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• 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: 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

• Tube Thursday : The "Disney Afternoon" shows that you didn't get to see

  Jim Hill digs through Disney Television Animation's discard pile and comes across some pretty intriguing concepts for new TV series Read More... Posted Thursday, August 16, 2007 12:15 AM | 26 Comments Filed under: animation, DVD / Video, theme park, TV, Pirates of the Caribbean, Disney Consumer Products, Disney Channel, Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Disneyland, Magic Kingdom, The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, Playhouse Disney, Disney Press, Darkwing Duck, DuckTales, The Disney Afternoon, Disney Bunnies, Country Bear Playhouse, Country Bear Jamboree, Launchpad McQuack, Scrooge McDuck, Critter Country, Splash Mountain

• 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

• Why (For) Pat Carroll wasn't actually Disney's first choice to voice Ursula in "The Little Mermaid"

  Thanks to Allan Neuwirth, Jim Hill is now able to share this great story about Walt Disney Animation Studios' epic search for just the right voice for the sea witch Read More... Posted Friday, June 15, 2007 12:00 AM | 13 Comments Filed under: animation, Disney, DVD / Video, movies, theater, TV, musical, traditional animation, Walt Disney Pictures, Buena Vista Home Entertainment, NBC

• 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

• Why Disney didn't "release the hounds" on Hamas' Mickey Mouse & Shijingshan Amusement Park

  Jim Hill has noticed something interesting. That -- while the Walt Disney Company is now taking a much more careful & measured approach toward its international dealings -- it doesn't really seem to be putting a whole lot of thought into how the Disneyland Resort deals with the Anaheim City Council Read More... Posted Tuesday, May 22, 2007 12:00 AM | 20 Comments Filed under: Disney, DVD / Video, music, theme park, TV, Bob Iger

• Tube Thursday : Will "Cavemen" bring some fire to ABC's Tuesday night line-up ?

  Jim Hill talks about the Alphabet Network's intriguing new sitcom for the 2007 - 2008 television season. Will "Cavemen" ever be able to overcome its Geico-based origins and evolve into a solid hit ? Or will this TV show wind up being a bomb that rocks ABC back to the stone age ? Read More... Posted Thursday, May 17, 2007 12:00 AM | 20 Comments Filed under: DVD / Video, TV, ABC

• Toon Tuesday : Why Cundo Rabaudi is the model DreamWorks Animation employee

  JHM profiles a PDI / DreamWorks Animation visual development artist who creates these incredibly elaborate models which are then used for reference on that animation studio's features. WARNING ! This story contains some mild spoilers for "Shrek the Third" Read More... Posted Tuesday, May 15, 2007 12:00 AM | 14 Comments Filed under: animation, DVD / Video, TV, DreamWorks, Visual Effects, ABC, CG, Walt Disney Pictures

• Why For wasn't this episode of "Dinosaurs" ever broadcast on ABC ?

  In honor of next Tuesday's DVD release of the third & fourth seasons of this acclaimed Touchstone Television / Jim Henson Productions series, Jim Hill talks about a particular show that never actually aired on ABC. A brutally funny send-up of Disneyland & Walt Disney World called "Variations on a Theme Park" Read More... Posted Friday, April 27, 2007 12:00 AM | 14 Comments Filed under: Disney, DVD / Video, theme park, TV, Jim Henson, attraction, ABC

• Monday MouseWatch : Is Bob Iger getting ready to say "Buenas Noches" to Buena Vista ?

  The Mouse House's Big Cheese is all about the branding these days, or so says Jim Hill. Read about how historically significant names like Buena Vista & Hyperion are deliberately being pulled off of Disney's corporate roster. As this new CEO concentrates on putting his company's three main brands (I.E. Disney, ESPN & ABC) in the front window Read More... Posted Monday, April 23, 2007 12:00 AM | 22 Comments Filed under: Disney, DVD / Video, movies, TV, ABC

• Tune Tuesday : Meet the (Julie) Andrews Sisters

  Jim Hill points you toward a fun YouTube clip from 1972. Where -- for the first & only time -- Julie Andrews shares the stage with her two most famous characters, Eliza Doolittle and Mary Poppins Read More... Posted Tuesday, April 17, 2007 12:00 AM | 14 Comments Filed under: Disney, DVD / Video, movies, music, theater, TV, Broadway, musical, Visual Effects, computer animation

• Wandering the halls with Roy E. Disney

  Jim Hill brings you the highlights from this past Saturday night, when noted film historian Leonard Maltin interviewed this Disney Legend at the Philadelphia Film Festival Read More... Posted Thursday, April 12, 2007 12:00 AM | 21 Comments Filed under: animation, Disney, DVD / Video, movies, TV, Pixar, Walt Disney, traditional animation, computer animation

• A special behind-the-scenes version of Why For

  Jeff Lange shares photos of a bizarre WDW structure that few Disneyana fans ever got the chance to see. Plus Jim Hill talks up some fun Disney-related events that will be happening around the country over the next few days Read More... Posted Friday, March 30, 2007 12:00 AM | 7 Comments Filed under: animation, book, Disney, DVD / Video, movies, theme park, TV, Why For

• John Lasseter to be feted at Sonoma Valley Film Festival

  Robin Williams, Tony Shaloub and John Ratzenberger are just three of the celebrities who are expected to take part in next month's tribute to Pixar's top toonsmith. Leo N. Holzer brings us a complete rundown on this day-long event Read More... Posted Thursday, March 29, 2007 12:00 AM | 4 Comments Filed under: animation, Disney, DVD / Video, movies, TV, Pixar