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Walt Disney, born Walter Elias Disney, was an animator and entertainment producer who turned his passion for fantasy-based, family entertainment into businesses that produced cartoons, movies, television shows, consumer products and theme parks, including Central Florida's Walt Disney World.
Born in 1901 in Chicago, the son of an itinerant contractor, Disney grew up in several Midwestern cities and towns. After serving as an ambulance driver in World War I, he became an illustrator in Kansas City, then moved to California in 1923 to produce animated shorts. In 1928 he and a partner developed the Mickey Mouse character that helped establish his business and his reputation as a leading-edge animato...
Born in 1901 in Chicago, the son of an itinerant contractor, Disney grew up in several Midwestern cities and towns. After serving as an ambulance driver in World War I, he became an illustrator in Kansas City, then moved to California in 1923 to produce animated shorts. In 1928 he and a partner developed the Mickey Mouse character that helped establish his business and his reputation as a leading-edge animato...
Walt Disney, born Walter Elias Disney, was an animator and entertainment producer who turned his passion for fantasy-based, family entertainment into businesses that produced cartoons, movies, television shows, consumer products and theme parks, including Central Florida's Walt Disney World.
Born in 1901 in Chicago, the son of an itinerant contractor, Disney grew up in several Midwestern cities and towns. After serving as an ambulance driver in World War I, he became an illustrator in Kansas City, then moved to California in 1923 to produce animated shorts. In 1928 he and a partner developed the Mickey Mouse character that helped establish his business and his reputation as a leading-edge animator. Under his leadership (together with his brother Roy Disney), the company (now the publicly-traded corporation known as The Walt Disney Co.) remained an industry leader for decades as it moved into movies with the world's first full-length animated feature film (Snow White, 1937), television production and other entertainment.
By the early 1950s Walt Disney focused on building a themed amusement park and opened Disneyland in Anaheim, Calif., in the 1960s he planned an eastern theme park, and a utopian community called Epcot, which were to be built together in Florida. Disney died in 1966 before either was started. His vision, however, led to the modern, four-theme park Walt Disney World resort.
Born in 1901 in Chicago, the son of an itinerant contractor, Disney grew up in several Midwestern cities and towns. After serving as an ambulance driver in World War I, he became an illustrator in Kansas City, then moved to California in 1923 to produce animated shorts. In 1928 he and a partner developed the Mickey Mouse character that helped establish his business and his reputation as a leading-edge animator. Under his leadership (together with his brother Roy Disney), the company (now the publicly-traded corporation known as The Walt Disney Co.) remained an industry leader for decades as it moved into movies with the world's first full-length animated feature film (Snow White, 1937), television production and other entertainment.
By the early 1950s Walt Disney focused on building a themed amusement park and opened Disneyland in Anaheim, Calif., in the 1960s he planned an eastern theme park, and a utopian community called Epcot, which were to be built together in Florida. Disney died in 1966 before either was started. His vision, however, led to the modern, four-theme park Walt Disney World resort.
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TV WRITING FELLOWSHIP. Current scripters on "Ugly Betty," "Greek" and "Brothers & Sisters" graduated from the Writing Fellowship Program sponsored by Disney-ABC Television Group, Walt Disney Studios and the Writers Guild of America-West. They're now... -
Who's in play to buy Busch parks?
Gazette Staff WriterThe likelihood is growing that Anheuser-Busch InBev will sell off Busch Entertainment as a non-core asset needed to help pay back a $7 billion bridge loan due in a year. But who will buy it? The answer, as with Anheuser-Busch itself, may lie across the...Tags: Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry, Gardens and Parks, Tourism and Leisure, Cedar Fair LP, Lake Compounce
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Who’s in play to buy Busch parks?
The Virginia GazetteThe likelihood is growing that Anheuser-Busch InBev will sell off Busch Entertainment as a non-core asset needed to help pay back a $7 billion bridge loan due in a year. But who will buy it? The answer, as with Anheuser-Busch itself, may lie across...Tags: Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry, Gardens and Parks, Tourism and Leisure, Cedar Fair LP, Lake Compounce
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Financing woes are all too reel for Hollywood studios
Los Angeles Times Staff WritersThe collapse of Paramount Pictures' $450-million film financing deal underscores how dramatically the global credit crunch is prompting weary investors and several industry-friendly banks to shy away from a popular form of funding that has fueled...Tags: J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., Hollywood (Los Angeles, California), Cinema Industry, Deutsche Bank AG, Brad Pitt
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Complete list of Emmy nominees for 2008
Outstanding Animated Program for less than an hour Creature Comforts America "Don't Choke To Death, Please" on CBS King Of The Hill's "Death Picks Cotton" on FOX Robot Chicken "Robot Chicken: Star Wars" on Cartoon Network The Simpsons "Eternal...Tags: Ted Danson, Jim Kelly, Mike Sweeney, Cinema Industry, Dance
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REDCAT's New Original Works Festival
Special to the TimesPerformance artist Kristina Wong never imagined that living in her West L.A. apartment with her cat Oliver -- her sweet, reliable companion as a single woman -- would prove as difficult as navigating a bad relationship. But several months ago, she and...Tags: Festive Event, Martha Graham, Dance, Ceremonies, Music Industry
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Artist Haegue Yang at REDCAT
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterInstallation artist Haegue Yang believes in the "hiddenness" of stories. Using sight, sound, heat, wind, light -- sometimes even scent -- she seeks to create a sense of narrative by transmuting intimate experience into abstract sensory environments. A...Tags: Marguerite Duras
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Emmy Award nominees
Nominees in major categories for the 60th annual Primetime Emmy Awards announced Thursday by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences: DRAMA SERIES: "Boston Legal," ABC "Damages," FX "Dexter," Showtime "House," Fox "Lost," ABC "Mad Men," AMC...Tags: Ted Danson, Jim Kelly, Mike Sweeney, Cinema Industry, Dance
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ABC, FX get high marks from gay, lesbian alliance
The Associated PressThe marriage between the gay characters Kevin and Scotty in the season finale of ABC's "Brothers & Sisters" helped the network win the highest praise Sunday from an advocacy group that pushes for more visibility of such characters on television. It was...Tags: Television Industry, Minority Groups, Gays and Lesbians, Ellen DeGeneres, NBC
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Southeast Symphony
Southeast Symphony Where: Walt Disney Concert Hall, 111 S. Grand Ave., L.A. When: 3 p.m. next Sunday Price: $25 to $60 Contact: (323) 293-7372, (310) 973-2488 or (213) 480-3232 (Ticketmaster)
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