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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 leadi...
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 leadi...
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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Locals are well traveled
The two-week holiday break has sent local prep basketball teams across the Southland and country for tournament games. Teams have hit destinations such as Florida, Arizona, Nevada and Palm Desert.
Locally, two girls' basketball tournaments are in their...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Gomez (music group), Basketball, Teaching and Learning, Holidays
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World View: Enchanted by 'Nutcracker'
Taking my seat at the Irvine Barclay Theatre, I could sense the dread of some of the parents around me. I watched mothers and fathers stoically fulfill a holidaytime obligation to their little ones as families packed into the auditorium for an...Tags: Concerts, Music, Entertainment, Entertainment Events, Dance
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Steady Barons on a roll
The Fountain Valley boys' basketball team is streaking into the holiday weekend. The Barons picked up two victories earlier in the week, the most recent a 69-52 nonleague drubbing of host Yorba Linda. "We played a pretty strong defensive game,...Tags: Religion and Belief, Arizona Cardinals, High School Sports, Basketball, California Interscholastic Federation
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Fox sues Dish over ad-blocking feature; Dish fires back
Fox Broadcasting Co. has sued Dish Network, becoming the first television network to fire a legal salvo over the satellite company's controversial new ad-skipping device called AutoHop. Dish, meanwhile, filed its own lawsuit, which asks a federal judge...
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Orlando Fringe: Sentinel's Best of the Festival
Each year, the Orlando Sentinel reviewing team picks 10 Orlando Fringe Festival shows for our Best of the Festival list. Here are this year's top 10, presented alphabetically… you can read the review of each and check out remaining showtimes...
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Disney, Universal ads appear next to sex links
Walt Disney World ads featuring Mickey Mouse promoting travel and hotel deals ran alongside online links for sex shops, nudist resorts and other adult services, a report released Thursday shows.
Ads from Universal Studios and Nickelodeon Suites Resort...Tags: Nickelodeon (tv network), Altamonte Springs, Online Advertising, Amusement and Theme Parks, Hotels and Accommodations
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Missouri House spent $1,100 on security camera for Rush Limbaugh bust
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - The Missouri House has spent more than $1,100 on a security camera to keep watch over a new bronze bust of conservative commentator Rush Limbaugh. House Clerk Adam Crumbliss said Thursday that he authorized the camera because...Tags: Rush Limbaugh, Stan Musial
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For the record
Harvey Milk: In the May 23 LATExtra section, an article about Orange County supervisors' declining to recognize the birthday of slain gay-rights activist Harvey Milk said that Supervisor Janet Nguyen left the meeting room as speakers urged the board to...Tags: Los Angeles Kings, The Walt Disney Co., Milk (movie), Janet Nguyen, Boston Celtics
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Battling banners will fly over Disney for Gay Days
Tourists in town next week could see two very different messages if they look skyward once Gay Days rolls into town: One will warn them away from an annual gay-and-lesbian celebration at Walt Disney World, while the other will welcome LGBT travelers and...Tags: Social Issues, Walt Disney World Resort, Travel, Amusement and Theme Parks, Tourism and Leisure
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Disney ranch closer to getting high-tech production complex
Half a century ago, Walt Disney leased a horse ranch in Placerita Canyon to shoot episodes of "The Adventures of Spin and Marty" from the classic ABC series "The Mickey Mouse Club." Disney liked the property so much, with its rich variety of meadows, oak...Tags: ABC (tv network), Television, The Walt Disney Co., Movies, Mickey Mouse (fictional animal)
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Home theater: 'Take This Waltz,' 'Certified Copy' offer off-beat romance
24 FramesSarah Polley's "Take This Waltz" tops the list of new films available this week on Video on Demand and DVD/Blu-ray. Fans of unusual, well made romances also might want to check out "Certified Copy."... -
Paramount delays 'G.I. Joe: Retaliation' release until 2013
Paramount Pictures has delayed the release of its sole summer action movie,"G.I. Joe: Retaliation," from June 29 until March of next year, an unexpected shift that leaves the studio without a big-budget "tentpole" hitting theaters in 2012. The move...
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