The video below is getting a lot of traffic on YouTube and a lot of attention around the blogosphere as well.
In the video, a young boy with autism and cerebral palsy is watching a parade at Walt Disney World.  As the Darth Maul character from Star Wars approaches, the boy runs out into the middle [...]

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As we first reported on Twitter this afternoon, Roy Disney, nephew of Walt Disney who helped revolutionize the Walt Disney Studio’s animation unit, died on Wednesday in California.  He had been battling stomach cancer for more than a year.  He was 79 years old.
Disney served as a  consultant to the company until his death. [...]

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“The Princess and the Frog” took the top spot at reigned supreme at movie theaters this weekend.
The fairy tale from Disney did $25 million, according to initial estimates. That was about $10 million more than the closest competitor.
It also represents the best debut for an animated film released during the month of December, topping “Beavis [...]

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We bloggers certainly know that the FTC is now cracking down, but we didn’t expect the first victim to be Disney.
The company is now offering a full Baby Einstein refund of $15.99 to anyone who bought one of the DVDs between the dates of June 5, 2004 and Sept. 4, 2009.
Consumers can also exchange the [...]

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Yes, now you can express your eternal love with lovely Disney wedding rings.
Clothing designer Kirstie Kelly has expanded her offerings beyond simple Disney wedding dresses, as she has now designed an entire line of Disney wedding rings as well.
The new line, dubbed the “Kirstie Kelly for Disney by Mouawad,” represents Kelly’s first venture into the [...]

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The Walt Disney Company announced on Monday that it will purchase Marvel Entertainment, Inc. for $4 billion. The blockbuster deal would add icons like Spider-Man and the Fantastic Four to the Disney brand.
The deal values Marvel at about $50 per share, a premium of 29 percent to Marvel Entertainment’s closing stock price [...]

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As we reported this morning, a Disney monorail crash claimed the life of one person early this morning, around 2am EDT.
Disney VP of Communications Michael Griffin has said that the driver that was killed was 21-year-old Austin Wuennenberg.  He would not say how long Wuennenberg had been with Disney World or the circumstances surrounding [...]

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UPDATE: See dramatic footage from WKMG Orlando here.
A driver was killed following a Disney monorail crash at EPCOT Center in Orlando, FL early on Sunday.  The driver died when he rear-ended another train at about 2am EDT.
The operator of the other monorail train was taken to the hospital, but was uninjured, according to [...]

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Today will be remembered as the day that Mickey Mouse went silent.
Wayne Allwine, the voice of Mickey Mouse for over thirty years, has died.  The Walt Disney Company says that Allwine died on Monday as a result of complications from diabetes.  He was 62.
On a romantic note, his wife of 20 years, Russi Taylor (who [...]

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Do you ever get a strange sense of Deja Vu when watching an animated Disney movie?
There may be good reason.  It seems that Disney is the inventor of the original duplicate content penalty.
According to this video, Disney only ever made one movie, and they’ve been tracing it ever since…

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