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The Force is with Disney as it buys 'Star Wars' for $4B

Last updated Tuesday, October 30, 2012 - 5:00pm

LOS ANGELES — A decade after George Lucas said "Star Wars" was finished on the big screen, a new trilogy is destined for theaters as The Walt Disney Co. announced Tuesday that it was buying Lucasfilm Ltd. for $4.05 billion.

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Disney tales loaded with life lessons

Rachel Badali Standard-Examiner Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, July 30, 2012 - 9:10am

Editor’s note: We learn new things in the most unexpected of ways and places, as one TX. writer has discovered. Here’s the next in her occasional series of knowledge she’s stumbled upon.

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Some Things I Learned From Walt Disney

• You are never too old or too smart for a little magic.

• Heroes come in all shapes and sizes.

• Making others smile is a good way to make them like you.

• Accept rejection, but never let it stop you.

• A smile is always a universal symbol of friendship.

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Disney and Dali, 'GCB' explained

Rich Heldenfels Akron Beacon-Journal

Last updated Sunday, May 13, 2012 - 7:51am

Q: A few years ago on a cruise, I saw a film short done maybe in the 1940s or early 1950s as a collaboration between Walt Disney and Salvador Dali. It was animated. The name of it is "Destino." At the time, information said it would soon be released for sale. I would love to have it but, so far, I know it has been delayed and I don't see it for sale anywhere. Do you know if and when it will be for sale? I would also like to know who sang the song that is this short film's soundtrack.

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(KENDAL RUSSELL/Standard-Examiner) Eagle Bay Elementary drama club fourth- and fifth-graders present "Aladdin, Jr." in Farmington on Tuesday.

Farmington students brave new world - the stage - in Disney's 'Aladdin, Jr.'

Ruth Malan Standard-Examiner

Last updated Tuesday, April 24, 2012 - 10:34pm

FARMINGTON — In the ancient city of Agrabah, Princess Jasmine’s father, the Sultan, tells Jasmine she must choose a husband.

The stage at Eagle Bay Elementary has been transformed into that ancient city, where 70 students in the school’s drama club performed the Disney musical “Aladdin, Jr.” against a backdrop of the Royal Palace in the desert.

Scenery was constructed and painted by students, teachers and parents, said Trish Packer, one of the co-directors of the production and a resource teacher.

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Snow blankets the sidewalk outside of Grounds for Coffee on Historic 25th Street in Ogden on Thursday. Crews will be filming in the 100 block of the street today and into the early Sunday hours. Area residents are welcome to try to spot stars, as long as they don't impede filming, the producer says. (NICK SHORT/Standard-Examiner)

Residents welcome to try to spot stars during Ogden filming

Nancy Van Valkenburg Standard-Examiner

Last updated Saturday, March 3, 2012 - 8:00am

OGDEN — For people who always flip to the end of books and fast-forward to the end of movies, this afternoon is your chance to catch a glimpse of the final scenes of “The Mistle-Tones,” an ABC Family Channel Christmas movie that won’t debut until December.

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Disney closes new exhibit after criticism for stigmatizing fat kids

Marni Jameson The Orlando Sentinel

Last updated Thursday, March 1, 2012 - 5:13pm

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Epcot's new Habit Heroes attraction, which tackles childhood obesity, has landed in big fat trouble.

Shortly after its unofficial opening last month, the interactive exhibit was blasted by critics for stigmatizing fat kids. Now, Disney has closed the Innoventions exhibit for "retooling."

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Disney Channel to air in Russia

Dawn C. Chimielewski Los Angeles Times

Last updated Friday, October 28, 2011 - 9:28am

LOS ANGELES -- Walt Disney Co. says it plans to launch a broadcast version of Disney Channel in Russia next year, enabling the entertainment giant to deliver its family programming to about 40 million households in the increasingly important market.

