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Happy Birthday Quiz: 15 years of Disney's Animal Kingdom
Disney's Animal Kingdom marks its 15th year of existence on Monday. Fittingly, it has an Earth Day birthday. Take our quiz that looks back on the theme park's first decade and a half. 1. Even before the park opened, it had a name change. What word was...
Tags: Amusement and Theme Parks, Expedition Everest, Earth Day, Walt Disney World Resort, Zoology
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Three new names on MOCA board
Los Angeles' Museum of Contemporary Art has appointed three new trustees, including Bruce Karatz, the former chief executive of KB Homes who was convicted three years ago on four felony counts of failing to disclose the backdating of stock options. Also...
Tags: Museums, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Punishment, Corporate Officers, Los Angeles Police Department
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Classic Hollywood: On the case of 'Roger Rabbit'
Disney's frenetic live-action/animated comedy "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" was the second-highest-grossing film of 1988, earning more than $156 million. The comedy won three Academy Awards and transformed its lead, British actor Bob Hoskins, into a bona fide...Tags: Don Hahn, Academy Awards, Samuel Goldwyn, Robert Zemeckis, DreamWorks Animation SKG Incorporated
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Toss up a bottle for the author of 'Cocktail'
Before it became a lucrative if critically drubbed exemplar of '80s cinematic cheese, the Tom Cruise vehicle "Cocktail" first sprang to life as a novel by Heywood Gould, who based the book on his experiences bartending throughout New York in the 1970s....
Tags: SXSW Music and Media Conference & Festival, Tom Cruise, Shailene Woodley, Olivia Wilde, The Descendants (movie)
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Disney shareholders vote against splitting CEO, chairman positions
Shareholders have voted down two proposals brought forward at the Walt Disney Co. annual meeting that sought to change how the largest entertainment company in the world is governed. One proposal called for the future split of the chief executive and...Tags: Corporate Officers, Politics, Elections, Companies and Corporations, The Walt Disney Co.
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La Caņada's Gordon Crawford leaving Capital Group to focus on improving journalism
It was Crawford who basically forced the resignation of Steve Case from the top spot at AOL Time Warner. Malone, Turner and Crawford huddled in Malone's office to pick a triggerman, and the investor drew the short straw. "Ted said he couldn't do it...
Tags: AOL LLC, Los Angeles Times, Lions Gate Entertainment Corporation, Joe Flint, Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc.
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Odds and ends about Epcot
When I close my eyes, I see a geodesic dome made of thousands of triangular pieces. It appears to hover. Yes, I've spent so much time at Epcot lately that Spaceship Earth is burning into my retinas. The park has bustled with the return of the Epcot...
Tags: Meg Crofton, Festive Events, Coca-Cola Co., Wines, Spaceship Earth
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The Morning Fix: Thumbs-up for 'Avengers,' Viacom profit up
Company TownA rave review for "The Avengers," Viacom's profits are way up, Bloomberg won a legal fight against Comcast and CNN's rating woes continue.... -
Bob Iger's studio chief hunt: Why would anyone want the job?
24 FramesDisney studio chief opening: Since Bob Iger fired studio chief Rich Ross, the media have tossed all sorts of prominent names into the hopper as potential successors. But who would want the job?... -
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AOL launches network of lifestyle video channels
Company TownAOL Chairman and CEO Tim Armstrong used the high-profile platform of the Digital NewFront presentation to advertisers to launch AOL On, an online network for showcasing digital video....
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