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October 22, 2012
Disney's Latest Princess, Sofia, Is Latina!?
Updated below. Um. Maybe she's not Latina after all. First posted at 2:04 p.m. Oct. 18. Disney has a black princess (Tiana, from New Orleans -- yeah), a native American one (Pocahontas) and an Asian one (Mulan). But, until now, America's largest minority group has been shut out of this me-to pagea ... More >>
Blogs
June 6, 2012
Disney Bans Junk Food Ads Aimed at Kids
The Walt Disney Co. announced yesterday that it will ban some junk food ads on its television channels, radio stations and websites aimed at children by 2015, Reuters reports. Disney is also starting its own "Mickey Check" label for food it deems to be nutritious, to help promote certain healthier f ... More >>
Blogs
February 14, 2012
Why Disney Characters Make Us Horny While Disney Movies Do Not
Women clearly have an ambivalent relationship with Disney characters. In question 12 of our sex survey, UCLA vs. USC: Who's Sluttier?, we asked about the worst date movies, and Disney films were named again and again by our female respondents: The Little Mermaid, The Princess and the Frog and "anyth ... More >>
Blogs
June 1, 2011
NorCal Teen Does Time in O.C. Juvenile Hall for Dirty Dancing at Disneyland's ElecTRONica
Watch it, buddy.If only we'd known, through the many excruciating grind seshes of youth, that we had the power to send those randy 17-year-olds -- boners pressed painfully into our backsides -- straight to juvie for one long, cold weekend of regret. Alas. At least now we can live vicariously ... More >>
Blogs
May 18, 2011
PHOTOS: Mickey, Minnie Mouse Chain Themselves to Disney Headquarters in Defense of Indonesian Trees, Tigers
Rainforest Action Network via FlickrMinnie Mouse takes on the Burbank PDHere's one way to get half-lidded 7 a.m. commuters to notice your niche environmental campaign: Dress up as Mickey and Mickey Mouse, chain yourself to the gaudy front gates of Walt Disney studios and force a team of loca ... More >>
Blogs
February 7, 2011
Too Soon? Disney Now Marketing to Newborns and Their Moms (Really)
Disney BabyCan you say, 'Buy it now?'We could hardly blame Disney for creating tween-demo sensations like Miley Cyrus or Selena Gomez (not to mention Justin Timberlake, Christina Aguilera and Britney before them): Kids represent a merchandise bonanza for a stuffed-bauble marketing enterprise ... More >>
Music
February 3, 2011
Music Picks: Breakestra, Slang Chickens, the Muffs, Miguel Atwood-Ferguson
Also Meth Leppard, Tennis With Lord Huron, Kid Infinity and others
Film+TV
December 16, 2010
Tron: Legacy Review
Tron returns, as a 3-D, CGI'd, blissed-out empty head trip
Blogs
December 14, 2010
(Video) 'Toy Story 3' Anti-Oscar Campaign Waged By Disney Resort Workers
DisneyCowboys are an invention of Latin America. Irony?Update: Our friends over at OC Weekly have photos of Monday night's protest here. First posted at 7:05 a.m.. Disney's Toy Story 3 ended up on some critics' year-end Top 10 lists, but now a labor union wants to put it back in the toy ches ... More >>
Calendar
October 14, 2010
The Nightmare Before Christmas: In 4-D
DisneyCowboys are an invention of Latin America. Irony?Update: Our friends over at OC Weekly have photos of Monday night's protest here. First posted at 7:05 a.m.. Disney's Toy Story 3 ended up on some critics' year-end Top 10 lists, but now a labor union wants to put it back in the toy ches ... More >>
Blogs
August 10, 2010
From Disney Store to Tiffany's, The New Santa Monica Place Aims For Happiest Mall On Earth
For beachside locals, Santa Monica Place provided the quintessential mall experience throughout the '80's and '90's. (Fun fact: it was featured for mall scenes in Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Pretty in Pink and Beverly Hills, 90210). At some point, though, it started to seem comparatively shabby n ... More >>
Blogs
July 22, 2010
Disneyland's 'Alice In Wonderland' Ride Temporarily Closed Due To Safety Concerns
One of Disneyland's oldest rides, "Alice in Wonderland," has been temporarily closed after a inspector pointed out that it lacked handrails for maintenance crews. According to The Orange County Register, Disney and the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health were alerted abou ... More >>
Blogs
May 21, 2010
Labor Activists Warn Comic-Con That Moving To Anaheim Could Be Unpleasant
Unite HereA hunger strike outside Disney headquarters in Burbank earlier this year.A labor union representing hotel workers involved in a bitter dispute with Disney's Anaheim hotels warned organizers of Comic-Con that if they moved the popular summer convention from San Diego to Orange County ... More >>
Film+TV
March 25, 2010
Movie Reviews: Chloe, Hot Tub Time Machine, Waking Sleeping Beauty
Also Sweetgrass, West of Pluto, Vincere and more
Film+TV
March 6, 2010
Alice in Chains: Tim Burton in La-La Land
"I'm misperceived as a dark person: I'm not dark"
Calendar
January 28, 2010
MY OH MY -- WHAT A WONDERFUL DAY!
