July, 2006

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Jim Hill

BREAKING NEWS: Matt Ouimet exits Disneyland Resort, to become president of Starwood Resort's hotel group

Posted 07-25-2006

by Jim Hill
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In a surprise move, the president of the Disneyland Resort is leaving the Mouse House to become president of the Hotel Group for Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc....
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Re-imagining Walt Disney Imagineering: Will the coming staff cuts actually save this division of the Walt Disney Company from itself?

Posted 07-24-2006

by Jim Hill
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Jim Hill shares what he's heard about Bob Iger's plan to eliminate WDI's poisonous corporate culture as well as make this arm of the company much more fiscally responsible. Which involves cutting hundreds of jobs and changing Walt Disney Imagineering into a project-management-based organization...
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Monday Mouse Watch: Is Steve Jobs the new power behind-the-throne at the Magic Kingdom?

Posted 07-23-2006

by Jim Hill
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As Hollywood still struggles to get a handle on what just happened at Disney Studios, Jim Hill suggests that it's time to start paying attention to all those phone calls and e-mails that Bob Iger gets from Steve Jobs. As Apple's past may hold the key to Disney's future...
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What inspired the Imagineers to build the Tower of Terror? Would you believe an attraction at a Six Flags theme park?

Posted 07-20-2006

by Jim Hill
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Jim Hill's back with an old favorite from the archives. Which details how Magic Mountain's Freefall ride eventually led to the creation of one of the more terrifying attractions ever to appear in a Disney theme park...
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If you like M. Night Shyamalan, go see "Lady in the Water" but avoid (at all costs) "The Man Who Heard Voices"

Posted 07-17-2006

by Jim Hill
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It's a two-fer Tuesday here at JHM. Where Jim Hill reviews M. Night Shyamalan's newest film as well as taking a look at a new book that chronicles the making of this motion picture. Warning! There are some minor spoilers ahead...
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Monday Mouse Watch: Disney's delighted with the amount of treasure that "Dead Man's Chest" has been hauling in, while "Cars" actual box office earnings continue to decline

Posted 07-16-2006

by Jim Hill
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Jim Hill runs the numbers on Walt Disney Studios' two latest releases. And while Gore Verbinski's new film is literally putting hundreds of millions of dollars in Mickey's wallet, thanks to the shift in the box office split for "Cars," John Lasseter's new movie is now making more for exhibitors than it is for the Mouse...
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Do you want to join Captain Jack Sparrow on his next voyage? Then why not audition to be an extra in "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" ?

Posted 07-06-2006

by Jim Hill
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Sande Alessi Casting is searching for a few good scalawags. Jim Hill shares the particulars about these piratical auditions ... PLUS gives us a peek at the "Pirates III" teaser poster ... PLUS posts the final listing for JHM's guess-the-opening-weekend-gross-of-"Dead-Man's-Chest" contest ...
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Today's your last chance to enter JHM's guess-"Dead-Man's-Chest"-opening-weekend-gross contest

Posted 07-05-2006

by Jim Hill
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You've got until 12 midnight tonight EST to send in your prediction as to how much money you think "Dead Man's Chest" will earn over its first Friday, Saturday & Sunday in domestic release...
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Are you anxious to get your hands on some genuine "Pirates" booty? Then enter JHM's guess-the-opening-weekend-gross-of-"Dead-Man's-Chest" contest!

Posted 07-03-2006

by Jim Hill
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Nine different "Pirates of the Caribbean" -related books await the reader who can come closest to naming the exact figure that Disney's "Dead Man's Chest" earns over its first Friday, Saturday & Sunday in domestic release...
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Monday Mouse Watch: There'd better be some treasure in that "Dead Man's Chest." Otherwise some Disney studio execs may soon find themselves "At World's End"

Posted 07-02-2006

by Jim Hill
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Jim Hill explains why it's going to be a rather nervous Fourth of July for Dick Cook and Nina Jacobson. As these two Mouse House honchos hope & pray that their $450 million (and counting) investment in back-to-back "Pirates of the Caribbean" sequels eventually pays off. PLUS Jim announces a brand-new JHM readers contest!...

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