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• In just one week, the Con is on !

  Jim Hill reviews the programming for Comic-Con 2008 and then points out some panels & signings that Disneyana fans should probably seek out while they're down in San Diego Read More... Posted Thursday, July 17, 2008 12:00 AM | 2 Comments Filed under: Disney, TV, Pixar, ABC, Disney Channel, Walt Disney Animation Studios, Pixar Animation Studios, television, Walt Disney Home Entertainment, "Bolt", film, movie, Eric Goldberg, 2008, 2009, Disney / Pixar, TV show, feature film , Chris Sanders, "The Little Mermaid -- Ariel's Beginning", comic book, comic books , ABC reality series, "Up", "Prince of Persia"

• "High School Musical 5 & 6" ?! "Beauty & the Beast" headed back to Broadway ?!

  Jim Hill shares some of the domain names that the Walt Disney Company has recently registered. Including a new year-long promotion for 2009 that looks & sounds an awful lot like 2003's "Magical Gatherings" campaign Read More... Posted Tuesday, June 03, 2008 12:00 AM | 22 Comments Filed under: Disney, Broadway, musical, "High School Musical", ABC, Disney Channel, Disneyland, Walt Disney World, Disney Theatrical, "Beauty & the Beast", Anaheim, Orlando, The Walt Disney Company, "High School Musical 3", "High School Musical 4", "High School Musical" franchise, Disneyland Resort, Jay Rasulo, Disney Parks & Resorts, "Aida", WDW, "Year of a Million Dreams", hotel, Broadway musical, Disney Channel Original, 2008, 2009, Disney World, The Walt Disney World Resort, "Toy Story Mania", "Toy Story Midway Mania", 2007, "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" , Broadway production, 2003, on property, TV movie, TV movies , hotels, 2006, Disney franchise, theatrical release, 2010, "My School Musical" , "High School Musical: Get in the Picture" , "High School Musical 5" , "High School Musical 6", Wildcats, East High, Matt Prokop, Justin Martin , Jemma McKenzie-Brown, "HSM3" , domain name , "Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas - The Musical" , St. James Theatre , Paul Kolnik, Big Apple , holiday treat, seasonal run , seasonal production, revival , "Annie" , Old Globe Theatre, Hilton Theatre, national tour, "Magical Gatherings" , Disney vacation, "Disney’s Magical Celebration", "Disney’s Magical Celebrations", Regular Unleaded, gasoline, DP&R, year-long promotion, heads in beds, consumers, theme park tickets, plane reservations, hotel rooms, birthday buttons, pins, plush

• Tween favorites draw huge crowds to the 2008 Disney Channel Games

  Jim Hill looks back on last week's events at Disney's Wide World of Sports. Which culminated in a concert that sent thousands of Central Florida tweens into a Disney Channel-induced frenzy Read More... Posted Wednesday, May 07, 2008 12:00 AM | 7 Comments Filed under: Disney, Disney Channel, Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney World, Orlando, Disney's Hollywood Studios, "Cory in the House", "Hannah Montana", Miley Cyrus, Mickey Mouse, Central Florida, WDW, Disney Channel Original, JHM, 2008, 2009, Disney World, TV special, tween, concert , TV movie, cable channel, tweens, concert film, "Camp Rock" , production team, Jonas Brothers, Disney's Wide World of Sports, 2008 Disney Channel Games , squealing , the Jonas Brothers , the Cheetah Girls , Cheetah Girls, "The Suite Life of Zack & Cody" , "Wizards of Waverly Place" , Disney Channel Games , Mitchel Musso , Disney Channel star, Nick Jonas, Joe Jonas, Kevin Jonas, Selena Gomez , "Disney’s Wizards of Waverly Place" , Disney Channel Games Parade , Champion Stadium, Central Florida sun , favorite performer, TV taping, PA, safety , buffer zone, performers, WDW Security, Sabrina Bryan, Kiely Williams , Adrienne Bailon, "See You Again", "Cheetah Girls – One World", "One World" , water , Demi Lovato , stage, Beatles , Beatlemania, 1960s, Jonas Brothers 3-D movie, 3-D movie, Disney officials , "Go" project, go project , taping , commemorative poster, Disboards , 2009 Disney Channel Games, ears ringing

• Monday Mouse Watch : "Camp Rock 2" ? A Jonas Brothers concert in 3D ?

