Bob McCarty Writes

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 [...]

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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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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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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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