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• Tune Tuesday : "Hello, WALL-E! Well, Hello, WALL-E ..."

  Forget about Pixar's latest production. Jim Hill talks about the many other ways that Jerry Herman's Tony Award-winning musical has popped up at the Mouse House Read More... Posted Tuesday, July 01, 2008 12:00 AM | 20 Comments Filed under: "Before the Parade Passes By" , introduction, James Bond, Jerry Herman, robot, Rotten Tomatoes, Tony Award, Tony Award winner, Tony Award-winner , Tony Baxter , "Put on Your Sunday Clothes" , musical, New York, New York City, E.J. Peaker , Eddie Sotto, "WALL-E" , 14th Street , Love Bug Parade , Magic Kingdom, CHUD, "Hello, Andrew Stanton, Disneyland Paris, "It Only Takes a Moment" , "Kung Fu Panda", The Magic Kingdom, showtunes , turn-of-the-century , Pixar, Pixar Animation Studios, film, "Condorman" , "Disneyland Showtime" , "Elegance" , 1969, 1970 , 1970s , 1981, 2008, 20th Century Fox, WDI, WDW, area music , Barbara Carrera , Barbara Streisand , opening weekend, opening weekend grosses, original Broadway production, "Phantom of the Opera", "The Wonderful World of Disney" , spoof , CG, CG feature, Euro Disneyland, extras , Dolly Levi , Dolly!", domestic release, Donny Osmond, dress shop , Merrill Osmond , Michael Crawford , Disney Pixar , Disneyana fans, Disneyland, senior Vice President of Creative Development , futuristic fable , Gene Kelly , Minnie Fay , Miss Molloy, movie, movie star, movies, Cornelius Hackl , price tag , Imagineer, Imagineering, Imagineers, television, The Haunted Mansion, Main Street U.S.A., Main Street USA, Woody Wilkins , Walt Disney Imagineering, Walt Disney Productions, Walt Disney World

• Indiana Jones and the lost action sequence

  As a special Memorial Day treat, Jim Hill shares a scene that was cut out of Lawrence Kasdan's original screenplay for "Raiders of the Lost Ark." Where Indy battled samurai as well as a machine-gun toting warlord Read More... Posted Friday, May 23, 2008 12:00 AM | 1 Comments Filed under: "Raiders of the Lost Ark", "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull", "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom", film, film franchise, Steven Spielberg, screenplay, screenwriter, script, Shanghai, George Lucas, Lawrence Kasdan, movie, movies, Indiana Jones , Marion Ravenwood

• "The Pixar Touch" shares seldom-told tales about the early days of this animation studio

  Jim Hill talks with author David A. Price about how he went about writing this unauthorized history of Pixar Animation Studios Read More... Posted Thursday, May 15, 2008 12:00 AM | 4 Comments Filed under: Japanese legend, John Lasseter, Emeryville, Lucasfilm, Chronicle Books, coffee table book, Hallmark, "The Pixar Story", "The Pixar Touch : The Making of a Company", Alvy Ray Smith, animated feature, Shogakukan, short, shorts, Pixar, Pixar Animation Studios, Pixar archives, Pixar saga, 1980s, 1985, 1986, Hollywood gossip, authorized history, "Monkey", book, "Tin Toy", "To Infinity and Beyond: The Story of Pixar Animation Studios", Steve Jobs, Chinese legend, Karen Paik, Knopf, SEC, Leslie Iwerks, David A Price, Microsoft, movie, movies, revisionist history

• 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: "Camp Rock" , Jasmine, Disney Channel, Disney Channel Original, Disney Digital 3D, "The Cheetah Girls 3", Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Dwayne Johnson, Emily Osment, Magic Kingdom, Cinderella Castle , "Hannah Montana and Miley Cyrus: Best of Both World Concert" , "Hannah Montana", "High School Musical 2", "High School Musical 2: Extended Edition", "High School Musical 3", "High School Musical", "High School Musical" franchise, Hannah Montana , Hannah Montana wig , Disney's Hollywood Studios, The Magic Kingdom, The Walt Disney World Resort, theme park, TV movie, TV movies , tween, tweens, film, film franchise, 3-D, WDW, Ariel, Ashley Tisdale , beauty parlor, Belle, Orlando, Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique, "The Rock", Downtown Disney, merch, merchandise , merchandise location , Disney Princess, Disney World, Sharpay , Sharpay Evans , Gabriella , Disney, Miley Cyrus, mini-Miley, movie, movies, concert film, concert tour , retail establishment , HSM, World of Disney, Walt Disney World

• Oscar Watch '08: Miramax maxes out while the Mouse gets skunked

  Was today a good day or a bad day at Walt Disney Studios? Well, as Jim Hill points out, it all depends on whether you work at Miramax Films or on the Walt Disney Pictures side of the house Read More... Posted Tuesday, January 22, 2008 12:00 PM | 37 Comments Filed under: Ira Gershwin, Jan Pinkava, Jim Capobianco, Disney / Pixar, Disney Feature Animation, "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" , "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End", NBC, nomination , "Gone Baby Gone" , "good news day" , "Happy Working Song" , "How to Hook-Up Your Home Theater", Golden Globes, hand-drawn animation, "The Man I Love" , Paramount Vantage, Pathé Renn , Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role , Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role , Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role, Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role, Amy Adams, Amy Ryan, animated feature, animated features, animated short, animation, picket line, picket lines, Pixar, Pixar Animation Studios, film, "Enchanted", 2007, 2008, nominations , nominee, Norman Jewison , Original Score, Original Song , Oscar, Oscar broadcast, Oscars, Oscar-winning , "No Country for Old Men" , Best Actress , Best Actress in a supporting role , Best Animated Feature Film of the Year, Best Animated Short Film, Best Motion Picture of the Year, Best Original Screenplay, Best Picture nominee, "There Will Be Blood", "So Close" , "That's How You Know" , feature film , February 24th , Michael Giacchino , Brad Bird, George Gershwin, Disney, 80th annual Academy Awards , ABC, ABC Inc, Academy Award, Academy Award nominations , Academy Award nominee, Academy Award nominees, Academy Award winner, Academy Award winners, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Academy voters , Achievement in Art Direction , Achievement in Cinematography , Achievement in Directing , Achievement in Film Editing , Achievement in Makeup , Achievement in Music – Original Score, Achievement in Music – Original Song, Achievement in Sound Editing, Achievement in Sound Mixing , Achievement in Visual Effects , actors , actress, Adapted Screenplay, Miramax Films , movie, movies, co-production

