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[5 Sep 2010 | No Comment | ]
Fall Disney Channel Line-Up Preview Video

For all the tweens, teens, and young-at-hearts out there, here’s the latest Disney Channel preview video for the Fall line-up!
Beginning with a look at the brand new series Fish Hooks, the preview continues with a look at an appearance of “Shaqula” (that’s Shaquille O’Neal dressed up as Dracula…) on Demi Lovato’s Sonny With a Chance, a peek at Hannah Montana Forever, a Phineas and Ferb episode based on the Wizard of Oz, and some new clips from Disney Channel Original Movie Avalon High. Keep an eye open for scenes …

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[5 Sep 2010 | No Comment | ]
More Claims That Disney Denied Overtime Wages

On the tail of another wage suit in which Disney was ordered to pay over $400,000 in back wages, 36 financial analysts at Walt Disney Pictures have launched a lawsuit claiming denial of payment.
Unlike many wage suits, which are often started by blue-collar workers, this one is being put together by salaried analysts and contract researchers in the participations, royalties and residuals department at Walt Disney Pictures — these are the folks who make sure A-list stars get paid accurately by the studio.
The suit claims that the 36 were …

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[5 Sep 2010 | No Comment | ]
Disney’s Miramax Deal Gets Rocky

This story just seems to be dragging on and on and on! After months taking bids, turning down bids, and finally securing a buyer for boutique film studio Miramax, the deal seems to be on thin ice again.
Disney announced on July 30th that a group of investors led by Colony Capital partners, including Ron Tutor, had won the bidding war for Miramax at a price of $660 million. The acquisition was set to close between September 10th and year end, but things aren’t as easy as they’d seemed. Apparently, the …

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[5 Sep 2010 | No Comment | ]
Selena Gomez “A Year Without Rain” Full Video

Selena Gomez’s newest video showed in full for the first time on September 3rd after Camp Rock 2’s 8-million-viewer debut.
The video is for the title track for Selena Gomez and the Scene’s A Year Without Rain, Gomez’s second album, on which she collaborated with singer Katy Perry on one song.

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[5 Sep 2010 | 2 Comments | ]
Monday is the Last Day for Disneyland’s Maliboomer

As we reported in August, Disneyland’s Maliboomer will not make the cut in the new Disney California Adventure, which is currently being renovated and will be through 2012. Monday, Labor Day, will be the last day guests will be able to experience the attraction.

Unfortunately for the ride’s fans, who recently began a “save the Maliboomer” facebook page, Disney states that the attraction will no longer fit into the theme of the park, which will take on “a return to the romance and charm of California’s oceanfront playgrounds of the early …

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[4 Sep 2010 | No Comment | ]
Disney Channel’s “Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam” Debuts with Impressive Numbers

Celebrating cool dance moves and a passion for music Disney’s “Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam” debuted as the number one cable movie of 2010 with 8 million viewers. Starring Demi Lovato, of “Sonny With A Chance” fame, and the platinum selling recording artists Jonas Brothers “Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam” proved to be a huge blockbuster among kids aged 6-11 and the undeniably important tween demographic.
According to “TV by the Numbers,” the opening night box office equivalent is $63 Million and the debut proved to be TV’s No. …