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...begun scouting out the territory ahead for their girls. They read magazines like TV Guide and Parents to figure out the story lines and tones of certain shows. They favor the PBS staples such as The Puzzle Place, as well as Amazing Animals and Katie and Orbie on the Disney Channel. They have started a video library of animal movies (Free Willy, Babe) and the Disney classics. Still, they feel they could use a little more help. "We don't know what all the ratings mean. We had them down pat six months ago," says Greg, "but when...
Maybe it's payback time for having to wear those ears out in public. Mouseketeers, the formerly unassailable icons of wholesomeness, are turning nasty. First a bunch of them filed a complaint against Disney about royalties. Then one of the leaders of that group, DARLENE GILLESPIE, who was so popular as a Mouseketeer that she got to sit next to ANNETTE FUNICELLO in the front row of the photo, was sentenced to three years probation for a ham-fisted department-store theft. Most ignominious of all, BILLIE JEAN MATAY (inset) tried to sue Disney over a theft...
What provokes more conspiracy theories than a Mel Gibson summer movie? Last week's announcement that publication of Disney chairman MICHAEL EISNER's autobiography is being postponed "indefinitely" by Random House. The book's planned October release just happens to be a month before the trial date set for former Disney movie chief JEFFREY KATZENBERG's lawsuit against Disney. Katzenberg's attorney won a discovery motion to get all transcripts, notes and computer disks used for Eisner's book that pertain to his client, but so far those materials have not turned up. A Disney spokesperson denies any link between...
...immigrants lose their food stamps Monday (TIME Daily) ... The Kennedy name loses its luster in Massachusetts as Joe drops out of the governor's race (TIME Daily) ... The British Government invite Sinn Fein to take part in peace talks (TIME Daily) ... and an Encephalitis alert shuts down parts of Disney World (TIME Daily...
ORLANDO, Fla: The most frightening thing at Disney World used to be Space Mountain. Now, it's mosquitoes. After Florida health officials sounded the alarm this week that some of the blood-sucking critters may carry St. Louis encephalitis ? a virus-born ailment which damages the brain ? the company decided to close its three water parks and swimming pools an hour early each day, to protect sunbathing vacationers during peak feeding time. Meanwhile Mickey and Goofy will continue to work full shifts at Disney's three theme parks, where spraying has already taken place. Not taking any chances, the Magic...