  Jim Hill talks about the Walt Disney Company's future plans for some of the Disney Channel's most popular performers & programs Read More... Posted Monday, April 14, 2008 12:00 AM | 14 Comments Filed under: Disney, "High School Musical", Disney Channel, Walt Disney Pictures, "High School Musical" franchise, "Hannah Montana", Miley Cyrus, Walt Disney Studios, movie, Disney Channel Original, 2009, "Hannah Montana and Miley Cyrus: Best of Both World Concert" , Disney Digital 3D, "Camp Rock" , Jonas Brothers

• Monday Mouse Watch : Hannah Montana & High School Musical-themed makeovers soon to be offered at Disney's Hollywood Studios

  Jim Hill talks about this variation on "Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique" that's about to be built at the Walt Disney World Resort. Only this time around, this pricey beauty parlor will help your child look like their favorite Disney Channel star Read More... Posted Monday, February 04, 2008 12:00 AM | 22 Comments Filed under: Disney, movies, theme park, "High School Musical", Disney Channel, Downtown Disney, Walt Disney World, Magic Kingdom, Orlando, Disney's Hollywood Studios, "High School Musical 2", The Magic Kingdom, "High School Musical 3", "High School Musical" franchise, "High School Musical 2: Extended Edition", "Hannah Montana", Dwayne Johnson, "The Rock", Miley Cyrus, Emily Osment, Disney Princess, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, WDW, Ariel, film, movie, World of Disney, Disney Channel Original, HSM, Disney World, The Walt Disney World Resort, film franchise, merch, tween, merchandise , merchandise location , TV movie, TV movies , tweens, "Hannah Montana and Miley Cyrus: Best of Both World Concert" , concert film, 3-D, Disney Digital 3D, Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique, beauty parlor, Cinderella Castle , Belle, Jasmine, Gabriella , Sharpay , Hannah Montana , Hannah Montana wig , Ashley Tisdale , Sharpay Evans , retail establishment , concert tour , "Camp Rock" , "The Cheetah Girls 3", mini-Miley

• Will the writer's strike force production of "High School Musical 3" & "The Hannah Montana Movie" to be postponed ?

  Jim Hill shares the grim news coming out of Burbank. Which suggests that -- unless the WGA returns to work early in 2008 -- Walt Disney Pictures may have no choice but to push back production of the big screen versions of these two Disney Channel favorites Read More... Posted Thursday, December 20, 2007 12:00 AM | 17 Comments Filed under: Disney, Disney Channel, Walt Disney Pictures, "High School Musical 3", "High School Musical" franchise, television, "Hannah Montana", Miley Cyrus, "The Hannah Montana Movie", Burbank, Walt Disney Studios, writers' strike, film, movie, 2008, television program, tween, WGA

• Monday Mouse Watch : When it comes to Disney's Vanessa Hudgens problem, no new nudes is good news

  Jim Hill brings you the latest on the "High School Musical" crisis. To be specific, what the Mouse is now doing to keep this story out of the news Read More... Posted Monday, September 17, 2007 12:00 AM | 20 Comments Filed under: Disney, DVD / Video, TV, "High School Musical", Disney Channel, Walt Disney Pictures, "High School Musical 2", Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment, The Walt Disney Company, Vanessa Hudgens, The National Enquirer, "High School Musical" franchise, Zac Efron, television, Tooth Tunes, "Disney's High School Musical: The Ice Tour", "Disney's High School Musical: Sing It!", Playstation 2, "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno", Hugh Grant, TMZ, Adam O'Neal, "High School Musical 2: Extended Edition"

• Monday Mouse Watch : Will a second set of nude photographs cause Disney to flunk Vanessa Hudgens out of its "High School Musical" franchise?

  With "People" magazine now reporting that this "HSM2" star may have previously sent naked pictures of herself to a performer on Nickelodeon's "Drake & Josh" show, Jim Hill talks with an unnamed Mouse House official about what Mickey's next move may be Read More... Posted Monday, September 10, 2007 12:00 AM | 41 Comments Filed under: Disney, DVD / Video, movies, musical, "High School Musical", Disney Channel, Walt Disney Pictures, "High School Musical 2", Vanessa Hudgens, People Magazine, The National Enquirer, "High School Musical 3", "High School Musical 4", "High School Musical" franchise, Zac Efron, "Drake & Josh"

• Does "Graduation" actually bring Kim Possible's career to a close? Maybe

  On the eve of the airing of this series finale, Jim Hill talks with KP creators Robert Schooley and Mark McCorkle. Who talk about the surprise fourth season that this Disney Channel show received as well as how Kim will now live on as the star of a brand-new interactive attraction at Epcot Read More... Posted Thursday, September 06, 2007 12:00 AM | 18 Comments Filed under: Disney, movies, theme park, TV, attraction, Disney Channel, Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Epcot, World Showcase, Robert Schooley, Mark McCorkle, "Kim Possible", "So the Drama", "Sky High", Nickelodeon, Walt Disney Television Animation, "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End", "Team Possible" interactive game

• Monday Mouse Watch: Is Disney getting ready to send in the "Clones" ?