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Teens can test movie trivia power at Weber library

Charlie Pomerleau Standard-Examiner

Last updated Saturday, October 15, 2011 - 10:12pm

OGDEN — Teen Gaming Day will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday in the main branch of the Weber County Library, 2464 Jefferson Ave.

Admission is free for this competition of “Scene It?” Test your Disney movie trivia power at the Main Library. Prizes will be awarded to the biggest Disney geeks!

For more information, call Nancy Funes at 801-337-2639.

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Hank Williams Jr. slams ESPN, Disney

Greg Braxton Los Angeles Times

Last updated Tuesday, October 11, 2011 - 5:57pm

LOS ANGELES -- Hank Williams Jr. is gone from ESPN and "Monday Night Football." But he is not going quietly.

The country singer of ESPN's "Monday Night Football" theme song who parted ways with the sports network last week after making comments on "Fox & Friends" comparing President Barack Obama to Hitler made his first appearance since leaving the network on Tuesday's edition of ABC's "The View," showing much of the outrageous and rambling personality that was on display during the Fox News Channel program.

Wearing a New York Yankees/Mickey Mantle jersey and orange-colored sunglasses, Williams took several shots at Disney-owned ESPN, saying at one point, "Mickey is a mean mouse." Though he insisted he was misunderstood and was using an analogy between Hitler and Obama to make a political point, he declined to apologize or take back his earlier statements.

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Head of Disney Channels resigns

Dawn C. Chmielewski, Joe Flint Los Angeles Times

Last updated Friday, September 16, 2011 - 8:25am

LOS ANGELES -- In the second top-management shake-up this month at Walt Disney Co., the executive in charge of the entertainment giant's powerful Disney Channel is leaving the company after less than two years on the job.

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Who's afraid of the big, bad mouse? You'd be surprised

Mark Saal Standard-Examiner

Last updated Tuesday, August 16, 2011 - 9:19am

You know that old saying, "Mess with the bull, you get the horns"?

Well, apparently there's an even older saying in the entertainment business:

"Mess with the Mouse, you get the ears."

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Photo courtesy of Jolie Hales
Jolie Hales (right) is a Disneyland ambassador, pictured here with Mickey Mouse and fellow ambassador Rene Torrico. Hales is a graduate of Layton High School and Weber State University.

Layton native a 'natural fit' as Disneyland ambassador

Ruth Malan Standard-Examiner

Last updated Sunday, August 7, 2011 - 11:02pm

SALT LAKE CITY -- Goofy was in town last week along with another face of Disneyland -- Jolie Hales.

Hales is one of two ambassadors at Disneyland who works with the guests at the resort, with the media and for community events.

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Kidnap hoax mom pleads guilty to fraud, ID theft

Larry King, The Philadelphia Inquirer

Last updated Tuesday, June 21, 2011 - 11:34pm

PHILADELPHIA — After two years of courtroom denials, a former Pennsylvania paralegal admitted Tuesday in federal court to a three-year series of frauds that cost law clients, her employer and a frail former in-law close to $1 million.

Bonnie Sweeten, of Feasterville, whose faked 2009 kidnapping drew national notoriety, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to one count of wire fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft.

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Disney's Iger leads CEO compensation survey

Diane Stafford, McClatchy Newspapers

Last updated Tuesday, June 7, 2011 - 3:54pm

After two years of compensation declines, U.S. chief executive officers had a median annual pay increase of 18 percent in 2010, according to a national survey released Tuesday.

GovernanceMetrics International Inc. analyzed 747 proxy statements filed between June 30, 2010, and March 24, 2011, to find that total realized compensation, which includes stock awards, jumped a median 28 percent.

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Community band plans free concert

Standard-Examiner staff

Last updated Sunday, March 13, 2011 - 10:44pm

CLEARFIELD -- The Clearfield Community Band will present a free spring concert at 7 p.m. March 31 at Davis County Library North Branch, 562 S. 1000 East.

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