• Animation fans prematurely shoot off their mouths about "Bolt"

  Jim Hill points out the parallels between what WDAS's next release is now going through and "Beauty & the Beast" & "The Lion King" 's troubled productions Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 02, 2008 12:00 AM | 18 Comments Filed under: "Aladdin", "American Dog", "Beauty & the Beast", "Bolt", Jan Pinkava, Jeffrey Katzenberg, John Lasseter, John Musker, Roger Allers, S Gross, Disney Feature Animation, "The Emperor's New Groove", Ed Catmull, "Toy Story", "Who Framed Roger Rabbit", "The Lion King", "The Little Mermaid", Alan Menken, animated feature, animation, "Kingdom of the Sun", "Kiskaloo", Pixar, Pixar Animation Studios, film, "Cranium Command", 2008, WDAS, WDI, quirkiness, award, November 2008, November 28, "Mulan", blind men and the elephant, Bolt the dog, "Ratatouille", "Shrek", Chris Sanders, Chris Williams, DreamWorks, DreamWorks Animation, Kirk Wise, Gary Trousdale, George Scribner, lemons into lemonade, Disney, Academy Award, Mittens the cat, movie, movies, computer animation, Rhino the hamster, Richard Purdum , Rob Minkoff, pre-release image, Howard Ashman, Indian fable, teaser poster, Walt Disney Animation Studios, Walt Disney Feature Animation, Walt Disney Imagineering, Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Studios

• "To Infinity and Beyond!" is an entertaining look back at Pixar's first two decades

  Jim Hill reviews Karen Paik's inspired (more importantly, inspiring) new history of Pixar Animation Studios. Which offers a lot of insight about how John Lasseter became the Big Kahuna of the CG world Read More... Posted Thursday, November 29, 2007 12:00 AM | 4 Comments Filed under: "Aladdin", "Cars", Jane Eisner, John Lasseter, John Musker, Ron Miller, Thomas M Disch, Tom Wilhite, Disney / Pixar, Disney Feature Animation, "The Adventures of Andre & Wally B", "The Adventures of Ichabod & Mr Toad", "The Art of Animation", "The Art of Ratatouille", "The Brave Little Toaster", "The Fox and the Hound", Ed Catmull, "Toy Story 2", "Toy Story", "Where the Wild Things Are", Lucasfilm, Chronicle Books, church, coffee table book, gourd, hardcover, "The Little Mermaid", "The Pixar Story", pencil, pencil time, animated short, animation, "James and the Giant Peach", California Institute of the Arts, cartoons, Casper the Friendly Ghost, short, SIGGRAPH, pew, picture book, Pixar, Pixar Animation Studios, film, cutting-edge technology, 2007, holiday shopping list, WDAS, repetitive-stress injury, aspiring animator, award, old guard, "Monsters Inc.", Bob Thomas, book, "Tis the season" , "To Infinity and Beyond: The Story of Pixar Animation Studios", station wagon, Steve Jobs, "Ratatouille", CG, character animation, character comedy, epiphany, feature film , featurette, Karen Paik, keyboard, sermon, Brad Bird, CalArts, calcified, Leslie Iwerks, Disney, middle management, money pit, Mouse, movie, movies, computer animation, Roald Dahl, human costs, The Headless Horseman, Marin, Maurice Sendak, Walt Disney Animation Studios, Walt Disney Feature Animation, Walt Disney Studios

• Could you please have the Rat whip me up some crow?

  Here (finally) is the JHM column that Pixar fans have been waiting for. Where Jim Hill talks about how well "Ratatouille" has been doing overseas ... as well as other Disney-related matters Read More... Posted Friday, November 23, 2007 12:00 AM | 31 Comments Filed under: international, ticket sales, titles, top selling, Disney / Pixar, "The Best Reviewed Film of the Year", "The Game Plan", "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End", Nielsen ratings, effects, entertainment industry, "Wild Hogs 2", "Wild Hogs", long term profit potential, long term profitability, Magic 8 Ball, Gore Verbinski, Variety, Visual Effects, animated feature, The Ivy, The Michael Eisner building, The Nielsen ratings, TV, TV show, TV shows, Pixar Animation Studios, film, film franchise, film franchises, floss, franchise, crow, 2007, Hollywood, Hollywood Reporter, WDSHE, release date, nuturing, opening weekend, opening weekend grosses, stateside, strip-mining, "Ratatouille", character-based merchandise, evergreen title, exhibitors, domestic box office numbers, domestic performance, DVD, merch, Michael Eisner building, box office, Brad Bird, FX, leftovers, Disney, movie, movies, production costs, promotional costs, initial domestic run, television, television program, television programs, Thanksgiving, The Hollywood Reporter, wild-assed guess, worldwide box office, Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment