Here are the official 2011 Oscar nominations for the 83rd Academy Awards. BEST PICTURE127 HOURS (Fox Searchlight Pictures)BLACK SWAN (Fox Searchlight Pictures)INCEPTION (Warner Bros Pictures)THE FIGHTER (Relativity Media/Paramount Pictures)THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT (Focus Features)THE KING'S SPEECH...
Born to Elias and Flora Disney on 5 December 1901 in Chicago, Illinois, Walter Elias Disney was a film director, engineer, animator and entrepreneur. His many films, animated character Mickey Mouse and innovative theme parks made him famous. As a child, his family lived in various cities. In...
In the theatre there are 1,500 cameras rolling at the same time- in the cinema, only one,” as quoted by Orson Welles, the prolific director of the most studied film of all time, Citizen Kane. Within the last century cinema has grown from pioneering silent films into orchestrated musicals, “spaghetti...
Two Walt Disney World monorails crashed into each other at 2 a.m. Sunday, July 5th, at the end of Disney's popular 4th of July celebration. Monorail pink and monorail purple crashed near the Magic Kingdom's Transportation and Ticket Center. One driver was , according to the Orlando Sentinel, and...
According to an official press release from the Walt Disney Company, Disney has bought Marvel Entertainment for the price of $4 billion. Under the deal, Disney gains control of more than 5,000 Marvel characters, and Marvel gains their massive marketing infrastructure. "This transaction combines...
Walt Disney Co.'s ABC Television is cutting back on its workforce by 5 percent. Two hundred employees will lose their jobs, and another 200 open positions with the company will remain unfilled. The cuts will affect the ABC network, ABC Family, ABC News, SoapNet, and the Disney Channel. Disney's...
The NFL Super Bowl XLV will air on February 6, 2011 on FOX and for many, the commercials are sometimes more enjoyable than the actual game. While teams are preparing for the final division playoffs before battling it out at the Cowboys Stadium on Feb. 6, many organizations have prepared advertisements...
cc licensed flickr photo shared by Julien Haler Travel is still one of the biggest industries in the world today, despite an economic slump that has plagued the world for several years. Some states in the US have more visitors, and many more money than others. In fact, some states rely on tourism...
Influential people come in all shapes and sizes in all generations throughout history. Such people can be grouped together by shared affiliations and backgrounds, for whatever purposes people are drawn to make lists. This list offers some interesting biographical tidbits about 50 people of Jewish...
