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Why For did Disney wind up giving Maleficent the bird
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04-30-2010
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Jim Hill answers even more of your Disney-related questions. This time around, he uses artwork from the Spring 2010 S/R Laboratories catalog to illuminate some of the more interesting aspects of “Sleeping Beauty” ‘s production history
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With new merch & a new movie in the pipeline, there's no stopping the Muppets now
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04-29-2010
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Jim Hill brings you the latest on Miss Piggy and pals. Including the news that the Muppets "Bohemian Rhapsody" viral video has just been nominated for two Webbys.
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"The Art of How to Train Your Dragon" reveals the film that DreamWorks Animation almost made
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04-28-2010
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Jim Hill reviews Tracey Miller-Zarneke's latest making-of book. Which walks you through many of the hard choices that Chris Sanders, Dean DeBlois and Bonnie Arnold had to make while they were adapting Cressida Cowell's book to the screen
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Monday Mouse Watch: MoMA’s Tim Burton exhibition gets ready to go down under
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04-26-2010
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Jim Hill just caught this killer display at NYC's Museum of Modern Art. Which -- after it closes tonight -- then gets packed up & shipped off to the Australian Center for the Moving Image in Melbourne
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Panel discussion? Product signing? Rarities screening? Which would you choose?
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04-23-2010
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According to Jim Hill, there are just too many choices and not enough time this weekend. Especially if you’re an animation, theme park or Disney collectibles fan
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Disneynature’s “Oceans” takes an in-depth look at the depths
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04-22-2010
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Jim Hill reviews Jacques Perrin & Jacques Cluzaud’s documentary. Which does a spectacular job of capturing the beauty, bounty and power of the sea
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“How to Train Your Dragon” producer credits DWA team with that film’s come-from-behind box office success
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04-21-2010
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Jim Hill chats with Bonnie Arnold, the veteran animation producer about all the challenges that DreamWorks Animation faced while adapting Cressida Cowell’s popular children’s book for the screen
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Monday Mouse Watch: Disney World uses coupons to promote off-peak dining & shopping
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04-19-2010
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Jim Hill talks about the 20%-off program that the WDW Resort tried out during those super-busy weeks surrounding Easter & Spring Break
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“Waking Sleeping Beauty” continues to wow crowds around the country
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04-16-2010
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Jim Hill checks in with Peter Schneider, the producer of this acclaimed documentary. Which began screening today at theaters in Santa Barbara and Palm Springs
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Andreas Deja takes a “Different” approach to the art of character design
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04-15-2010
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Jim Hill talks up the sketchbook signing & discussion that this acclaimed Disney animator will taking part in Saturday night at the Van Eaton Galleries in Sherman Oaks, CA.
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Pink’s Hot Dogs at the Knott’s MarketPlace is a real wiener
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04-14-2010
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Jim Hill talks about his recent visit to the new Buena Park version of this LA institution. Which has the exact same food that you’ll find at the corner of Melrose & La Brea, but none of the lines
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D23 offers its members new benefits, additional discounts
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04-13-2010
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Jim Hill chats with Steven Clark, the Head of the Official Community for Disney Fans, about some of the special promotional offers that have just become available to D23 members
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Would Disneyland’s Dixieland really have made a difference?
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04-09-2010
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Jim Hill’s back with an answer to another JHM reader’s Why For question. This time around, he talks about the Mark Twain-themed overhaul of Bear Country that the Imagineers tried to install back in the early 1980s
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Tune Thursday: How “A Change in Me” wound up being added to Broadway’s “Beauty & the Beast”
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04-08-2010
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Jim Hill talks with Robert Jess Roth, the original director of Disney’s first musical for the stage. Who recently helped mount a brand-new touring production of this family favorite
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Pook-A-Looz give classic Disney characters a quirky new look
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04-06-2010
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Jim Hill talks with Jose Zamora, the lead designer for this offbeat collectibles, as well as John Mallet, the director of plush for Disney Consumer Products
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New viral video, Henson stage show as well as traveling exhibit make for a very Muppety Easter
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04-02-2010
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As a special holiday treat, Jim Hill directs your attention to “Stand by Me.” Not to mention “Stuffed and Unstrung” and “Jim Henson’s Fantastic World”
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Trio of special events tempt Southern California’s Disneyana fans
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04-01-2010
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Jim Hill talks up the Disney-related panels that will be presented this coming weekend at WonderCon 2010, Christopher Merritt’s “Knott’s Preserved” event as well as the Carolwood Foundation’s private railcar trip along the California coastline
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