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Signed a deal with Yash Raj Films to make animated ...
Disney in Bollywood tie-up
US entertainment giant Walt Disney has signed a deal with Yash Raj Films to make animated movies using the voices of Bollywood stars.
Yahoo!7 News - Entertainment - 1 year, 5 months ago
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Become the first major Hollywood studio to ban depictions of ...
Disney films to ban smoking
Walt Disney has become the first major Hollywood studio to ban depictions of smoking.
Yahoo!7 News - Entertainment - 1 year, 3 months ago
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Bought the popular online kids hangout Club Penguin for &$US350 ...
Disney buys tween hangout Club Penguin
Walt Disney has bought the popular online kids hangout Club Penguin for &$US350 million, adding a site that in two years has been become a rage among preteens.
Yahoo!7 News - Entertainment - 1 year, 3 months ago
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To make Prague its largest European site for the development ...
Disney chooses Prague as European mobile games centre (AFP)
PRAGUE (AFP) - Walt Disney is to make Prague its largest European site for the development of games played on mobile phones and the Internet, the company said in statement ...
Yahoo!7 News - Entertainment - 1 year ago
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Produce animation films in Japan in tie-ups with local studios ...
Walt Disney to make 'anime' films in Japan (AFP)
TOKYO (AFP) - US entertainment giant Walt Disney will produce animation films in Japan in tie-ups with local studios in a rare move to adapt to regional tastes, a company ...
Yahoo!7 News - Entertainment - 8 months, 2 weeks ago
3 weeks, 5 days ago
Hollywood woos Bollywood for bigger hits (Reuters)
MUMBAI, Oct 24 (Reuters) - The tale of a dog finding true love after being abandoned in a Mumbai slum is Walt Disney Co's first stab at a local-language film ...
Yahoo!7 News - Entertainment - 4:22 a.m. Saturday 25th October 2008
Yahoo!7 News - Entertainment - 4:22 a.m. Saturday 25th October 2008
3 weeks, 6 days ago
Hollywood woos Bollywood (Reuters)
MUMBAI (Reuters) - The tale of a dog finding true love after being abandoned in a Mumbai slum is Walt Disney Co's first stab at a local-language film in India, ...
Yahoo!7 News - Entertainment - 7 p.m. Friday 24th October 2008
Yahoo!7 News - Entertainment - 7 p.m. Friday 24th October 2008
1 month ago
"High School Musical 3" set to keep franchise hot (Reuters)
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Walt Disney Co's hotly anticipated "High School Musical 3: Senior Year" arrives in movie theaters around the world next week, with bumper advance ticket sales and ...
Yahoo!7 News - Entertainment - 2:54 a.m. Saturday 18th October 2008
Yahoo!7 News - Entertainment - 2:54 a.m. Saturday 18th October 2008
1 month, 1 week ago
Chihuahua takes top billing
Walt Disney's comedy Beverly Hills Chihuahua repeated its run as the top film in the US and Canadian theatres for a second weekend, earning $17.5 million ($A25.7 million) and beating ...
The West - Entertainment - 10:30 a.m. Monday 13th October 2008
The West - Entertainment - 10:30 a.m. Monday 13th October 2008
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Chihuahua leaps to top of North American box-office (AFP)
LOS ANGELES (AFP) - A new Walt Disney film about a rapping chihuahua that mixes Aztec warrior history and romance jumped to the top of the US and Canadian box ...
Yahoo!7 News - Entertainment - 4:04 a.m. Monday 6th October 2008
Yahoo!7 News - Entertainment - 4:04 a.m. Monday 6th October 2008
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Disney India puts 4 features in motion (Reuters)
NEW DELHI (Hollywood Reporter) - In another sign of Hollywood's growing interest in the Indian film industry, the Walt Disney Company India is planning a quartet of live-action features under ...
Yahoo!7 News - Entertainment - 1:43 p.m. Saturday 4th October 2008
Yahoo!7 News - Entertainment - 1:43 p.m. Saturday 4th October 2008
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Studios and theaters seen announcing digital deal soon (Reuters)
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Walt Disney, Paramount, Twentieth Century Fox and Universal are soon expected to announce a long-sought $1.1 billion digital cinema deal that Hollywood hopes will boost attendance, ...
Yahoo!7 News - Entertainment - 9:13 a.m. Friday 26th September 2008
Yahoo!7 News - Entertainment - 9:13 a.m. Friday 26th September 2008
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Depp to play Tonto, Mad Hatter in upcoming films (Reuters)
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Johnny Depp is becoming the new face of Walt Disney Studios.
Yahoo!7 News - Entertainment - 1:17 p.m. Thursday 25th September 2008
Yahoo!7 News - Entertainment - 1:17 p.m. Thursday 25th September 2008
2 months, 1 week ago
Mickey Mouse gets the gloves off
In Disney Enterprises, Inc v Sondavid Pty Ltd [2008] FCA 1394 (11 September 2008), Disney sought an order pursuant to s 137(5) of the Trade Marks Act 1995 (Cth) ( ...
Australian Trade Marks Law Blog - 1:10 p.m. Sunday 14th September 2008
Australian Trade Marks Law Blog - 1:10 p.m. Sunday 14th September 2008
2 months, 2 weeks ago
MySpace to launch 'High School Musical' contest (Reuters)
NEW YORK (Reuters) - MySpace plans to launch a contest Tuesday to market the latest in Walt Disney Co's blockbuster franchise "High School Musical 3" in what the social network ...
Yahoo!7 News - Entertainment - 3:19 p.m. Tuesday 2nd September 2008
Yahoo!7 News - Entertainment - 3:19 p.m. Tuesday 2nd September 2008
3 months, 4 weeks ago
Stan Lee, Disney have "Time" for digital comics (Reuters)
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Stan Lee, the former Marvel Comics mastermind, and the Walt Disney Company are looking to a time machine to take them to the future of ...
Yahoo!7 - Entertainment - 11:47 a.m. Friday 25th July 2008
Yahoo!7 - Entertainment - 11:47 a.m. Friday 25th July 2008
4 months ago
Disney names new hosts to replace Ebert and Roeper (Reuters)
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A day after influential critic Roger Ebert quit the film-review show he co-created three decades ago, the Walt Disney Co.
Yahoo!7 News - Entertainment - 7:34 a.m. Wednesday 23rd July 2008
Yahoo!7 News - Entertainment - 7:34 a.m. Wednesday 23rd July 2008
Disney names new hosts to replace Ebert and Roeper (Reuters)
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A day after influential critic Roger Ebert quit the film-review show he co-created three decades ago, the Walt Disney Co. on Tuesday named two new hosts ...
Yahoo!7 News - Entertainment - 6:59 a.m. Wednesday 23rd July 2008
Yahoo!7 News - Entertainment - 6:59 a.m. Wednesday 23rd July 2008
4 months, 1 week ago
Second Life Goes Hollywood
Ariella Furman took her first summer vacation as a college graduate to Walt Disney World, where reality hides behind princesses. When it was over, she returned to Ivyland, Bucks County, ...
TechNewsWorld - 9 p.m. Sunday 13th July 2008
TechNewsWorld - 9 p.m. Sunday 13th July 2008
4 months, 1 week ago
'High School Musical' retunes to suit Latin America (Reuters)
LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - Walt Disney's imminent release of two new film versions of "High School Musical" in Mexico and Argentina marks another expansion in the company's efforts to produce ...
Yahoo!7 News - Entertainment - 9:59 a.m. Saturday 12th July 2008
Yahoo!7 News - Entertainment - 9:59 a.m. Saturday 12th July 2008
