The Security and Exchange Commission has directed the Walt Disney Company to accept a shareholder resolution requesting the inclusion of ex-gays in Disney’s sexual orientation policies and corporate diversity programs. Disney had opposed the ex-gay resolution and asked the SEC for permission to exclude it from stockholder consideration. “Like many corporations, Disney implements mandatory diversity [...]
Disney Told to Include Ex-Gays in Policies
January 13th, 2010 · 1 Comment
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Uncle Jay Explains the News: Nov. 2, 2009
November 2nd, 2009 · No Comments
Uncle Jay says you can stare at goats, or at a dead singer’s movie, or at a health care bill that’s ready for its close-up. Any way you slice it, the news is pretty much a constant paranormal activity. Still, Uncle Jay explains it all in this week’s edition of Uncle Jay Explains the News. [...]
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Wall Street Journal Features Work of BMW Cartoonist in Article on Disney-Marvel Merger
September 2nd, 2009 · 1 Comment
Congrats to David Donar, the editorial cartoonist who designed the cartoon featured in the header of this blog and is often featured in BMW posts. His drawing of “Hulk Mouse” was featured today in a Wall Street Journal article (Spider Mouse? Marvel/Disney Mash-Ups for True Believers) about Disney’s offer to buy Marvel Comics. See more [...]
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ABC Preps Wall Street Comedies for Primetime
March 6th, 2009 · 3 Comments
From the “I DON’T LISTEN TO HOLLYWOOD!” department: Believe it or not, ABC television is prepping to air pilots for two new television comedies based upon “recent Wall Street carnage and the sad toll it’s taken on that once-mighty warrior, the investment banker.” The sad toll it’s taken on that once-mighty warrior, the investment banker? [...]
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Famed Disney Animator Passes at 95
April 15th, 2008 · 2 Comments
You’ve probably seen his work in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Pinocchio, Fantasia and Song of the South as well as Cinderella, Alice in Wonderland, Peter Pan and Lady and the Tramp. In addition, you’ve likely seen his inspired animation and directorial contributions to Sleeping Beauty, Sword in the Stone, Mary Poppins and The [...]
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Hollywood Writers Strike Cause for Celebration
November 3rd, 2007 · 2 Comments
Without writers to provide fresh material for daytime soap operas, evening sitcoms and late-night talk shows, many of the television networks will be forced to air re-runs of those programs or something else. News of that possibility came yesterday in the form of an Associate Press article that reported film and television writers are prepared [...]
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