney speakers from its upcoming annual conference in Windsor.
- MarketWatch First Take: Eisner would be a mistake for Tribune Thursday, August 26, 2010 @ 10:56AMIt would be a mistake for Tribune Co., wallowing in bankruptcy and desperately in need of help, to turn to former Walt Disney Chief Executive Michael Eisner as its new chairman, writes Jon Friedman.
- Why Michael Eisner Fits At Tribune Thursday, August 26, 2010 @ 10:33AMMany in Hollywood seemed puzzled yesterday by reports that the former Disney chief might run a newspaper company. Peter Lauria has four reasons why Michael Eisner seems open to it.
- Capsule Reviews of Films Playing at Local Theaters Thursday, August 26, 2010 @ 8:33AMOPENING
- $9,500 Disney consultants too goofy for McGuinty Thursday, August 26, 2010 @ 6:41AMErie St. Clair local health integration network hired Disney as consultants, but Dalton McGuinty cancelled the fun.
- Meddlesome muddle Thursday, August 26, 2010 @ 5:45AMHardly Fantasia. A leaden Nicolas Cage in Jon Turteltaub's underwhelming spin-off.
- Disney: Positive thinking, practical results Thursday, August 26, 2010 @ 4:41AMBruce Jones’ most memorable day at work started with a breakfast with Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and Goofy and 20 screaming children. It ended with a phone call to someone’s parents in then-Yugoslavia to break the news their daughter had been secretly married.
- 14°C - Sunny intervals with variable cloud cover Sunday, August 22, 2010 @ 4:39AMA disney show branded "Mickey Mouse" by furious parents has been shut down by Trading Standards. The Live Stage Show boasted that it came direct from the US and featured Mickey, Minnie, Goofy and other children's favourites.
- Amazing facts Saturday, August 21, 2010 @ 2:49PM*The cross bow was invented by the Chinese and records of its usage goes back to as far as the Three Kingdom Period (220 a.d.-280 a.d.). *It is estimated that by the end of 2000, there has been 142,600 tonnes of gold mined in the world.
- Abigail Disney Doesn't Make Cinderella Stories Saturday, August 21, 2010 @ 11:41AMThe great-niece of Walt is in the family business--but her films are about women and war.
- District 22 candidates have spent $53K on race Saturday, August 21, 2010 @ 9:30AMThe only alternative to another two years of all-Republican representation is write-in Green candidate.
- AFA Disney Boycott Look Back: Of Mice and Morality Saturday, August 21, 2010 @ 9:26AMFive years ago the Tupelo-based American Family Association officially ended its boycott of the Disney Corporation.
- Warren Spector Explains Scrapper Mickey Removal Saturday, August 21, 2010 @ 4:04AMA little bit after E3, we heard a story about how Disney Epic Mickey creative director Warren Spector removed the idea of a "Scrapper" Mickey due to comments from a focus test . During Gamescom 2010, when asked to clarify that statement, he provided the interesting reply below: "Let me start by saying, I have never, and I will never, make a design change as a result of a focus test. It has not ...
- GamesCom 2010: Disney Epic Mickey preview Friday, August 20, 2010 @ 5:14PMDisney Epic Mickey was at GamesCom in full force, with a batch of new stages revealed and the game's lead designer -- Warren Spector -- speaking about the game's development. GamePro spent quite a bit of time with the game and Spector, coming back with the following report.
- MARKETING Friday, August 20, 2010 @ 1:44PMOUTLOOK: Tata Motors to put Nano on the fast track Challenge now is to expand buyer base. Tata Motors is believed to be drawing up an aggressive roadmap for the Nano whose sales are now averaging 9,000 units ...
- Kylie photo 'banned from Facebook' Friday, August 20, 2010 @ 12:46PMFacebook says that a photo of Kylie Minogue with a stuffed animal violates the site's terms of use.
- Michael Jackson 'lawsuit dismissed' Friday, August 20, 2010 @ 9:47AMA judge dismisses a lawsuit against the late Michael Jackson over a canceled concert.
- Easing the drama of college send-off Thursday, August 19, 2010 @ 10:39PMEven savvy parents who managed to get through the college admissions process intact have a difficult time on the day of departure.