Posts Tagged ‘disney’

ESPNZone Closing Was Handled Illegally, Say Fired Workers in Lawsuit

A group of laid-off ESPNZone workers will file a class-action lawsuit against Disney, the parent company of the sports and entertainment and bar food empire. The suit will allege that Disney did not provide legal notice to the employees at its Baltimore restaurant before canning them.
Disney closed the Inner Harbor and Downtown D.C. outposts in June, as part of [...]

Film Openings This Week

Talking guinea pigs, a murderous adoptee, and "art porn." Business as usual at your local theater:
Humpday: Judd Apatow has made a joke of straight-dude friendships so gushy they stop just short of PDAs; Lynn Shelton toys with the idea of a pair actually going for it. Her mumblecore film about a project for Seattle's real-life [...]

Me and Zac Efron and Orson Welles

I had an inkling Zac Efron was meant for something more than the part of Troy, the face that launched a thousand and one puberties as the stereotype flouting High School Musical leading man. It was a sneaking suspicion of inevitability spurred by his August 2007 Rolling Stone cover, a G-rated yet suggestive enough shot, [...]

Narnia Fans Get a Lump of Coal

Disney and Walden Media announced yesterday that they're ditching plans to produce a third The Chronic[what?]les of Narnia installment, subtitled The Voyage of the Dawn Treader.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, the studios cited "budgetary and logistical reasons," even though the first two films grossed enough megabillions to clear a profit.
Prince Caspian, however, took in approximately [...]