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• Monday Mouse Watch: What’s in store for the Disney Stores?

  Shelly Smith shares some shots she took this past weekend of the new temporary Disney Store at Honolulu’s Ala Moana Center. She then talks about Disney Consumer Product’s ambitious plans for relaunching this brand Read More... Posted Monday, June 29, 2009 12:00 AM | 4 Comments Filed under: Disney, 2009, June, Hawaii, Honolulu, Ala Moana Center, Disney Store, Disney Stores, Disney Consumer Products, cash wrap, international tourists, brand, relaunch, shelving, detailed environment, 2010, April, DCP, LCD, mall

• Summer Nightastic! brings an exciting new look to some old Disneyland Resort favorites

  Shelly Smith recently in took several of the shows that have recently been plussed at the Disneyland Resort and really liked what she saw Read More... Posted Monday, June 15, 2009 12:00 AM | 3 Comments Filed under: Disney, theme park, Disneyland, Disneyland Resort, Disneyland Entertainment, Disney's California Adventure, Disney's Electrical Parade, Summer Nightastic!, Fantasmic!, summer, Nightastic, Fantasmic, Flotsam, Jetsam, dragon, Tick Tock, Captain Hook, pirate ship, 2009, June, July, August, September, Tinker Bell, Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure, home premiere, Pinocchio, Snow White, Remember Dreams Come True, fireworks, fireworks spectacular, spectacular, extravaganza, shells, Tomorrowland Terrace, Mitchel Musso, Steve Davison, Doug McIntyre, articulation, Disney character, Disney animation, Club Tlt, texting, plasma screens, Peter Allen, Everything Old is New Again, Honda, press event, digital projection, Hi-Def, summertime, summertime show, show, Sleeping Beauty Castle, Frontierland, Rivers of America, 1992, Blue Fairy, mist screens, color, color saturation, nighttime, nighttime spectacular, Tokyo Disneyland, Dreamlights, DEP

• "the boys: the sherman brothers' story" spotlights two complicated men who wrote deceptively simple songs

  Shelly Smith reviews Jeffrey C. Sherman & Gregory V. Sherman’s new documentary, which takes an up-close look at the lives & careers of Richard M. & Robert B. Sherman Read More... Posted Tuesday, May 19, 2009 12:00 AM | 1 Comments Filed under: Disney, Richard M Sherman, Robert B Sherman, walt disney, Walt Disney Studios, the boys : the sherman brothers' story, the boys, Sherman brothers, Mary Poppins, Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke, Hayley Mills, Angela Lansbury, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Charlotte's Web, Jeffrey C Sherman, Gregory V Sherman, documentary, it's a small world, There's a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow, theme parks, theme park, One Little Spark, Dachau, John Lasseter, John Landis, Alan Menken, Kenny Loggins, National Medal of Arts, President Bush, President, George W Bush, music, Academy Award winner, depression, tunes, Eeyore, 1960s

• Did a DVD special feature actually help reawaken Disneyland's Sleeping Beauty Castle walkthrough?

  Shelly Smith reports in from her recent talk with Tony Baxter, who reveals the role that this 2-disc Platinum Edition played in getting this theme park attraction re-opened Read More... Posted Monday, December 15, 2008 12:00 AM | 7 Comments Filed under: Disney, Tony Baxter

• ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive fundraiser shines spotlight on how modern animated features are actually made

  Shelly Smith reports in on Monday night's event at Woodbury University. Where Don Hahn, James Baxter, Mike Belzer and Nik Ranieri shared stories about what life is like in today's animation industry Read More... Posted Thursday, October 23, 2008 12:00 AM | 2 Comments Filed under: movies, the Walt Disney Company , training, Disney, Don Hahn, James Baxter, James Baxter Animation, animation, animation students, animated feature, animated features, The Alchemy of Animation: Making an Animated Film in the Modern Age, ASIFA, ASIFA-Hollywood, ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive, Animation Archive, donation, donations, fundraiser, Joe Ranft, Tim Burton, Woodbury University, Fletcher Jones, Fletcher Jones Foundation Auditorium, panel discussion, producer, master animator, master animators, performance capture, hand-drawn animation, CG, 3D CG, 3D, Pixar, Walt Disney Animation Studios, book, Nik Ranieri, Mike Belzer, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Santa Claus, Pasadena, guerilla film-making, Enchanted, LA, animation industry, The Snow Queen, Snow Queen, 2008, Monday

• Thrills & spills add a real edge to "Celebrity Circus"

  Thinking breaking into show business sounds tough? Shelly Smith takes you to the set of this new reality series. Where even just rehearsing can result in a broken wrist, some burns or a few fractured ribs Read More... Posted Wednesday, July 02, 2008 12:00 AM | 12 Comments Filed under: reality shows, reality show, reality television, TV, ABC, Alphabet Network , The Bachelorette, Dance Machine , High School Musical: Get in the Picture, Hopkins , I Survived a Japanese Game Show, The Mole, Supernanny, Wanna Bet?, Wifeswap, Wipeout, circus, Ringling Brothers , dress rehearsal , Celebrity Circus , circus routines, Rachel Hunter, supermodel, the Pyramid, highwire act , the Flying Wallendas , 1962, working without a net , Annette Funicello , JHM , the Walt Disney Company , publicity, NBC Universal, NBC, Universal, performers , performer, reality series, reality TV, Stacy Dash, premiere episode, premiere, episode, Christopher Knight, TV series, The Brady Bunch, Saran Wrap, host , Joey Fantone , *NSYNC , colostomy bag, bungee, training, Antonio Sabato Jr. , judges , judge, Jason Acuna , Wee Man, Aurelia Cats, Mitch Gaylord , Louie Spence , sofa, stars, NBC.com, star, Disney, circus act, circus acts