  How badly does the Walt Disney Company want to acquire the broadcast rights to George Lucas' new animated "Star Wars" TV series? So much so that it's reportedly willing to let Lucas ride herd on the retheming of much of Disneyland's Tomorrowland section. Jim Hill shares the latest scuttlebutt coming out of WDI Read More... Posted Monday, August 27, 2007 12:00 AM | 37 Comments Filed under: Disney, DVD / Video, movies, theme park, TV, attraction, Imagineering, ABC, Disney Channel, Disneyland, 20th Century Fox, Fox, Disney-MGM Studios theme park, The Jungle Cruise, Anaheim, George Lucas, Innoventions, Star Tours, "Star Wars", ABC Family, HBO, Jedi Training Academy, Astro Orbitor, Star Wars Weekends, Autopia, "Star Wars Insider", Toon Disney, The Clone Wars, ABC Studios

• Broadway's last Belle looks back on her brief turn in this long-running musical

  Jim Hill chats with Anneliese van der Pol, the "That's So Raven" vet that Disney Theatrical selected to be the very last actress to portray Belle in the Broadway version of this show. Plus Jim shares info about two "Beauty & the Beast" ticket giveaways that could possibly earn you seats to the very last performance on July 29th Read More... Posted Thursday, July 19, 2007 12:00 AM | 6 Comments Filed under: Disney, DVD / Video, movies, music, other, theater, Broadway, musical, Disney Channel, promotion, Disney Theatrical, "Beauty & the Beast"

• Why For Zac Efron doesn't have more fans in Mouse House management?

  Jim Hill's back with even more answers to your Disney-related questions. This time around, Jim talks about which "High School Musical" star is being recruited for "Aida," why California Adventure may seem somewhat familiar to Disney's America fans as well as revealing why "Toy Story Mania" may not open as scheduled next year Read More... Posted Friday, July 13, 2007 12:00 AM | 21 Comments Filed under: Disney, theme park, TV, Why For, musical, attraction, Imagineering, "High School Musical", Disney Channel, Walt Disney Pictures, Magic Kingdom, Disney-MGM Studios theme park

• Monday Mouse Watch: Can you actually hear swearing on the "High School Musical : The Concert" DVD? Oh $#!+

  Got yourself a high-end home entertainment center? If so, Jim Hill says that you can probably hear some very adult language if you listen closely to this supposedly family-friendly DVD Read More... Posted Monday, July 09, 2007 12:00 AM | 21 Comments Filed under: Disney, DVD / Video, movies, music, musical, "High School Musical", Disney Channel, Buena Vista Home Entertainment, promotion

• As "Tarzan" swings off Broadway, is Beyoncé getting ready to play Aida in Disney's next big movie musical?

  Jim Hill's back with even more answers to your Disney-related question. In this week's "Why For," he talks about how the Wiggles wound up at Six Flags, shares the latest news on the "Song of the South" DVD, sounds off about "Soarin'" & "Der Glockner Von Notre Dame" and ... Oh, yeah ... Reveals the latest rumors surrounding the studio's upcoming big screen adaptation of "Aida" Read More... Posted Friday, July 06, 2007 12:00 AM | 15 Comments Filed under: animation, Disney, DVD / Video, music, theater, theme park, TV, Why For, Pixar, Broadway, musical, attraction, ABC, Disney Channel, traditional animation, computer animation, CG, Walt Disney Pictures, Michael Eisner, Dick Cook, Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Epcot

• Monday Mouse Watch : Is Disney milking it a bit too much with its "High School Musical" franchise ?

  Jim Hill brings you the latest news from East High. With Disney's plans to launch a professional stage production of "High School Musical" later this month as well as its early promotional efforts for the sequel to this incredibly popular TV movie (WARNING ! This article does contain some minor spoilers for "High School Musical 2"). Read More... Posted Monday, June 11, 2007 12:00 AM | 33 Comments Filed under: Disney, DVD / Video, movies, music, theater, theme park, TV, Pirates of the Caribbean, Disney Consumer Products, "High School Musical", Disney Channel, Jerry Bruckheimer, Walt Disney Pictures, Buena Vista Home Entertainment