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Disney's Hot Attraction: Jumbo Turkey Legs?

'Caveman pops' have become part of the park experience

(Newser) - Sure, there are the rides, sights, and costumed characters—but a decidedly low-tech wonder has become all the rage at North American Disney parks: turkey legs. "It’s a chance to channel my inner cave woman," one visitor tells the New York Times , which reports that by year'...

Frozen Ices Top Spot, Furnace Opens Cold

Disney animated feature wins weekend box office

(Newser) - The 3-D film Frozen has, well, frozen The Hunger Games: Catching Fire in its tracks. The Disney animated feature gained momentum in its second week, banking $31.6 million to surpass the young adult mega-hit's $27 million at the weekend box office, the LA Times reports. To be fair,...

Hunger Games, Frozen Shatter Thanksgiving Record

Catching Fire pulls in $110.2M over 5 days

(Newser) - Sorry, Harry: Katniss Everdeen has broken your $82.4 million Thanksgiving record. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire gobbled up $110.2 million over the five-day weekend, Wednesday to Sunday, breaking the spell cast by Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. Catching Fire also had the fourth-biggest second weekend in...

Critics Warm to Disney&#39;s Frozen
 Critics Warm to Disney's Frozen 
movie review
Nov 27, 2013 10:20 AM CST

Critics Warm to Disney's Frozen

Disney's latest fairy tale is Broadway-ready

(Newser) - Disney looks poised for another fairy-tale success with Frozen, a tale of two sisters based on Hans Christian Andersen's "The Snow Queen." In the first Disney animated feature co-directed by a woman, Jennifer Lee, filmmakers appear to have their sights set on Broadway, reviewers note.
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China to Kimmel: Say You're Sorry Like You Mean It

'Kill everyone in China' quip sparks anti-ABC protests

(Newser) - China wants ABC to apologize a third time for an insensitive Jimmy Kimmel skit—and to be sincere about it this time. The network has already issued two public apologies over the skit that aired Oct. 16, in which a child suggests "killing everyone in China" to solve America'...

Lone Ranger a $160M Loss for Disney

Johnny Depp blames the critics

(Newser) - Who was that masked man, anyway? Perhaps it would have been better if Disney never found out. The company yesterday announced it has projected it will lose $160 million to $190 million on flop The Lone Ranger, which earned just $29 million in the US and Canada in its opening...

Disney Still Has a Princess Problem

 Disney Still Has a 
 Princess Problem 
OPINION
May 15, 2013 12:15 PM CDT

Disney Still Has a Princess Problem

Disney's merchandising is appalling: Mary Elizabeth Williams

(Newser) - After much outrage, Disney backed down on the makeover it recently tried to give Brave's Merida—the new version, which was to be featured in the Disney Princess line, was no longer "messy, freckly, slightly overbitey," but teeny-waisted, sultry-eyed, and distinctly bow-and-arrow-less—but this is just a...

Disney Tries to Trademark Mexican Tradition
 Disney Tries 
 to Trademark 
 Mexican 
 Tradition 
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
May 12, 2013 7:00 PM CDT

Disney Tries to Trademark Mexican Tradition

Company pulls bid over 'Dia de los Muertos' after outcry

(Newser) - Disney isn't winning points for cultural sensitivity this month after trying to trademark the phrase "Dia de los Muertos," reports the Arizona Republic . The company is working on a film inspired by the centuries-old Mexican holiday, which translates to "Day of the Dead" and celebrates the...

Annette Funicello Dead at 70
 Annette 
 Funicello 
 Dead at 70 
OBITUARY
Apr 8, 2013 12:41 PM CDT

Annette Funicello Dead at 70

Famous Mouseketeer and actress had long suffered from MS

(Newser) - Annette Funicello, who shot to fame at age 12 as a Disney Mouseketeer, has died from complications of multiple sclerosis at age 70, her family confirms to Extra . Funicello parlayed her Disney fame into a successful singing and acting career perhaps most noted for her Beach Party movies with Frankie...

Ellen DeGeneres: Nemo Sequel Finding Dory Is Coming

Disney Pixar film due in November 2015

(Newser) - Finding Nemo fans will be happy to learn that a sequel is coming in November 2015, reports the Huffington Post . Ellen DeGeneres confirmed that she will reprise her voice role as Dory in Finding Dory. "I have waited for this day for a long, long, long, long, long, long...

And the Most Reputable Company in America Is...

Amazon takes top spot from Apple, while AIG is the big loser

(Newser) - Which American businesses have the best rep? Look toward the retail and electronics industries, reports MarketWatch , which shares the results of the latest Harris Interactive survey of the country's top 60 companies. It looked at six factors, among them product quality and how employees are treated. Among the leaders:...

Family Sues Disneyland, Calls &#39;White Rabbit&#39; Racist
Family Sues Disneyland,
Calls 'White Rabbit' Racist
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
Feb 10, 2013 7:47 AM CST

Family Sues Disneyland, Calls 'White Rabbit' Racist

Black family says costumed character discriminated against them

(Newser) - According to a lawsuit, the Black family went to Disneyland and got shunned by the White Rabbit—literally. The San Diego family is suing the amusement park because, they say, the employee playing the Alice in Wonderland character was racist. Last August, 6-year-old Jason Black tried to hug the "...

Star Wars Spinoff Films Coming
 Star Wars Spinoff Films Coming 
Feb 6, 2013 9:52 AM CST

Star Wars Spinoff Films Coming

Stand-alone movies will be in addition to planned trilogy

(Newser) - It's a Star Wars avalanche: In addition to the coming Episodes VII, VIII, and IX , Disney plans to produce a number of spinoff movies that revolve around certain characters, CEO Robert Iger tells CNBC . No word yet on which characters will be featured in the standalone films (rumor is...

Netflix Scores Landmark Disney Movie Deal

Streaming service beats pay TV to rights to show new releases

(Newser) - In a deal Netflix calls a "bold leap forward for Internet television," the company has scored the rights to show new releases from Disney, Pixar, Marvel, and Lucasfilm starting in 2016, when Disney's deal with Starz Movies expires. Older Disney films will be available on Netflix immediately...

Disney, Sears Linked to Burned-Out Garment Factory

Fire that killed 112 was arson, officials say

(Newser) - Walmart wasn't the only major American retailer selling clothes produced in the Bangladesh factory where at least 112 people died in a fire over the weekend , the AP finds. Account books found in the charred remains reveal the factory took orders from Disney, Sears, and other Western brands. Garments...

Critics Gush Over Wreck-it Ralph
 Critics Gush Over 
 Wreck-it Ralph 
movie review
Nov 2, 2012 3:30 PM CDT

Critics Gush Over Wreck-it Ralph

Sarah Silverman's performance may be her 'finest acting work'

(Newser) - Disney's new animated movie Wreck-it Ralph is rocking Rotten Tomatoes with an 85% rating, and some critics say it's the best animated movie of the year. The laffer features the voices of Sarah Silverman and John C. Reilly as video game stars in an 8-bit arcade world. A...

Disney Could Be Good for Star Wars
 Disney Could Be  
 Good for Star Wars 
OPINION
Oct 31, 2012 8:24 AM CDT

Disney Could Be Good for Star Wars

Disney isn't the Dark Side. It offers 'new hope' for the franchise

(Newser) - Lewis Wallace finds Star Wars fans' lack of faith disturbing. Many have been panicking about Disney's $4 billion purchase of Lucasfilm , envisioning more disasters like Ewoks and Jar Jar Binks, but Wallace doesn't think they need to worry, for one simple reason: "Disney knows how to make...

Meet Disney's First 'Latina' Princess

Although plenty of critics don't think Sofia looks very Latina

(Newser) - Disney has released a trailer featuring a new character by the name of Princess Sofia, notable because the company considers her its first Latina princess. The thing is you probably wouldn't guess it from looking at her, notes Mashable . It rounds up tweets on the subject that fall into...

Disney Dumps Rainforest-Killing Paper Makers

Environmental activists applaud the move

(Newser) - It took a lot of cajoling—including some activists chaining themselves to the gates of its corporate headquarters—but Disney has at last agreed to stop using paper from a pair of controversial Asian companies accused of depleting Indonesia's rainforests, the Guardian reports. "The Jungle Book will no...

Ka-Pow! Disney Sued for Billions in Battle for Marvel

Suit questions giant profits from superhero films

(Newser) - Disney is facing a multibillion-dollar lawsuit over its enormous success with Marvel superhero flicks. Stan Lee Media says Stan Lee gave it the rights to the many characters he created in 1998—then gave identical rights to Marvel Enterprises, which Disney bought in 2009 for $4.3 billion. "The...

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