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Earlier this week, Jill T. wrote in to say: According to today's Los Angeles Times , the Walt Disney Company and SunCal have failed to reach a compromise on that big housing project. So now we're back to Disney pushing the Anaheim City Council to get this zoning issue put on the November ballot. What...

If you've been reading JHM for a while now, you already know that I'm a very big fan of Didier Ghez 's "Walt's People" books . So -- that said -- is it really all that big a surprise that I enjoyed reading " Volume 5 " of this ongoing series. Mind you, at 443 pages in length, this paperback is the heftiest...

By now, you've probably heard that the Wand that's stood next to Spaceship Earth for the past eight years is being dismantled. Which many Disneyana fans have chosen to take as a sign that Walt Disney World has finally turned a corner. That -- from here on in -- the Mouse will concentrate on delivering...

Anneliese van der Pol is not the first actress to play Belle in Broadway's version of "Beauty & the Beast" (That honor went to stage veteran Susan Egan . Who -- these days -- is probably best known to Disneyana fans as the voice of Megara in " Hercules ") ... Copyright Disney Enterprises, Inc. All...

How many of you remember " Primeval ," that "R" rated horror flick that Walt Disney Studios released through its seldom-used Hollywood Pictures arm back in January ? Copyright 2007 Hollywood Pictures Company. All Rights Reserved Obviously, this isn't the sort of movie that Mickey usually makes. But given...

This past Friday, Amid Amidi (Who -- along with noted animation historian Jerry Beck -- rides herd on the always-entertaining-and-informative Cartoon Brew ) was singled out for a pretty amazing honor. You see, the Theatre Library Association declared that Amid's latest book -- " Cartoon Modern: Style...

Just so you know: " Once Upon a Time -- Walt Disney -- The Sources of Inspiration for Disney Studios " will be completing its run at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts on June 24th. And since this is this acclaimed exhibition's one & only stop in North America ... Once June 25th arrives, all of this...

We got any Berkeley Breathed fans out there? You know? That Pulitzer Prize winning cartoonist who brought us " Bloom County ," " Outland " and " Opus "? Copyright 2007 Berkeley Breathed Berkeley is an incredibly gifted storyteller and an absolutely fearless cartoonist. And over the years, he's tackled...

Yesterday, FraggleFan411 send me the following e-mail: Oh, come on. It's been months since you last wrote about the Muppets. Surely Disney must have something in the works for these characters by now. So spill already. FraggleFan411 -- Actually, I am working on a story about the Mouse's latest plan for...

Should graduating from the 8th grade really be a high point of someone's life? A moment that's truly worth celebrating? The folks who run Disney Youth Groups (I.E. The branch of Disney Destinations, LLC that's behind such hugely successful after-hours events as Grad Nite & Night of Joy ) certainly...

By now, you've probably seen pictures of " WALL E " 's title character. Maybe you've even caught a glimpse of this film's unique-looking logo. But what do you actually know about Pixar 's 2008 release? Very little, I'll bet. Which is standard operating procedure for this Emeryville-based animation studio...

We lost one of Hollywood's true visual effects wizards yesterday. By that I mean: Peter Ellenshaw could do what only a handful of artists could do. Which is take a piece of glass & a few tubes of paint. And then he'd create these impossible places & things. A long-forgotten Viking colony that...

By now, I'm sure that you've heard that Roy E. Disney has filed for divorce . Which -- given that Walt's nephew & his wife, Patty, had been married for more than 51 years -- immediately started tongues wagging around Tinseltown. Given how Hollywood loves a juicy piece of gossip, I'm guessing that...

The introductory letter for the Walt Disney Company's 2007 Proxy starts off like this: January 12, 2007 Dear Fellow Shareholder, I am pleased to invite you to our 2007 Annual Meeting of shareholders, which will be held on Thursday, March 8, 2007, at 10 a.m. at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in...

It's Christmas-crunch time, kiddies. You know what I mean. That horrible moment that arrives every holiday season. When you're feeling all smug & self-satisfied because you think that you've completed your Xmas shopping. Only to suddenly sit bolt upright in your chair and say: "Oh, cr*p! I forgot...

Long before Disneyland presented Halloweentime , or DCA held its first " Mickey's Halloween Treat ." Even before Universal Studios Hollywood presented its very first Halloween Horror Night , there was ... the Haunt . Copyright 2006 Knott's Berry Farm For 34 years now, the folks who operate Knott's Berry...

It's one of the most highly anticipated films of 2007. The third installment of the very popular (and highly profitable) "Shrek" series. Copyright 2007 DreamWorks Animation But is "Shrek the Third" actually any good? DreamWorks Animation execs obviously want to know. Which is why they held a test screening...

Disneyana fans didn't really squawk earlier this year when Mickey Mouse got the CG treatment. Copyright 2006 Disney Enterprises If anything, the Disney faithful was quick to embrace " Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. " Which successfully rebranded this 78-year-old corporate symbol as a preschooler's new best...

What a surprise. It's Monday morning and JHM is running yet another " Cars " -related story. Okay. I know. A lot of you have already had your fill of this subject. Particularly those of you who have had a hard time accepting the premise that I've been trying to float for the past few months. Mainly that...

Let me guess. You spent the better part of yesterday listening to the radio and/or watching television. As you tried to take in all of that truly scary news that was coming out of the U.K., right? You're wondering what this all means now, aren't you? What the long-term ramifications of this new "No-liquids...