New concept art from Aulani, the lobby revealed

Pictured above we have a newly released rendering of the main lobby area for Aulani, a Disney Resort & Spa. Disney Imagineer Joe Rhode has been dispatched to keep an careful eye on the project and it looks like his background will come in very handy. The highly anticipated Disney destination resort currently under construction on the Hawaiian island of O‘ahu now has an official name and a dynamic new Web site offering an inside look at the project.

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New concept art from Aulani, the lobby revealed

Sparky Katzenberg rhapsodic about his time at Disney

Jeffrey “Sparky” Katzenberg talks with Forbes magazine about 10 minutes that changed his life. That, of course, was when he was fired from the Walt Disney Company.

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Interview with Andreas Deja

With The Princess and the Frog opening in more countries overseas, such as the UK, it’s time for a second wave of publicity for the movie. For instance, here’s a fun little interview with Disney Animator Andreas Deja , who was the lead animator on Mama Odie.

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Disney working on Enchanted Squeekgual

News from Variety that Walt Disney Studios is developing a sequel to the popular modern fantasy musical “Enchanted.” I like this idea as it allows Disney to gently spoof its own animation product. It’s always good to have a sense of humor about one’s self

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Surrogates – DVD Review

There are many reasons to add Surrogates to your DVD collection. Among them are: you’re a Bruce Willis completeist, you like a good film noir and sci-fi doesn’t turn you off, you’re an all-the-humans-are-robots-except-for-the-protagonist-completeist, or, perhaps, you just like science fiction thrillers.

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Surrogates – DVD Review

Can the Pixar Magic transfer to Live Action

Ben Child asks a very intriguing question: Does the idea of Pixar – or rather, Pixar’s people – moving into live action appeal to you? And do you expect to see Stanton thrive in his new arena, or struggle to make waves outside his natural habitat

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Can the Pixar Magic transfer to Live Action

Disney Store closing only store in Vancouver

The closing of the only Disney Store in Vancouver, BC has raised the ire of Disney fans in the area and generated a petition to keep it open .

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Incredible Fantasyland Expansion Update

Global Disney Pinvestigation has one amazing look at the newly revealed model for the Fantasyland Expansion at Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom and what it says about exactly what will be coming with the makeover . Also, spies have spotted that construction trailers have been placed backstage and construction walls are expected to go up shortly in and about Fantasyland.

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ABC Picks Up Three New Shows

ABC has picked up two dramas and one comedy to help round out their schedule. Successful drama pilots, both from ABC Studios and both medical dramas, are “Off the Map” and “Body of Evidence”. Neither looks like a LOST replacement to me.

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ABC Picks Up Three New Shows

ABC Picks Up Three New Shows

ABC has picked up two dramas and one comedy to help round out their schedule. Successful drama pilots, both from ABC Studios and both medical dramas, are “Off the Map” and “Body of Evidence”.

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