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• Additional copies of 'Lincoln' headed to more theaters

  December 3, 2012 8:46 PM

  LOS ANGELES (AP) - "Lincoln" is marching to more movie theaters. Disney, which distributed the DreamWorks film, is making additional prints of director Steven Spielberg's historical saga starring Daniel Day-Lewis to meet an unexpected demand that left some moviegoers in Alaska out in the cold. Dave Hollis, Disney's head of... more »

• 'Dark Knight"s Bale: My heart aches for victims

  July 21, 2012 3:50 PM

  NEW YORK (AP) - "The Dark Knight Rises" star Christian Bale says his heart goes out to the victims of the Colorado shootings at a screening of the Batman film. In a statement released Saturday, Bale says, "Words cannot express the horror that I feel." He says: "I cannot begin... more »

• Live at Disney World?

  June 23, 2010 1:21 PM

  ORLANDO (AP) - The Walt Disney Co. announced an ambitious plan to build multimillion dollar homes in a new gated community it's creating at its famous Florida resort. About 30 properties will be available this year in the Golden Oak resort community at the Walt Disney World Resort. The... more »

• 'Oceans' takes jaw-dropping plunge into sea

  April 25, 2010 10:03 AM

  Fish that look like rocks - or scarves, or a jeweled brooch, or anything but fish - are among the fascinating underwater creatures that inhabit "Oceans." This stunningly beautiful documentary is the second in a series from the new Disneynature label, which gave us "Earth" exactly one year ago... more »

• Miley's 'Last Song': Cyrus setting music aside

  March 29, 2010 12:29 PM

  Singing was the last thing on Miley Cyrus' mind in "The Last Song." Other than a brief sing-along to a tune on a car radio, her character doesn't do any crooning, something Cyrus deliberately avoided with her first lead in a live-action film that doesn't feature musical alter-ego Hannah... more »

• 'Waking' Disney from animation slumber

  March 29, 2010 12:05 PM

  Animation had sunk so low at Walt Disney by the early 1980s that artists at the studio that invented feature-length cartoons would invoke the name of a slumbering Disney princess, wondering if she ever would awaken. The documentary "Waking Sleeping Beauty" picks up from there, relating the remarkable revival... more »

• Studios, theaters debate DVD release dates

  March 16, 2010 12:34 PM

  Hollywood studios and movie theaters are trying to come to terms in a debate over how quickly films move from the big screen to DVD. The time between theatrical and home video releases gradually shrank as studios cashed in on booming DVD sales starting in the late 1990s. The average... more »

• Tim Burton and Johnny Depp on Alice in Wonderland

  March 6, 2010 12:01 PM

  Director Tim Burton and Johnny Depp discuss their new adaptation of "Alice In Wonderland". Check out the video where Mike Wilber interviews the two asking them questions about the making of the movie. more »

• Disney offers free tickets for community service

  January 5, 2010 6:00 PM

  Disney is offering people a free ticket to the happiest place on Earth. To participate you need to be willing to help your community. Disneyland is giving away one million free ticket to its theme park. The program, which kicked off January 1 is called "Give a day. Get a... more »

• 'Princess and Frog' rules box office

  December 14, 2009 8:06 AM

  "The Princess and the Frog" earned a big wet kiss from family audiences as the animated musical leaped to No. 1 with $25 million in its first weekend of nationwide release, according to studio estimates Sunday. The Disney musical is the studio's first hand-drawn animated tale in five years,... more »

• Disney's first black princess: So what, kids say

  November 14, 2009 11:21 AM

  Holly Price Alford is over the moon about Disney's first black princess. Her 8-year-old daughter is, too, but not because the princess is black. "She understands that this is a princess who is African American," said Alford, who is black and lives in Virginia. "But do I think it's... more »

• A Disney classic among others will be released this week

  October 5, 2009 10:36 AM

  What's coming out on DVD this week? Several films from this past summer, and a slew of classics. Re-live the musical magic that made "My Fair Lady" one of Hollywood's all time classics. Audrey Hepburn and Rex Harrison star in this story of a cockney flower girl who undergoes... more »

• 'Toy Story' and sequel get new life in 3-D

  October 3, 2009 11:24 AM

  "Toy Story" has always been a 3-D film, even if moviegoers never saw it that way. Computer-generated animation made the 1995 Pixar smash 3-D by design, with virtual cameras moving through a digital space, capturing the mass and dimension of each character and setting. At the time, though, theaters... more »

• Disney to acquire Marvel for $4 billion

  August 31, 2009 12:31 PM

  The Walt Disney Co. says it is acquiring Marvel Entertainment Inc. for $4 billion in cash and stock, bringing characters like Iron Man and Spider-Man into the Disney family. Under the deal, Disney will acquire ownership of 5,000 Marvel characters. Disney said Monday that Marvel shareholders will receive $30 per... more »