"I'm misperceived as a dark person: I'm not dark"
Stage
January 7, 2010
Frogs Have Feelings, Too, Man
The Princess and the ribbit
Film+TV
November 26, 2009
Frog of the South
Disney’s song and dance about a black princess croaks
Calendar
November 13, 2009
Mary Poppins
Disney’s song and dance about a black princess croaks
LA Life
September 17, 2009
Disney Expo Channels Peter Pan
Disney’s song and dance about a black princess croaks
Blogs
September 15, 2009
Disney Freaks in Mouse Heaven at the D23 Expo
Man, there was a lot of stuff at the D23 Expo this past weekend. And the weird thing is, it seemed like there wasn't enough stuff. Disney is famously hush-hush about how many people actually attend their events ("tens of thousands" is the best guess for D23). I went on Friday and Saturday. I saw e ... More >>
News
September 3, 2009
A Marvel-ous Deal for Mickey
That is, if Disney can stop itself from ruining the comics company
LA Life
June 25, 2009
Was Disney a Spaniard? Did Beck Used to Use a Leafblower?
That is, if Disney can stop itself from ruining the comics company
Calendar
June 18, 2009
THE FRESHEST SEAFOOD IN TOWN
That is, if Disney can stop itself from ruining the comics company
Blogs
February 17, 2009
Disney's Small World Ride: The Horror Returns Anew
Last time I went to Disneyland, the It's a Small World ride was (miraculously) closed for refurbishment. Now, it is open once more, to torment adults and delight children. For even greater obnoxiousness, Disney has added in characters from its more popular franchises--Aladdin, Nemo, the Little Merm ... More >>
News
February 12, 2009
DreamWorks Desperately Seeking $250 Million
Snider/Spielberg secretly make Disney play, lose Universal deal in the process
Film+TV
November 20, 2008
Bolt's Leashed Lightning
Disney's latest toon is a starry dog story
Film+TV
October 30, 2008
Mumb-ai Chihuahua
Bollywood and Disney make uneasy bedfellows in animated Romeo
Blogs
October 3, 2008
WORN OUT- Lohan and Ronson’s flannel love at Disneyland (& Gay Days vs. Miley too).
Our trip to Disneyland last week offered a sneak peak of the park’s Halloween makeover (fans of The Nightmare Before Christmas MUST check out the Haunted House this month!) but it also saw a near miss meeting with one of the tabloid world’s most obsessed-about twosomes (and the trail of paparaz ... More >>
LA Life
October 2, 2008
Best Steam Trains: Walt Disney's Carolwood Barn
Our trip to Disneyland last week offered a sneak peak of the park’s Halloween makeover (fans of The Nightmare Before Christmas MUST check out the Haunted House this month!) but it also saw a near miss meeting with one of the tabloid world’s most obsessed-about twosomes (and the trail of paparaz ... More >>
Blogs
March 26, 2008
Skullphone may have bought time?
Curbed.la is claiming that Skullphone didn't hack Clear Channel billboards, but actually bought space on them, just like strip clubs and Disney movies do. And while that's kind of sad, it's also kind of funny: The guy got his money's worth in publicity. Also, the idea's now floating out there. Some ... More >>
Blogs
February 25, 2008
Glen and Marketa at the Oscars
Once upon a time, Elliott Smith and Aimee Mann were nominated for Oscars, and despite the KCRW-ness of it all, it still felt good to watch them up there against the Celines and the Disney movie stuff. Of course, it was always Celine Dion or Phil Collins or whomever that walked away with the award ... More >>
Columns
January 24, 2008
Ice Follies
Once upon a time, Elliott Smith and Aimee Mann were nominated for Oscars, and despite the KCRW-ness of it all, it still felt good to watch them up there against the Celines and the Disney movie stuff. Of course, it was always Celine Dion or Phil Collins or whomever that walked away with the award ... More >>
News
December 14, 2006
It's a Wonderful Life?
Hollywood stuffs its stockings with Mel-odramas, shame, backstabbing and bloodbaths
Stage
October 12, 2006
Commencement Exercises
Hollywood stuffs its stockings with Mel-odramas, shame, backstabbing and bloodbaths
News
October 5, 2006
Best Landlocked Treasure Island
Hollywood stuffs its stockings with Mel-odramas, shame, backstabbing and bloodbaths
News
September 7, 2006
Terror in the Aisles
The snakes that didn�t save Hollywood, and the suit who just might
News
July 27, 2006
Brokespoke Alp
Jake Gyllenhaal's ride to nowhere?
News
July 13, 2006
Go, Johnny, Go!
Depp gives Disney the pirate’s booty
News
April 20, 2006
Sock Sorter
W. Daniel Hillis
Film+TV
March 30, 2006
Dream on Silly Dreamer
W. Daniel Hillis
News
November 17, 2005
10 Comics That Shook The World
(Of comics, anyway)
Eat+Drink
July 21, 2005
Any Given Sundae
(Of comics, anyway)
News
April 21, 2005
Really Big Packages
Forget what EW says, it’s the moguls’ perks that are out of control, not the stars’
News
February 24, 2005
The Colors! The Colors!
Playing �Visual Music� at MOCA
News
December 16, 2004
Mistrial of the Century
Free legal advice to the $700-an-hour schmucks screwing up the Disney courtroom drama
News
December 9, 2004
Web Exclusive: Does Woody Allen Just Write Like Rick Moranis?
Startling similarities in their Disney parodies
News
November 25, 2004
They Hate Me, They Really Hate Me
On winning "The Eisner" at the Disney trial
News
October 28, 2004
Lies and the Dirty Liars Who Tell Them
Mike Ovitz takes the stand
News
September 30, 2004
When Might Turns Right
Golly GE, why Big Media is pro-Bush
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