Disney

Disney completes $663 million sale of Miramax

Construction magnate Ron Tutor confirms that his investor group now owns the award-winning film studio

Ryan Nakashima, Associated Press Saturday, Dec 4, 2010 12:45 AM UTC
News Disney, Miramax Films

Demi Lovato may have used drugs before rehab

New allegations and video suggest the star's troubles run deeper than we'd thought, include cocaine, drinking

Christopher Hickey Wednesday, Nov 10, 2010 10:11 PM UTC
News Disney

Demi Lovato: Another Disney princess falls

The teen star checks into treatment, allegedly for an eating disorder. How do we explain this to our kids?

Mary Elizabeth Williams Wednesday, Nov 3, 2010 3:01 PM UTC 66
Life Disney

Disney, Muslim worker agree on scarf substitute

The park will allow a specially designed headscarf after initially objecting to her religious head covering

Associated Press Monday, Sep 27, 2010 9:51 PM UTC 20
News Disney, Muslim Women

Tinker … bill? Disney fairies get a sex change

At long last, boys come to Pixie Hollow -- and that's a win for kids of both genders

Mary Elizabeth Williams Wednesday, Apr 28, 2010 7:01 PM UTC 24
Life Disney, Broadsheet, Gender Roles

The perfect double bill: “Princess and the Frog” and “Song of the South”

Is the lovely, calculated tale of Princess Tiana a response to the most notorious film in Disney history?

Erik Nelson Tuesday, Mar 16, 2010 5:30 PM UTC 24
Entertainment The Perfect Double Bill

Disney doesn’t want princess cooties

The studio backs off the "p-word" for fear of alienating boys

Kate Harding Wednesday, Mar 10, 2010 9:20 PM UTC 31
Life Disney, Broadsheet, Love and Sex

Disney princesses get a “Mean Girls” makeover

A video mash-up sends Ariel and Sleeping Beauty back to the merciless halls of high school

Mary Elizabeth Williams Friday, Mar 5, 2010 2:06 PM UTC
Life YouTube, Disney, Broadsheet

The Oscar nominations: Trying to please everyone

Oscar noms spread the love: Sandra Bullock? Check! Giant alien prawns? Check! And, oh yeah, Jim & Kathryn too

Andrew O'Hehir Tuesday, Feb 2, 2010 5:03 PM UTC 37
Entertainment Oscars, Film Salon, An Education

Directors of the decade: No. 2: Miyazaki & Pixar

Pixar's animation is loaded with beauty and feeling -- but Hayao Miyazaki's work disturbs and challenges us

Matt Zoller Seitz Wednesday, Dec 30, 2009 2:30 AM UTC 39
Entertainment Directors of the Decade

Films of the decade: “Meet the Robinsons”

Heck, this isn't even the best animated movie of the decade, but I love it beyond reason

Scott Mendelson Monday, Dec 21, 2009 3:01 PM UTC 10
Entertainment Films of the Decade, Film Salon

“The Princess and the Frog” is Disney royalty

The studio's first African-American princess charms in one of the most sincere romantic comedies in ages

Mary Elizabeth Williams Wednesday, Nov 25, 2009 1:25 AM UTC 32
Entertainment The Princess and the Frog

Disney’s “A Christmas Carol”: Bah, humbug!

Robert Zemeckis' 3-D, motion-capture masterwork is oddly flat. And isn't one Jim Carrey enough for any movie?

Mary Elizabeth Williams Friday, Nov 6, 2009 1:06 AM UTC 34
Entertainment A Christmas Carol, Disney, Movies

The undignified near-death of Miramax

Why Disney turned Harvey Weinstein's legendary indie empire into a zombie slave -- and why it doesn't much matter

Andrew O'Hehir Thursday, Nov 5, 2009 1:05 AM UTC 33
Entertainment Miramax Films, Disney

Mickey and Spidey do Hollywood

The Disney-Marvel deal: Great news for faceless bean-counters -- and for Ant-Man! For movie fans, not so much

Andrew O'Hehir Tuesday, Sep 1, 2009 5:02 PM UTC 29
Entertainment Disney, Beyond the Multiplex

“Ponyo”

Hayao Miyazaki's latest fable is beautiful and whimsical. Unfortunately, it's also a little cold

Stephanie Zacharek Saturday, Aug 15, 2009 11:14 AM UTC 43
Entertainment Disney, Ponyo, Movies

Disney’s princess problem

Critics say the studio's first African-American heroine isn't a good enough role model. What, like Snow White?

Mary Elizabeth Williams Monday, Jun 1, 2009 5:02 PM UTC 42
Life Race, Disney, Broadsheet

Still more DVDs you should have seen (but didn’t)

Trumbo's antiwar parable, Maddin's gorgeous weirdness, a children's film by Tarkovsky, arty French erotica, more.

Andrew O'Hehir Thursday, May 28, 2009 10:40 AM UTC
Entertainment Disney, Beyond the Multiplex

Can 3-D save the movie industry?

Filmmakers hail the technology as a new frontier. But the future looks a lot like the past.

Stephanie Zacharek Thursday, May 28, 2009 10:28 AM UTC 47
Entertainment Disney, Valentines Day

What’s behind the “WALL-E” cult?

Is Pixar's Chaplin-meets-Kubrick robot romance really the best animated film ever? Plus: Answers to our "Sukiyaki Western Django" quiz revealed!

Andrew O'Hehir Thursday, Nov 20, 2008 11:41 AM UTC 46
Entertainment Disney, Beyond the Multiplex

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