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Toon Tuesday: How to have a rockin' good time on Mickey Mouse’s birthday

Looking for different ways to spend November 18th? Jim Hill's suggestions takes you from a museum to Broadway, from rock 'n' roll memorabilia auctions to theme park attractions Read More...

Posted Tuesday, November 17, 2009 12:00 AM | 5 Comments

Filed under: animation, Disney, theme park, TV, Walt Disney, Disney's Hollywood Studios, Disneyland Paris, Miley Cyrus, Chicago, Mickey Mouse, Michael Jackson, Walt Disney Studios, Rock 'n' Roller Coaster, Paris, animated character, Broadway musical, 1998, 2009, TV show, animated short, Hannah Montana , 1996 , Jonas Brothers, rock 'n' roll , thrill ride, rock legends , rock legend, roller coaster, national tour, theme parks, 1999, Shrek the Musical, Broadway Theatre, Walt Disney Company, 1928, Colony Theater, Steamboat Willie, birthday, 2002, Disney XD, TV series, rock star

Gary Vaynerchuk wants you to think outside of the box wine

Jim Hill reports in from the Epcot International Food & Wine Festival. Where the “King of Social Media” held court this past Friday Read More...

Posted Monday, September 28, 2009 12:00 AM | 0 Comments

Filed under: Disney, theme park, Walt Disney World, Epcot, Orlando, World Showcase, Brazil, Mickey Mouse, Hollywood, 2009, Disney World, The Walt Disney World Resort, international, Variety, November, Food & Beverage , Green, Red, marketplace, Walt Disney World Resort, rock star, Epcot's International Food and Wine Festival, International Food and Wine Festival, Food and Wine Festival, wine seminar, education, entertainment, Gary Vaynerchuk, Epcot International Food & Wine Festival, sheep butt, socks, Odyssey, Odyssey restaurant, vintage, vintages, WDW visitor, King of Social Media, mantra, You gotta try new things, chianti, Chianti Classico, Shiraz, Green Point Reserve, Green Point Reserve Shiraz, Satori Di Verona, wine world, wine, Napa, Washington State, Walla Walla, reds, white, whites, vintner, vintners, authentic experience, Misha, WDW visitors, food, drink, U.S., Pinot, varieties, webcast, The Thunder Show, confidence, box wine, cuisine, international marketplaces, marketplaces, Rio de Janeiro, Bangkok, foodie, 14th annual International Food & Wine Festival

Monday Mouse Watch: Will Disney's "Mickey By" program start a fashion trend in 2010?

Jim Hill shares some shots from this year’s Licensing International Expo. Which reveal the artistic direction that Disney Consumer Products is looking to take with its new “Mickey By” program Read More...

Posted Monday, August 10, 2009 12:00 AM | 13 Comments

Filed under: Disney, convention, Disney Consumer Products, Disney Store, The Walt Disney Company, Mickey Mouse, 1920s, Las Vegas, DCP initiative, corporate symbol, banners, short, Mickey By, Mickey, Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino, baby boomer, baby boomers , shorts, pin, celebrities, celebrity, trendsetter, 2010, t-shirts, Mickey By program, 1960s, handbags, Licensing International Expo 2009, global initiative, Bernadette Bowman, fashion, pins, Disney Stores, Licensing International Expo, DCP , handbag, banner, convention center , poster , vintage t-shirts, jewelry, posters, fashion magazines, fashion magazine, t-shirt, vintage t-shirt, Mandalay Bay, 1930s, fashion trend, trendsetters

Julien's 2009 Summer Sale features genuine pieces of Hollywood history

Jim Hill preview some of the 700+ items that will coming up for bid later this month at the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino Read More...

Posted Tuesday, June 09, 2009 12:00 AM | 2 Comments

Filed under: Disney, 20th Century Fox, The Walt Disney Company, Dumbo the Flying Elephant, Mickey Mouse, Elvis Presley, Dumbo, Disneyana, Michael Jackson, Las Vegas, Oliver Hardy, Stan Laurel, 2009, Hello, Bob Hope, Disney Pix

"Now it's time to say goodbye ... " : Remembering Wayne Allwine (1947 - 2009)

Jim Hill reflects on the lifetime & career of this Disney Legend. Who passed away this past Monday due to complications from diabetes Read More...

Posted Wednesday, May 20, 2009 12:05 AM | 4 Comments

Filed under: Disney, Walt Disney, Disney Consumer Products, Walt Disney Productions, The Walt Disney Company, Mickey Mouse, Walt Disney Studios, Disney Studios , Disney theme park

Is Disney looking to trade its 5th Avenue store in for a brand-new retail location down on Times Square?

Since the World of Disney's lease is up in 2010, the Mouse is already on the prowl for a new spot to set up shop in NYC. Jim Hill shares what he's heard about these on-going negotiations Read More...

Posted Tuesday, October 21, 2008 12:00 AM | 7 Comments

Filed under: Disney, Broadway, musical, ABC, Walt Disney World, The Lion King, Disney Theatrical, Beauty and the Beast, Lunt-Fontanne Theater, Disney Store, ABC Studios, The Walt Disney Company, New York City, Mickey Mouse, restaurant, New Amsterdam Theatre, Minskoff Theatre, The Legendary Years, Disney's Pop Century Resort, NYC, Times Square, WDW, 5th Avenue, flagship store, World of Disney, Broadway musical, tourists, 2008, 2009, Disney World, The Nightmare Before Christmas, The Walt Disney World Resort, Halloween, 2007, Mary Poppins, tourist , retail establishment , stage show , retail dining and entertainment complex, Virgin Megastore, Virgin, 1996 , 2010, stage, 2004, New York, Disney Stores, The Little Mermaid, movie theater, musical theater, 1990s, Wall Street, retail area, negotiations, trick-or-treat, trick or treat, square feet, retail space, commercial retail space, Wart, king, retailer, retailers, foot traffic, exposure, Paul Hoen, HoJos, Howard Johnson, American Eagle, American Eagle Outfitters, Pittsburgh, square foot, lease, Jeff Sutton, SL Green Realty Corp, Vornado, arcade, Alice's Wonderland, Toys R Us, Toys R Us Times Square, Virgin Megastore Times Square, ABC Times Square Studio, ABC Times Square Studios, retail entertainment complex, pre-show, post-show, preshow, posters, The Related Companies, retail presence, negotiating table, Rockefeller Center, Trump Tower, company representatives, real estate opportunity, real estate opportunites, construction project, construction projects

Tune Tuesday : "Shrek the Musical" gets off to a great start in Seattle

WARNING !! There be spoilers ahead in this preview piece about DreamWorks Theatrical's Broadway-bound production. Which is a musical adaptation of DW's Academy Award-winning animated feature Read More...

Posted Tuesday, September 09, 2008 12:00 AM | 8 Comments

Filed under: Disney, music, theater, DreamWorks, Broadway, musical, Walt Disney, The Lion King, The Walt Disney Company, New York City, YouTube, Mickey Mouse, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Julie Taymor, NYC, LA, Academy Award, movie, Broadway musical, stage version, 2008, animated feature, 2001, Donkey, ogre, Shrek, Fiona, opening night, Broadway production, Big Green Ogre , Great White Way, Jeanine Tesori , David Lindsay-Abaire , Jason Moore , Seattle, 5th Avenue Theater , Lord Farquaad , Academy Award winner, December , November, childhood, stage show , design team, August, director , stage, audience, Big Apple , New York, creative team , DreamWorks Theatricals, Broadway-bound, musical adaptation, DW, Academy Award-winning, movie-based musical, theater community, Ponyo, playset, Young Frankenstein, The Little Mermaid, 9 to 5 : The Musical, world premiere, Ahmanson Theater, Shrek the Musical, out-of-town, opening, librettist, composer, designer, Tim Hatley, swamp, spoilers, Momma Ogre, Poppa Ogre, Big Bright Beautiful World, opening number, title character, introductory number, I Know It's Today, Cloris Leachman, Brian D'Arcy James, outhouse, backstory, second act, challenge song, I Think I Got You Beat, choreographer, Rob Ashford, New York audiences, Broadway Theatre, playhouse, Walt Disney Company, 1928, movie theater, strategy, the Colony Theater, Colony Theater, Steamboat Willie, Fantasia, Snow White, diecast

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, 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, Rich Ross , 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 , National Lampoon's Animal House, Champion Stadium, James Jensen, 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, 3D movie, Disney officials , go project , taping , commemorative poster, Disboards , clothing line, ears ringing

"The Mickey Mouse Treasures" features a fun assortment of Disneyana facsimiles

Jim Hill burrows down deep into Robert Tieman's latest book for Disney Editions. Which features nearly 8 decades worth of Mickey Mouse-related ephemera Read More...

Posted Wednesday, October 10, 2007 12:00 AM | 3 Comments

Filed under: book, Disney, Disneyland, Disney Editions, Mickey Mouse, Timothy J. Mouse, Dumbo, Blue Bird Shoes for Kids, Fujimoto, MM, WWII, Disneyana, Hyperion Studios, Bacchus, The Disney Experience, The Disney Keepsakes, The Disney Treasures, The Mickey Mouse Treasures, Walt Disney Archives, Robert Tieman, Mickey Mouse Club Magazine, Mickey Mouse Club, World War II

How Mickey Mouse almost got to play Christopher Columbus

Jim Hill talks about the featurette that Walt Disney Animation Studios almost made back in the late 1980s. Which would have celebrated the 500th anniversary of Columbus' voyage to the New World Read More...

Posted Monday, October 08, 2007 12:00 AM | 12 Comments

Filed under: Disney, movies, Disney Consumer Products, traditional animation, Walt Disney World, Disney-MGM Studios theme park, Beauty and the Beast, Ron Clements, John Musker, Walt Disney Animation Studios, The Magic Kingdom, Mickey Mouse, featurette, Gilligan's Island, Mickey's Christmas Carol, Columbus Day, Christopher Columbus, Swabbies, The Prince and the Pauper, Disney Feature Animation Florida, the New World

Monday Mouse Watch: Is Mickey really getting ready to take on Chuck E. Cheese?

Jim Hill shares an interesting tidbit from a recent WDW managers meeting. Which talks about how the Walt Disney Company may soon be changing character dining from a you-can-only-experience-this-at-our-parks-and-resorts experience to coming-to-a-mall-near-you new business unit Read More...

Posted Monday, October 01, 2007 12:00 AM | 43 Comments