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• Disney hopes that our next Commander-in-Chief can inspire some consumer confidence

  According to Jim Hill, Mickey doesn't really care who the next President is. Just as long as this guy can then convince the American people to once again start planning trips to Anaheim & Orlando Read More... Posted Monday, November 03, 2008 12:00 AM | 20 Comments Filed under: 9/11, CEO, piracy, advance reservation, advance reservations, President, President of the United States , Presidential candidate, Presidential candidates, Presidential election, fiscal year, WDI, WDW, WDW vacations, Wall Street, Thomas Staggs, The Walt Disney Company, The Hall of Presidents, Russia, resort, resorts, quarter, Orlando, niche park , Jungle Trek, George W Bush, Four Seasons, Four Seasons Hotel & Resorts, fashion magazine, fashion magazines, economic downturn, economy, Disneyland, Disneyland Resort, CFO, chainmail, Anaheim, 2009, 2010, Joe Biden, Valerie Edwards, Vice President, Vice Presidents, intellectual property, China, Sarah Palin, Burbank, Director of Sculpture, Disney, earnings, earnings call, Barack Obama, anti-piracy, Bob Iger, high profile project, The Four Seasons, Disney's Jungle Trek, recession, Obama Biden, Walt Disney Company, Walt Disney World, The Walt Disney World Resort, The White House, Disney Parks & Resorts, Disney theme park, Disney World, Disney World vacation, White House, Commander-in-Chief, Congress, consumer confidence, consumer spending, consumers

• "Defying Gravity" details Stephen Schwartz's sometimes difficult dealings with the Walt Disney Company

  Jim Hill reviews Carol de Gieve's career biography of this Academy Award-winning songwriter, which features some great behind-the-scenes stories about the five Disney projects that Schwartz worked on Read More... Posted Wednesday, October 01, 2008 12:00 AM | 6 Comments Filed under: graduate school, Gregory Maguire, A Whole New World, softcover, Something's Coming, songwriter, Kevin Bannerman, Pippin, Aladdin, Alan Menken, Working, world premiere, Written in Stone, therapist, The Prince of Egypt, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Sir Tim Rice, September, Romeo, Romeo & Juliet, resume, reviews, rhyme, Radiator Springs, Pocahontas, Peter Schneider, musical, musical theater, musical theater fan, middling reviews, Matthew Wilder, long running hit, long running hits, Los Angeles, lyricist, lyrics, Juliet, hit, Geppetto, Godspell, Enchanted, Disneyana fan, Disney Feature Animation, David Zippel, Defying Gravity: The Creative Career of Stephen Schwartz from Godspell to Wicked, Destiny, creative process, Colors of the Wind, career, Carol de Giere, book, Broadway, Broadway credits, Broadway musical, animated feature, Academy Award-nominee, Academy Award-winning, 1978, 1986, 1990s, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996 , 2007, Tony, John Smith, trio, TV movie, Stephen Schwartz, Children of Eden, China, Michael Eisner, London, Disney, DreamWorks, DreamWorks Animation, Applause Books, Howard Ashman, Shirley Jones, show business , NYU, Walt Disney Company, Walt Disney Feature Animation, Walt Disney Studios, West Side Story, Wicked, Native Americans